October 3, 1994. The debut of Mixed Up Class, featuring Bay Area newcomer Mimi Dye's viola adaptations of sacred songs of the Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic. Add the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi on the following day, October 4, and you have a generic holy man. Round out the offerings with a few representative madmen.
Here is an informal playlist, until the official one is available for cross checking.
Hildegard of Bingen: Spiritual Songs (Sequentia) Hildegard of Bingen: Spiritual Songs (adapted for viola by Mimi Dye) Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb (Text by Christopher Smart, 17th century poet and lunatic) (Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Philip Ledger) Francis Jackson: Benedicite (Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh; Dennis Townhill) William Mathias: As Truly as God is our Father (text by Dame Julian of Norwich) Let the people praise thee, O God (Choir of Christ Church Cathedral; Stephen Darlington) Alec Wyton: A Hymne to God the Father (poetry by John Donne) (Choir of Trinity Church, Princeton; James Litton) Kevin Volans: String Quartet No. 2, "Hunting and Gathering: First Expedition" (Balanescu Quartet) Ashia Chacko: My Cousin is a Dalai Lama Soundtrack from "Little Bhudda": Gompa Heart Sutra End Titles Andrew Lloyd Webber: Prelude to the Phantom of the Opera (James Welch, organist) Maurice Durufle: Prelude and Fugue on the Name of A.L.A.I.N. (Irene Willis, organist) Durufle: Prelude on the Introit for Epiphany (John Scott, Organist) Durufle: Ubi Caritas Tota pulchra es (Corydon Singers; Matthew Best) Joan Baez: Stones in the RoadOther music was broadcast. Check this space again for corrections.
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