In observation of the new year and the first Mixed Up Class of 1995, this program is titled "Time Passes." Following on the heels of a Cardinal basketball game, it only seemed appropriate to open with a piece that approached concerts as sporting events.
PDQ Bach: Beethoven Fifth Symphony (LP: PDQ Bach (New York Mills [MN] Philharmonic; on the Air) Heilige Dankgesang, conductor; Pete Schickele, Bob Dennis, commentators) Time out, take five (St. Mark's, Palo Alto) (William Trimble, saxophone; James Welch, piano) Nanci Griffith: Turn Around (CD: Other Voices, Other Rooms) Mary Chapin Carpenter: Only A Dream (CD: Come On Come On) Nanci Griffith: So Long Ago (CD: Little Love Affairs) Cheryl Wheeler: 75 Septembers (CD: Philo 20th Anniversary Sampler) J. S. Bach: Bist du bei mir (St. Mark's, Palo Alto) (William Trimble, saxophone; James Welch, organ) Cristóbal de Morales: Parce mihi domine (CD: Officium) (Hilliard Ensemble; Jan Gabarek)
Richard Purvis, long time organist and music director at Grace Cathedral, died on 12/24/94. Here is one of his compositions, in commemoration of his life.
Richard Purvis: Divinum Mysterium (CD: Discovery + (James Welch, organ) Music for Christmas) Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster (CD: The Sounds of (Ross Wood, organ; of Trinity) Trinity Brass Ensemble) Johannes Brahms: Wie Alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras (CD: Ein Deutsches (Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna Requiem) Singverein; Herbert von Karajan) François Poulenc: Chansons Françaises (University of Illinois (UI Masters Chorus; Doctor of Musical Arts Kîrin Nielsen) Recital) John Dowland: Me, me, and none but me (CD: Lute Songs) (Alfred Deller, countertenor; Robert Spencer, lute) John Kelly: When you are old (San Francisco Choral Artists) George Frideric Handel: (CD: The Triumph of The Triumph of Time and Truth (selections) of Time and Truth) (London Handel Orchestra and Chorus; Gillian Fisher, Emma Kirkby, Charles Brett, Stephen Varcoe, soloists; Denys Darlow, music director) Patterson: Time Piece (CD: 20th Anniversary (The King's Singers) Sampler) Paul Lansky: Now and Then (CD: Homebrew)
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