TNT Earlyish Music: a.m. of Jan 5th 2020.

[DracoM]

TNT
Earlyish Music: a.m. of Jan 5th 2020.

02:06 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Ballo del Granduca
Antonio Garcia (organ)

02:11 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),Louis James Lefebure-Wely (1817-1869)
Bach: Liebster Jesu wir sind hier, BWV 731 and Lefébure-Wély: Sortie in G minor
Antonio Garcia (organ)

05:30 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' : aria from "The Messiah"
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

06:02 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Magnificat RV 610/RV 611
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Maria Espada (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo soprano), Florian Boesch (baritone), Bavarian Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (director), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

[Old Grumpy]

TNT
Earlyish Music: a.m. of Jan 5th 2020.

02:06 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Ballo del Granduca
Antonio Garcia (organ)

02:11 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),Louis James Lefebure-Wely (1817-1869)
Bach: Liebster Jesu wir sind hier, BWV 731 and Lefébure-Wély: Sortie in G minor
Antonio Garcia (organ)

05:30 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' : aria from "The Messiah"
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

06:02 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Magnificat RV 610/RV 611
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Maria Espada (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo soprano), Florian Boesch (baritone), Bavarian Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (director), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

Quite an explosive combination!

[ardcarp]

I wish I could put a stick under Lefébure-Wély whose 19th century 'contributions' to the organ repertory deserve anihilation. (IMVHO of course.)

[Vile Consort]

I wish I could put a stick under Lefébure-Wély whose 19th century 'contributions' to the organ repertory deserve anihilation. (IMVHO of course.)

I think of him as the William McGonagall of organ composition.

[Bryn]

I think of him as the William McGonagall of organ composition.

Possibly more a Roderick Mclean, the rejection of poems sent by whom to Queen Victoria led to his failed attempt to assassinate her, and his committal to Broadmoor.

[vinteuil]

I wish I could put a stick under Lefébure-Wély whose 19th century 'contributions' to the organ repertory deserve anihilation. (IMVHO of course.)

... o you spoil-sport! I think he's a joyous hoot. If I had had a church wedding I would have insisted on a Lefébure-Wély sortie -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLO9KdAo6A

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[ardcarp]

[Richard Barrett]

If I had had a church wedding I would have insisted on a Lefébure-Wély sortie

The first time I heard one of his sorties I literally couldn't believe what I was hearing.

[ardcarp]

...and I couldn't believe what I was playing (the first time I had to do it for a wedding). A bit like the exit of the clowns at a circus....

...in fact this is rather better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGhtlSznxA