Welcome to Week 70 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.
The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, texts, and other helpful information. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 70.
William Mundy
O Lord, the Maker of All Thing - score and text
Thomas Weelkes
Selected Anthems - specifics coming soon
recommended recordings: Consort of Musicke; Winchester Cathedral Choir; Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum - score
Missa Assumpta est Maria - score
Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture ("Fingal's Cave") - score
recommended recordings: London Symphony/Abbado; Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan
Rondo Capriccioso - score
Variations Serieuses - score
recommended recordings: Perahia; Sofronitsky; Pletnev
Arnold Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1 - score
recommended recording: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Holliger
John Coltrane
Ascension (full album, both editions)
Om (full album)
Kulu Se Mama (title piece only)
Selflessness (title piece only)
[all of the above were recorded in 1965 and re-released in 1992 as The Major Works of John Coltrane]