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
Alleluia, I Heard a Voice - score and text
O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings - score and text
O, Jonathan, Woe Is Me for Thee - score and text
All People Clap Your Hands - score and text
O Happy He Whom Thou Protect'st
Lord, to Thee I Make My Moan - score and text
All Laud and Praise
Laboravi in gemitu meo - score and text
O Lord, Arise - score and text
Give Ear, O Lord
If King Manasses
O Lord, Grant the King a Long Life - score and text
Give the King Thy Judgements
Gloria in Excelsis Deo - score and text
When David Heard - score and text
Hosanna to the Son of David - score and text
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, released on separate albums, and compiled and re-released in 1992 as The Major Works of John Coltrane]