Barnaba da Modena, Pentecost, National Gallery, London, 1361-83
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit [NRSV, Acts 2:4a]
Pentecost
June 12, 2011
June 12, 2011
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.
The prelude and postlude for Choral Eucharist on Pentecost is Maurice Duruflé, Variations on "Veni Creator," Op. 4.
Marie-Madeleine and Maurice Duruflé
To listen to Maurice Duruflé, Variations on "Veni Creator," Op. 4, performed by Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier on the 1997 Kilgen/Wicks organ of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, click here then, after loading for 6 minutes, click on "Listen to the Program." Then hold button and slide to 22:37 (22 minutes and 37 seconds).
Music for Pentecost
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Click to read about Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles.
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Anonymous medieval:
The nuns and monks of l'Abbaye du Bec-Hellouin [Grooveshark]
Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos [Grooveshark]
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by the Chamber Choir of Europe /Süddeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Nicol Matt conducting [YouTube]
More Mozart by the Gallery Choir of Saint Peter's Catholic Church
Columbia, South Carolina [YouTube]
Columbia, South Carolina [YouTube]
And The Limburger Domsinknaben, Frankfurter Museumorchesters, Klaus Knubben conducting. [YouTube]
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Arvo Pårt, Veni Sancte Spiritus from the Berliner Messe, by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste conducting [Grooveshark]
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Click for text in Latin and English.
Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos [Grooveshark]
Recorded in Taizé [Grooveshark]
Rabanus Maurus performed by the Coro Paer [listen]
The 18th Century Louis XIII Gallery Organcase of Rheims Cathedral Installed while Nicolas de Grigny was Organist
Click to go to Nicolas de Grigny, Veni Creator Spiritus, performed by Olivier Vernet on the 1625 Astruc / 1748 Scherrer / 1992 Aubertin organ of l' Église abbatiale in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (Isère) alternating verses with the Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Jean-Yves Hameline conducting.
Listen to de Grigny, Organ Versets from Veni Creator played by W. Randolph Bourne on the 1974 Brunzema-Casavant organ in Maternity of Mary Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, as part of an hour-long program from Minnesota PBS entitled The Brothers Casavant - Casavant 125th Year Anniversary. Click here, then click on "Listen to Program," then, to go directly to the de Grigny's piece,hold button and slide to 57:58 (57 minutes and 58 seconds).
Click to go to James Pressler's virtual performance of de Grigny, Premier Livre d'orgue (First Organ Book) which includes Veni Creator. The entire work can be streamed or individual movements played by clicking on the "notes."
Performance of Nicolas de Grigny, Premier Livre d'orgue (including the versets of Veni Creator Spiritus) by John Grew on the 1981 Wolff organ of Redpath Hall, McGill University) [NML] (info).
Performance of Michel Chapuis at the 1750 Valtrin / 1848 Callinet / 1971 Schwenkedel organ of the Cathedral of Saint Christopher, Belfort [YouTube]
Josquin Desprez by The Hilliard Ensemble [Grooveshark]
Click to hear Josquin des Prez, Veni Creator Spiritus, sung by the boys of Chavagnes International School.
Click to hear Josquin des Prez, Veni Creator Spiritus, sung by the boys of Chavagnes International School.
Click to hear Niccolò Jomelli, Veni Creator Spiritus, sung by Roberta Invernizzi and the Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini.
Tómas Luis de Victoria, Veni Creator Spiritus, performed by The Sixteen, Harry Christophers conducting. [CML] (info)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Veni Creator Spiritus, performed by the Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir, Reinhard Kammler conducting. [NML] (info)
Gustav Mahler by Anton Wagner
Click to read about Gustav Mahler, 8th Symphony in E-Flat Major, in Wikipedia. The first movement is based on Veni, Creator Spiritus.
Click to listen (YouTube) to Gustav Mahler, 8th Symphony in E-Flat Major, complete performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, with massed choirs from London, Birmingham, Toronto and Sydney; Christine Brewer and Soile Isokoski, sopranos; Jon Villars, tenor; Simon Rattle conducting (Royal Albert Hall; 2002 proms).
Click to read Edward Seckerson's review in The Independent.
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Click to go to a two-hour programme of Pentecost organ and choral music from Pipedreams, Minnesota Public Radio, featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Praetorius, Krebs, Ahrens, Buxtehude, Nystedt, Speller, Demessieux, Childs, and Duruflé.
Vecellio Tiziano, The Descent of the Holy Ghost, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, c.1545
Both Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Tomás Luis de Victoria composed parody Masses based on motets, Dum complerentur (When [the day of Pentecost] had fully come), that each had earlier composed. These works offer audible manifestation of what is written in the Acts of the Apostles about the occurence in the upper room.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Dum complerentur, motet and Mass. performed by the Regensburger Domchor, Theodor Schrems conducting. [musicMe] (info)
Tómas Luis de Victoria, Dum complerentur, performed by the Amici Cantores: Kyrie; Gloria; Credo; Sanctus; Agnus Dei
Tómas Luis de Victoria, Dum complerentur, motet and Mass performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington conducting. [NML] (info)
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To listen to Dietrich Buxtehude, Chorale-prelude, Komm, heiliger Geist, Herr Gott (Come, Holy Ghost, Lord God); performed by Craig Cramer on the 2004 Fritts organ of the University of Notre Dame, IN; click here, then click on "Listen to the Program," then, after loading for 26 minutes, hold button and slide to 1:03:53 (1 hour and 3 minutes and 53 seconds).
And Buxtehude, Chorale-prelude, Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist (Now let us pray to the Holy Ghost), hold button and slide to 1:13:12 (1 hour and 13 minutes and 12 seconds) - after some applause, followed by J.S. Bach, Fantasy in G, BWV 572.
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Four Pentecost pieces by J.S. Bach:
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! (Ring out, you songs, resound, you strings!), Cantata 11, with performances by Gardiner (2), Leonhardt and Leusink.
Pentecost Cantata No. 68, soprano aria supplied by the Thierry Caens Trumpet Ensemble with Vincent Warnier playing the 1996 Metzler organ of Notre Dame de Talant, France, click here, then click on "Listen to the Program," then hold button and slide to 5:00 (5 minutes);
Immediately followed at 8:50 (8 minutes and 50 seconds) by Komm Heiliger Geist (Come Holy Ghost) BWV 652, performed by Peter Sykes on the 1999 Noack organ of the Langholtskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland;
And then at 15:38 (15 minutes and 38 seconds) Chorale-prelude, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost) BWV. 667, performed by Cristina Garcia Banegas on the 1730 Trost organ of the Waltershausen Parish Church, Germany.
Frank Ferko
To listen to the world premiere of Frank Ferko, Variations on "Veni Creator Spiritus," with Richard Hoskins on the 2005 Fisk organ of St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL (preceded by the congregation singing the hymn in English), click here, then click on "Listen to the Program," then hold button and slide it to 41:56 (41 minutes and 56 seconds).
Emil Nolde, Pentecost, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1909
Click to go to Olivier Messiaen, Messe de la Pentecôte / Pentecost Mass, performed by himself on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Church of La Sainte-Trinité, Paris.
Click to go to Olivier Messiaen, Messe de Pentecôte, performed by Olivier Latry on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris.
Click to go to Olivier Messiaen, Messe de Pentecôte, performed by Dame Gillian Weir on the 1929 Frobenius organ of Århus Cathedral.
Versions on the Naxos Music Library (info): Eric Bostrom [NML]; Tim Byram-Wigfield [NML]; Catherine Crozier [NML]; Hans-Ola Ericsson [NML]; Christian Praetholm [NML].
Listen to two of the movements performed by other organists. To hear Les Langues de feu performed by Erik Boström on the 1949 Marcussen organ of the Oscar Church, Stockholm, click here then click on "Listen to the Program," then hold button and slide to 33:30 (33 minutes and 30 seconds). To hear Le Vent de l'Espirit performed by Haskell Thomson on the 2001 Fisk organ of Oberlin College, click here then click on "Listen to the Program," then hold button and slide it to 55:18 (55 minutes and 18 seconds).