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MUSIC GENRES

• 3 Lenten Works
• A Few Little Words About the Motet
• Facts and Fun about Madrigals
• ​​The Mass - Liturgy and Work of Art
• ​Origins and Flourishing of the Concerto in the Baroque
• ​What is a Requiem?

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COMPOSERS

• Haydn - A Tribute
• ​Bartok: A Biography
• ​Schubert

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EXTENDED DISCUSSIONS OF SPECIFIC COMPOSITIONS

• Allegri: Miserere
• JS Bach: Cantata 4 - "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
• ​JS Bach: Cantata 8 - "Liebster Gott, wann werd’ ich sterben?"
• JS Bach: Chaconne in D minor, from Violin Partita 2, BWV 1004
• JS Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060
• ​JS Bach: Motet VI-"Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden", BWV 230
• ​​JS Bach: Passion According to St. John
• ​JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B-minor, BWV 544 
• ​Bartók: String Quartets
• ​Brahms: A German Requiem
• David: The Desert
• Duruflé: Requiem
• Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
• Faure: Requiem
• Handel: Listening to the Christmas Portion of Messiah
• Haydn: "Farewell" Symphony No. 45 in F# minor
• Liszt: "Évocation à la Chapelle Sistine", S. 658
• ​Mozart: See OTHER MOZART for complete list​
• Poulenc: Gloria
• ​Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Pénitence
• Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brazilieras
• Weill: Notes for "A Kurt Weill Cabaret"

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LISTENING NOTES FROM THE GRACE WOODS MUSIC SESSIONS

• The Music of Schubert (7-31-23)
• Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Amy Cheney Beach (6-5-23)
• The Music of Brahms and Mendelssohn (5-8-23)
• Bach Brandenburg Concertos  (4-17-23)
• Mozart  (3-27-2023)
• Program Music  (1-16-23)
• Handel's Messiah  (12-12-2022)
• Mozart's Don Giovanni (11-21-2022)
• Concertos by Mendelssohn and Brahms  (10-2022)
• Orchestral Music of Jean Sibelius  (8-29-2022)
• Keyboard Music (Plus) of Bach and Brahms  (8-8-2022)
• Guest Essay: Why Art? by David Schwartz Ph.D.  (5-23-2022)
• Haydn's Symphony 45 Farewell  (6-2021)
• The Desert by Félicien-César David  (5-2021)      

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CONCERT PROGRAM NOTES FROM TRINITY CATHEDRAL CONCERTS

Program Notes: November 20, 2009 - Mozart program at Trinity Cathedral
Mozart's Church Sonatas:

• C major, K. 278
• F major, K. 244
• C major, K. 336

"Magnificat" from "Vesperae de Dominica," K. 321
​"Coronation" Mass in C major, K. 317

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Program Notes: November 16, 2012 - Mozart by Candlelight at Trinity Cathedral

• Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
• "Exsultate, jubilate", K. 165
• Requiem, K. 626

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Program Notes: March 29, 2013 - A German Requiem at Trinity Cathedral

• Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

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Program Notes: April 18, 2014 - Good Friday Concert at Trinity Cathedral

• Gregorio Allegri: "Miserere"
• Francis Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Pénitence

           "Timor et tremor"
           "Vinea mea electa"
           "Tenebrae fact sunt"
           "Trisitis est anima mea"

• Maurice Duruflé: Requiem

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Program Notes: November 21, 2014 - Bach by Candlelight Concert at Trinity Cathedral 

• Concerto for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060
• Motet VI: "Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden", BWV 230
• Cantata BWV 8: "Liebster Gott, wenn werd' ich sterben?"
• Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
• Chaconne in D minor, from Violin Partita 2, BWV 1004
• ​Cantata BWV 4: "Christ lag in Todesbanden"

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Program Notes: April 3, 2015 - Good Friday Concert at Trinity Cathedral

• J.S. Bach: Passion According to St. John

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Program Notes: March 25, 2016 - Good Friday Concert at Trinity Cathedral

• Francis Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Pénitence

           "Timor et tremor"
           "Vinea mea electa"
           "Tenebrae fact sunt"
           "Trisitis est anima mea"

• Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine"​
• Fauré: Requiem

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Program Notes: April 14, 2017 - Good Friday Concert at Trinity Cathedral

• Gregoria Allegri: "Miserere"
• Mozart: "Ave verum corpus", K. 618
• Franz Liszt: "Évocation à la Chapelle Sistine", S. 658
• ​Mozart: Requiem, K. 626

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