Classical Music for a Late February Afternoon

A Variety of Classical Music – Much of it With Lyrics

Charles Ives, American composer, early 1900s:

Charles Ives – Psalm 90 (1894/1901, rev. 1923/1924)

 

Ives’ Psalm 67 – Te Deum Chamber Choir

 

IVES: “THE CIRCUS BAND”

 

Also American,  Howard Hanson.  Was he copying Ives?

 

Hanson conducts Hanson – The Cherubic Hymn, Op. 37

 

Shifting to many years ago: Two LOUD pieces from 80 Willow and “The Drum”:

Verdi’s Requiem: “Dies irae”

 

Symphonic Gems: Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 – III. Scherzo – Jansons | Concertgebouworkest

 

And finally, two differing uses of music to tell a story.  First, Shostakovich:

DSCH Use in Shostakovich #10 – The Berean Watch

 

And then, J. S. Bach, and a focus on vocal lyrics intertwined with lovely instrumental renditions:

 

J.S. Bach – Cantata BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben” (J.S. Bach Foundation)

And here are the German and English lyrics.