More Legacy of Blanche Moyse

By Walter Parker | February 15, 2011

Blanche Moyse died last Thursday at age 101. She was the last surviving founder of the Marlboro Music Festival and chose to make her full-time career in Vermont. She founded and directed the Brattleboro Music Center, which thrives today, and the New England Bach Festival, which didn’t survive her retirement in 2004. We’ll listen to highlights from a 1984 New England Bach Festival performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

Playlist:

10:01 am

Terpsichore: 6 Dances
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Ensemble: Collegium Terpsichore
Conductor: Fritz Neumeyer
CD/Album: Dance Music of the High Renaissance
Record co./Cat #: Boston Skyline 118

10:20 am

Concerto Grosso #6 in F , Op. 6/6
Composer: Archangelo Corelli
Ensemble: The English Concert
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
CD/Album: Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423626

10:37 am

7 Bagatelles , Op. 33
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Soloists: Stephen Bishop Kovacevich, piano
CD/Album: Beethoven: Bagatellen
Record co./Cat #: Philips 426976

11:01 am

St. Matthew Passion: Komt, ihr Tochter , BWV 244 ("Come, you daughters")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra & Blanche Moyse Chorale
Soloists: The Singing Boys of Pennsylvania
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:08 am

St. Matthew Passion: Blute nur, du liebes Herz , BWV 244 ("Bleed, you loving heart")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra
Soloists: Arlene Auger, soprano
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:13 am

St. Matthew Passion: O Schmerz / Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen , BWV 244 ("O Agony / I will keep watch over my Jesus")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra & Blanche Moyse Chorale
Soloists: Ian Partridge, tenor
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:24 am

St. Matthew Passion: So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen , BWV 244 ("Now my Jesus is captured")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra & Blanche Moyse Chorale
Soloists: Arleen Auger, soprano ; Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:29 am

St. Matthew Passion: O mensch bewein dein Sunde gross , BWV 244 ("O man, weep for your great sin")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra & Blanche Moyse Chorale
Soloists: The Singing Boys of Pennsylvania
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:39 am

St. Matthew Passion: Embarme dich , BWV 244 ("Have mercy")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra
Soloists: Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:45 am

St. Matthew Passion: Mache dich, mein Herze rein , BWV 244 ("Purify yourself, my heart")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra
Soloists: Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:52 am

St. Matthew Passion: Nun ist der Herr Ruh gebracht , BWV 244 ("Now the Lord is laid to rest")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra
Soloists: Arlene Auger, soprano ; Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano ; Ian Partridge, tenor ; Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

11:54 am

St. Matthew Passion: Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder , BWV 244 ("We sit down with tears")
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra & Blanche Moyse Corale
Soloists: The Singing Boys of Pennsylvania
Conductor: Blanche Moyse
CD/Album: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Record co./Cat #: NEBF 1984

12:01 pm

Barcarolle in F# , Op. 60
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
CD/Album: Chopin: Late Masterpieces
Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67764

12:14 pm

Iolanthe: Overture
Composer: Gilbert & Sullivan
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conductor: Neville Marriner
CD/Album: Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures
Record co./Cat #: Philips 434916

12:26 pm

Hallelujah Junction: excerpt
Composer: John Adams
Soloists: Nicolas Hodges, piano ; Rolf Hind, piano
CD/Album: John Adams: Road Movies
Record co./Cat #: Nonesuch 796699

12:29 pm

Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Composer: John Adams
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Conductor: Edo de Waart
CD/Album: John Adams: The Chairman Dances/Two Fanfares/Other Works
Record co./Cat #: Nonesuch 79144

12:38 pm

The Wizard Of Oz: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Composer: Harold Arlen
Soloists: Julia Shaw, harp ; Nora Bumanis, harp
CD/Album: Silence Wakes My Song
Record co./Cat #: CBC (RCI) 1103

12:41 pm

Berceuse ("lullaby")
Composer: Gabriel Faure
Soloists: Julia Shaw, harp ; Nora Bumanis, harp
CD/Album: Silence Wakes My Song
Record co./Cat #: CBC (RCI) 1103

12:44 pm

Eleanor and Marcia
Composer: Marcel Grandjany
Soloists: Julia Shaw, harp ; Nora Bumanis, harp
CD/Album: Silence Wakes My Song
Record co./Cat #: CBC (RCI) 1103

12:50 pm

Queen of Spades: Overture (aka: the "Pique Dame" Overture)
Composer: Franz Von Suppe
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
CD/Album: Suppe Overtures
Record co./Cat #: London 414408

1:01 pm

Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Composer: Richard Wagner
Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
CD/Album: Wagner: Orchestermusik/Musique d'Orchestre
Record co./Cat #: EMI 54583

1:21 pm

Piano Concerto in G
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
Soloists: Krystian Zimerman, piano
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
CD/Album: Ravel: The Piano Concertos, Valses Nobles
Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 449213

1:48 pm

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Composer: Richard Wagner
Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
CD/Album: Wagner: Orchestermusik/Musique d'Orchestre
Record co./Cat #: EMI 54583

New York Times obituary

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