The Hymn Connection
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Aaron Copland & Sister Ann Lee, Thomas Tallis & Ralph Vaughan Williams
Two of the 20th century’s most popular orchestral works are based on hymns—one from 16th century England, and the other from 19th century America. And both hymns are well-known today almost entirely because of their use in those two concert pieces.
In this hour, the story of the Tudor hymn that inspired Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis—and the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts,” rediscovered by Aaron Copland and made famous in perhaps his best-known work, Appalachian Spring.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Whales and Nightingales (Judy Collins)
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Judy Collins
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Elektra 75010
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075596067621
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Vaughan Williams: ] Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
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New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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EMI CDM 7 640222
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077776402222
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Vaughan Williams: Collector's Edition [for “Old One Hundredth “]
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Choir Of Winchester Cathedral and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, cond Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, cond.
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EMI 2066362
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5099920663629
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Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis [for Sancte Deus Sancte Deus & Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter]
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Tallis Scholars
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Gimell CDGIM203
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755138120327
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O Thou Transcendent [DVD] [fpr ] “When Rising from the Bed of Death” from 47:56-48:46]
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Choir of Gloucester Cathedral
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Tony Palmer Films TPDVD106
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604388698127
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Vaughan Williams: Collector's Edition [for Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]
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Bournemouth Symphony, Silvestri
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EMI 2066362
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5099920663629
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Heartstrings [for “Simple Gifts”]
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Muriel Anderson
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CGD 99
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671583016827
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Simple Gifts
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Coulter & Phillips
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Gourd Music 106
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090167010622
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Simple Gifts
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Boston Camerata
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Erato 4509-98491-2
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745099849122
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Copland: Applachian Spring, etc
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St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Davies
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Nimbus NI 2506
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710357250620
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Long Time Ago [for Copland, Old American Songs: “Simple Gifts”]
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(St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Wolff; Hampson
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Teldec 9031-77310-2
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090317731025
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John Williams: “Air and Simple Gifts”
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Yo-Yo Ma, Anthony McGill, Gabriela Montero, and Itzhak Perlman and Itzhak Perlman
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iTunes download
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n/a
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