Sunday Playlist - 4/25/2021

From Derek-

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzrVlXh4mc1Pph3xDiN3uJv0J4aOVeH-P

This week's list begins with a virtual choir singing "Give Me A Clean Heart." When we are looking back on Covid19 as a horrible thing of the past, artifacts such as this, born out of necessity and a desire to make music with a community, may remind us that people can create beauty against significant odds.

Next we have "How Firm a Foundation" as it might have been heard circa 1800. I've also included a second version of that favorite hymn, performed bluegrass-style by a family group. That style and group put me in mind of the Carter Family, so I have ended the set with one of their most popular hymns, "On The Rock Where Moses Stood."

In the middle is a famous orchestral piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Although it snowed in the mid-Hudson valley on Thursday, I am determined to declare that spring has arrived, and the violin solo that opens "The Lark Ascending" is a declaration.