Sound of Majesty

Air Date September 2, 2010

Summary

Sound of Majesty is a daily one-hour program that introduces listeners to the grandeur and majesty of sacred music.

Playlist

Music and Readings

Part One

Song

Artist

Album

J.S. Bach: "Overture from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major: II"

Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

Hänssler Classic Sampler CD

Reading: Titus 3:3-7 

"And Can It Be"

St. Michael’s Singers

Alleluia, Sing!

Brahms: "Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk" from Festive and Commemorative Music, Op. 109

Millar Brass

Millar Brass Ensemble

Reading: Deuteronomy 4:7,9 

Beethoven: "Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives"

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Choral Masterpieces

Copland: "Sing Ye Praises to Our King"

Corydon Singers

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms No. 1-3

"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go"

Sandy Carney

Solace

"The Love of God"

West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir

When I Was A Child

Part Two

Song

Artist

Album

"Love Divine All Loves Excelling"

St. Olaf Choir

Great Hymns of Faith

"Were You There?"

Jessye Norman

Amazing Grace

"The Lord Is My Shepherd"

Cambridge Singers

John Rutter: Requiem

"Beneath The Cross of Jesus"

Brandenburg String Quartet

When I Was A Child (West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir)

"Zion At Thy Shining Gates"

Lee Scott Singers

The Wind of Heaven

 

Host

Greg Wheatley

Greg Wheatley

Greg Wheatley is a veteran broadcaster, having been with Moody Radio since 1990. His work has included Mornings with Greg and Chris and Prime Time America. Beginning this fall, Greg will be heard on a new weekend program featuring in-depth conversations about a variety of important topics. Greg is the musical director and conductor of the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale, a community chorus based in Chicago’s western suburbs, and also directs the College Church Singers. He serves as Guest Lecturer in Music Theory at Wheaton College Conservatory. Greg and his wife Jennifer have three children.