Faith and Art: The Hussey Legacy
Sunday 19 November 2006 15:30-16:00 (Radio 3)
David Owen Norris looks at the continuing influence of Walter Hussey (1909-1985) on church art and debates whether his original vision has been lost or realised.
When Hussey was made Dean of Chichester in 1956, he continued his passion for modern art, installing controversial works by Sutherland, Chagall and John Piper in the cathedral, and commissioning Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
Playlist
Walton: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (extracts)
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Whitton (organ), conducted by Christopher Robinson.
Naxos 8555793, track 3 & 4
William Albright: Mass, Sanctus and Benedictus
Chichester Cathedral Choir, conducted by Alan Thurlow
Alpha APS317, Side 1, band 2
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, 1st movement
Vienna Youth Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Deutsche Grammophon 4479542, track 1
Geoffrey Burgon: Songs of Creation (extracts)
Chichester Cathedral Choir, James Thomas (organ), conducted by Alan Thurlow
Priory PRCD570, track 2-6
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, extract from 3rd movement
Vienna Youth Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Deutsche Grammophon 4479542, track 3
Kenneth Leighton: Let all the World (extracts)
The Finzi Singers, Andrew Lumsden (organ), directed by Paul Spicer
Cantus CAN3012, track 1
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