Tim Thurston's music choices for the week of April 20th

MONDAY - JOHN SHEPPARD - JESU SALVATOR SAECULI . I think Sheppard deserves to be ranked with Byrd and Tallis in the Golden Age of English music. This motet has the most wonderful Amen twisting and turning to a glorious final resolution.

EVENING JAZZ  - Herbie Hancock is one of the great jazz pianists - 80 last week and still playing!!

TUESDAY - MICHAEL HAYDN - IN DIE RESURRECTIONIS. Younger brother of Joseph he was a major figure in the composition of sacred music in 18th century Vienna.

EVENING JAZZ  Stan Kenton's was the foremost big band on the West Coast, always forward looking and comprising an impressive list of soloists. (See Friday - Bud Shank.)

WEDNESDAY  - J.S.BACH - 'CELLO SUITES. I know of few more overwhelming concert experiences than of these wonderful works. Is there a more beautiful sound than the 'cello ? 

EVENING JAZZ - Joining Chris Potter (see last week) as one of the finest tenor players of today is Tony Malaby. He has visited Ireland often.

THURSDAY - CHANT - QUASI MODO - The Introit for the Sunday after Easter - after which Victor Hugo's character was named. We remember Notre Dame Cathedral a year on from the disastrous fire.

EVENING JAZZ Don Cherry - trumpeter and teacher, stepfather of Neneh, famed for his challenging work with Ornette Coleman. Try his group Codona on ECM - a trio with sitar.

FRIDAY WILLIAM BYRD - ANGELUS DOMINI.  A brilliant little motet set for 3 high voices - The Cardinall's Music complete recordings are excellent.

EVENING JAZZ - I remember discovering Bud Shank and the ultra cool West Coast school as a teenager - I've enjoyed his alto playing ever since and he's one of the few jazz flautists. His work with oboist Bob Cooper from 1956 was unique.

SATURDAY CHARLES WOOD - Professor of Music at Cambridge at fellow Irishman Stanford's death in 1924, Wood too is mainly remembered for his sacred music. His Easter hymn This Joyful Eastertide is most popular.

EVENING JAZZ  -The Modern Jazz Quartet, MJQ, gave modern jazz a gentle chamber feel throughout the 50s and 60s with Milt Jackson's vibraphone playing a central role - John Lewis was a fine pianist too.

SUNDAY - There is no doubt that Haydn was the King of the String Quartet - 68 of them!! But I am equally fond of Mozart's String Quintets, dark and rich with an extra viola. His viola is in the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

EVENING JAZZ - Bill Evans. With Thelonius Monk the most influential pianist in modern Jazz. A central figure in the most famous Jazz album of all, Kind of Blue, from 1959.