February 11-14, 2018

Concerts at the Cathedral
and at St George's


Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Christ leading Peter, James and John
to the High Mountain for the Transfiguration,
The Armand Hammer Collection,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1770-80s


Six days later, Jesus took with him
Peter and James and John,
and led them up a high mountain apart,
by themselves  [NRSV, Mark 9:2a].


Scroll down for Ash Wednesday,
February 14, 2018


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Transfiguration Sunday
February 11, 2018
Prelude: Alleluia, God is Unique,
from the Meditations on the
Mystery of the Holy Trinity,
No. 8 [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Setting: English Mass,
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)


Introit: Resplenduit facies ejus
   
Motet: Hodie in monte [text],
Peter Philips (1561-1628)
Postlude: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
(1872-1958)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs
de la cathédrale


Prélude : Alleluia, Dieu est simple,
de les Méditations sur la Sainte Trinité,
No. 8 [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
 
Ordinaire : English Mass,
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)  


Introït : Resplenduit facies ejus
Motet : Hodie in monte [texte], Peter
Philips
(1561-1628)


Postlude : Alleluia, Sing to Jesus


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming
via Radio Ville Marie, click here)


Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu
de les Méditations sur la Sainte Trinité,
No. 3 [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)


Introit: O nata lux [text] [YouTube],
Thomas Tallis (1505-85)


Preces: William Byrd (1540-1623)


Psalm: 99, George Thalben-Ball


Magnificat: First Great Service
[YouTube], Robert Parsons (1535-71/2)
Nunc dimittis: First Great Service
[YouTube], Robert Parsons


Anthem: Quicumque christum quaeritis
[text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)


Postlude: Dans le Verbe était la vie,
et la vie était la lumière from the
Méditations sur la Sainte Trinité,
No. 6 [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen




El Greco, St. Francis and Brother Leo Meditating
on Death,
National Gallery, of Canada, Ottawa, 1600-02


Remember, you are dust and unto dust
you shall return [Ash Wednesday liturgy].


Ash Wednesday
February 14, 2018


12:15 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet
Setting: Missa brevis No. 2 [YouTube]
Healey Willan(1880-1968)
Motet: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake
Postlude:  Passion Chorale:
Herzlich tut mich verlangen,
BWV 727 [YouTube],
7:30 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Setting: Mass for Five Voices
[YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Imposition of Ashes:
Miserere mei, Domine [text/listen ], Gregorio
Allegri
(1582-1652)
Motet: Miserere mei, Deus
[text] [YouTube], William
Byrd
(1539/40-1623)
Postlude: O Mensch, bewein’,
BWV 622 [listen], Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)