September 7, 2008

Dieric Bouts the Elder, The Feast of the Passover, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven, 1464-67

They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (NRSV, Exodus 12:8).

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Andante religioso from Sonata No. 4 (
listen), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)[BNQ]

Introit: Jubilate Deo (
text), Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) [BNQ]

Mass Setting: Missa octavi toni,
Orlande de Lassus

Motet: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (ps. 102) (
text), Orlande de Lassus

Postlude: Allegro con brio from Sonata No. 4 (
listen), Felix Mendelssohn


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Fantazia of foure parts (
listen), Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) [BNQ]

Introit: Come, Holy Ghost (
text), Orlando Gibbons

Preces and Responses:
Orlando Gibbons

Psalm: 26 (Gibbons)

Magnificat: Short Service (
listen), Orlando Gibbons

Nunc dimittis: Short Service (
listen), Orlando Gibbons

Responses, Lord's Prayer, Collects: John Barnard (17th cent.)

Anthem: See, see, the Word is incarnate (
text & listen), Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: Fantasie for a double organ (
listen), Orlando Gibbons