September 28, 2008

Filippino Lippi, Moses Brings forth Water out of the Rock, National Gallery, London, c. 1511

"I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink." Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel (NRSV, Exodus 17:6)).'"

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: Toccata Cromatica per L'Elevazione (listen) from Messa della Domenica, Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) [BNQ]

Introit: Regina Caeli, Francesco Soriano (c.1548-1621)

Mass Setting: Missa sopra "l'aria della Monica" (listen) Girolamo Frescobaldi

Motet: Ego sum panis vivus (text), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ]

Postlude: Toccata quinta sopra i pedali e senza (listen), Girolamo Frescobaldi

4:00 pm Evensong (St. Michael and All Angels)
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: Les Anges from La Nativité du Seigneur (listen), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) [BNQ]

Introit: Duo Seraphim (text), Juan Esquivel Barahona (1563-1614)

Preces and Responses: Guilford Cathedral, Andrew Millington (b. 1952)Psalm: 8 (Crotch)

Magnificat: (watch & listen), Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707) [BNQ]

Nunc Dimittis: A Light of revelation, Johann Walter (1496-1570)

Anthem: Duo Seraphim (text & listen), from Vespro della Beata Vergine, Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) [BNQ]

Postlude: Angels, Frank Ferko (b. 1950)