November 9, 2008

Robert Vonnoh, In Flanders Field - Where Soldiers Sleep and Poppies Grow, Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio, 1890

Jesus said to Martha, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die (NRSV, John 11:25-26a).'

November 9, 2008: All Souls - The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (Remembrance Sunday) [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Blessed are you faithful souls, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) [BNQ]

Introit: In the midst of life (text), Russian Chant

Mass Setting: Missa "Sine nomine," Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627)

Motet: Requiem Aeternam (text), Felice Anerio (1560-1594)

Postlude: Like clouds are they born to do thy great will, Healey Willan (1880-1968) [BNQ]

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Aria and Fugue, Healey Willan (1880-1968) [BNQ]

Introit: O, how glorious (listen), Healey Willan

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Magnificat: Tone 7.6 fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948) [BNQ]

Nunc Dimittis: Tone 1.4 fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd

Anthem: O quam gloriosum (listen), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 –1611) [BNQ]

Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in b, Healey Willan