Titian, St. John the Baptist, Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice, c. 1542As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way (NRSV, Mark 1:2)."
December 7, 2008: The Second Sunday of Advent [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs
The Cathedral Choirs
Prelude: “A Lovely Rose is Blooming” [listen] Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) [BNQ]
Introit: Canite Tuba [text] [listen: Westminster Cathedral; King's] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ]
Mass Setting: Missa brevis, No.11, Sancti Johannis Baptistae [NML], Healey Willan (1880-1968) [BNQ]
Motet: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming [text] [listen], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) [BNQ], arr. Phil Mattson
Postlude: Prelude: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland “Come, Saviour of the nations" [listen] Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) [BNQ]
4:00 pm A Procession with Lessons and Carols for Advent
The Cathedral Choirs
The Cathedral Choirs
Preludes: Veni, Emmanuel, Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
Antiphon: O Emmanuel [text & listen]
Antiphon: O Radix Jesse [text & listen]
Carols: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming [text] [listen], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) [BNQ], arr. Phil Mattson
Zion, at thy shining gates [text], Bohm Bruder (1566), arr. George Guest
Antiphon: O Virgo virginum [text]
Carols: Nova! Nova! Ave fit ex Eva [text] [NML], English 15th cent.
Antiphon: O Oriens [text & listen]
Carols: Canite Tuba [text] [listen: Westminster Cathedral; King's] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina(1525-94) [BNQ]
Antiphon: O Rex Gentium [text & listen]
Carols: Never weather-beaten sail [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Gaudete omnes et laetamini [text] [listen: Manhattan Chorale Ensemble; Trinity], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) [BNQ]
Postlude : Helmsley (Lo, he comes with clouds descending) from Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72, Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
