January 18, 2009


Sir David Wilkie, Samuel in the Temple, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1839

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli (NRSV, 1 Samuel 3:1a)."


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Adagio, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No 2 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Jesu, Rex admirabilis [text & listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Mass Setting: Missa sine nomine [listen:NML] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text & listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude: Fuga, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Finale: Andante,Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 6 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Den Herren lobt mit Freuden [listen: Canterino Choir], Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Preces and Responses: John Reading (1645-92)

Psalm: 133, 134 (Wedd)

Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Caustun (1522-69)

Anthem: Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum [text & listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Postlude: Fuga, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 6 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn