March 29, 2009

El Greco, Crucifixion, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1605-10

"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself (NRSV, John 12:32)."

The Fifth Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Men's Voices

Prelude: Praeludium in d-moll, Op. 37, No. 3 [Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: Iudica me Deus [St. Benedict: text & listen], Tone 4

Mass Setting: Missa XVII pro Dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae [St. Benedict: listen], Plainsong

Motet: Saepe expugnaverunt me [St. Benedict: text & listen], Tone 8

Postlude: Fuge in d-moll. Op. 37, No. 3 [Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong
Men's Voices

Prelude: Andante (Trio) in F [Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: The Lent Prose [text] [CID monks (Latin): listen] [St. Paul's (English): listen], Plainsong, tone 5

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 130, 131, (Tone 4.6)

Magnificat: [Capella Antiqua München: listen], Tone 1.5 (solemn)

Nunc dimittis: [Capella Antiqua München: listen] Tone 3.5

Anthem: Saepe expugnaverunt me [St. Benedict: text & listen], Tone 8

Postlude: Choral mit Variationem [Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

March 22, 2009

William Blake, Moses and the Brazen Serpent, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1800-03

So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live (NRSV, Numbers 21:9).

The Fourth Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Choir of the Church of St. James the Apostle; Scott Bradford, director of music; Conrad Gold, assistant

Prelude: Andante (Kibbie: listen), from Trio Sonata No. 4, BWV 528, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Domine, convertere (text) (New College: CML) (D.E.U.M: YouTube), Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Mass Setting: Missa Sancti Pauli, Stanley Vann (b.1910)

Motet: O Salutaris Hostia (text), Ilaria Zuccaro (b.1980)

Postlude: Praeludium in c (Kibbie: listen) (Varnus: YouTube), BWV 546, Johann Sebastian Bach


In place of evensong there is a Lenten service of music and meditation led by the Dean and accompanied by Patrick Wedd performing music of:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Kyrie, BWV 669 (Kibbie: listen); Christe, BWV 670 (Kibbie: listen); Kyrie, BWV 671 (Kibbie: listen); Kyrie, BWV 672: (Kibbie: listen); Christe, BWV 673 (Kibbie: listen); Kyrie, BWV 674: listen ); Aus Tiefer Not, BWV 686 (Kibbie: listen); Aus Tiefer Not, BWV 687 (Kibbie: listen)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47): Organ Sonata No. 3 in a, Op. 65 (Vernet - Con moto maestoso: listen; Andante tranquillo: listen)



The Trebles and Cathedral Singers are at the Church of St. James the Apostle for Morning Prayer at 11:00 am.

Prelude: Psalm Prelude “The meek shall inherit the earth” (Cleobury: listen), Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Choral Meditation: Almighty and everlasting God (text & listen), Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Canticle: Benedicite in G (text), Francis Jackson (b.1917)

Anthem: Lo! God is here! (text), Philip Moore (b.1943)

Postlude: Toccata in b (Drury: NML) from Toccata, Chorale and Fugue, Op. 16, Francis Jackson

March 15, 2009

Giotto di Bondone, Expulsion of the Money-changers from the Temple, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06

Jesus told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace! (NRSV, John 2:16)."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Trebles and Women's Voices

Prelude: Praeludium in c-Moll, Op. 37, No. 1 [Bouvet: listen] [Scott:listen ] [Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: Verbum supernum [text ], Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Mass Setting: Messe in f-moll, Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Motet: Gott ist mein Hirt [text] [Ecco Voces:
YouTube], Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Postlude: Fuge in c-Moll, Op. 37, No. 1 [Bouvet: listen] [Scott: listen ][Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong
Women's Voices

Prelude: Praeludium in G-Dur, Op. 37, No. 2 [Bouvet: listen][Scott: listen] [Vernet: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: Ave Maria [text] [Coro Canticorum: YouTube], Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Psalm: 23 (Bairstow)

Magnificat: Service in c, George Dyson (1883-1964)

Nunc dimittis: Service in D, R. Walker Robson

Anthem: Gott ist mein Hirt [text] [Ecco Voces: YouTube], Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Postlude: Fuge in G-Dur, Op. 37, No. 2 [Bouvet: listen][Scott: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

March 8, 2009


Jan Provost, Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1520s

The Lord said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her(NRSV, Genesis 17:15-16)

The Second Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Andante tranquillo [Tharp: NML] from Organ Sonata No. 3 in a, Op. 65, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: Movement 1, Aus Tiefer Not, [text: p.6] [St. John's College: listen] from Op. 23, No. 1, Felix Mendelssohn

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis No. 3, Keith Bissell (1912-92)

Motet: Movements 4 & 5, Und Ob Es Währt and
Ob Bei Uns Ist Der Sunden Viel (Aus Tiefer Not) [text: p.6] [St. John's College: (4th mvt) listen; (5th mvt) listen], from Op. 23, No. 1, Felix Mendelssohn


Postlude: Con moto maestoso (Aus Tiefer Not) [Tharp: NML] from Organ Sonata No. 3 in a, Op. 65,
Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong
The Choir of the Church of St James the Apostle

Prelude: Fantasia of Foure Parts [Tilney:
listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Introit: Christe qui lux es et dies [text] [Cardinall's Music: listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)

Preces and Responses: Bernard Rose (1919-1996)

Psalm: 119 (Spicer)

Magnificat: [Ensemble musicale dell'Appennino marchigiano: YouTube; Copenhagen Royal: NML], attrib. Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Nunc Dimittis: fauxbourdons Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)

Anthem: Jesu, grant me this I pray [text] [Musica Sacra(NZ): listen], Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele [Hawkinson: listen], Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

March 1, 2009

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Temptation of Christ, Frick collection, New York, 1308-11

He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him (NRSV, Mark 1:13).

The First Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Präludium c-Moll (1841) [Miller: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: The Lent Prose [text] [CID monks: listen], Plainsong, tone 5

Mass Setting: Missa “Simile est Regnum Coelorum" [CCC Oxford: CML] Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 –1611)

Motet: Super flumina Babylonis a 4 voces [text] [Westminster Cath.: listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude: Fuge e-Moll (1839) [Innig: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Andante [Tharp: NML] from Organ Sonata No. 6 in d, Op. 65, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: The Lent Prose [text] [CID monks: listen], Plainsong, tone 5

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 130 (Tone 4.6)

Magnificat: Plainsong Tone 8.1; Organ verses by Michel Corrette (1707-95) [Vernet: listen]

Nunc Dimittis: Plainsong Tone 1.4

Organ: Fuga [Tharp: NML] from Organ Sonata No. 6, Felix Mendelssohn

Postlude: Choral mit Variationen [Tharp: NML] from Organ Sonata No. 6, Felix Mendelssohn
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