August 30, 2009

Unknown, Christ the Bridegroom and the Church His Bride, from Petrus Comestor, Bible historiale, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1372

My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away (NRSV, Song of Solomon 2:10).”


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Ave Maria [text] [Proulx: listen], [attributed] Jacob Arcadelt (1505-68)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis [Ely: listen], Arthur Wills (b. 1926)

Motet: Father, we thank thee, William Albright (1944-98)

Postlude: Pièce d’orgue / Fantasia in G, BWV 572 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Psalm Prelude: Lo, the poor man crieth [Walker: listen] Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: I give you a new commandment [text], Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Preces and Responses: Alan Ridout (1934-96)

Psalm: 115 (Lloyd)

Magnificat: In c minor, George Dyson (1883-1964)

Nunc Dimittis: In D major, R. Walker Robson

Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine [text] [Christ Church Oxford: listen; Queen's: listen] Herbert Howells

Postlude: Introduction and Passacaglia in d [Knupp: listen], Max Reger (1783-1916)

August 23, 2009

Unknown Master, The confession of Peter, from Martin Luther, Kercken Postilla, dat ys, Vthlegginge der Epistelen vnd Euangelien, an de Söndagen vnde vornemesten Festen, Pitt Theological Library, Emory University, 1563

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life (NRSV, John 6:68)."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Adagio from Trio Sonata 1 in E-Flat, BWV 525 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)

Introit: Sacerdotes Domini [text] [Winchester: listen],
William Byrd (1543-1623)

Mass Setting: Short Service, Adrian Batten (1591-1637)

Motet: Ave verum corpus [text] [Winchester: listen], William Byrd

Postlude: Praeludium in g [Foccroulle: YouTube],
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-97)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Voluntary in d [Preston: YouTube],
Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Introit: All people that on earth do dwell [text], [Attributed] Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Preces and Responses: Phillip Radcliffe (1905-86)

Psalm: 30, (Travers)

Canticles: Service in A, Samuel Arnold (1740-1802)

Anthem: Sing unto the Lord [text], Christopher Tye (1505-73)

Postlude: Voluntary in A based on the Old 100th [Brosse: listen], Henry Purcell

August 16, 2009


Anonymous, Loaves and Fish, Tabgha, Israel, 4th cent.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh (NRSV, John 6:51)."

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Récits de cromorne et de cornet séparés, en dialogue from the Suite du 1er ton [Chapuis: listen], Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)

Introit: Notre Père [text] [listen], Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

Mass Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)

Motet: Notre Père (1973) [text], Frank Martin (1890-1974)

Postlude: Dialogue sur les grands jeux from the Suite du 1er ton [Chapuis: listen], L-N Clérambault

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: A Verse of three parts, Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Introit: Let my prayer come up [text], John Blow (1649-1708)

Preces and Responses: Martin Neary (b. 1940)

Psalm: 141 (Frith)

Canticles: Service in F, Michael Wise (1648-87)

Anthem: Christ rising again [text], Michael Wise

Postlude: A Fancy for two to play [listen], Thomas Tomkins

August 9, 2009

Michiel van der Borch, Absalom's Death, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1332

The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son (NRSV, 2 Samuel 18:33)!"

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Partita “O God, unseen,” Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Christ, whose glory fills the skies [text], Keith Bissell (1912-92)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis 3, Keith Bissell

Motet: Very bread, good shepherd, tend us [Mary Magdalene:text & listen], Healey Willan

Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in b, Healey Willan

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Aria and Fugue [Wedd: NML] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Hail, gladdening light [Mary Magdalene:text & listen], Healey Willan

Preces and Responses: plainsong

Psalm: 46 (Tone 5.1)

Magnificat: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Healey Willan

Nunc Dimittis: Tone 3.1, fauxbourdons, Healey Willan

Anthem: O King, to whom all things do live [text] [Mary Magdalene:listen], Healey Willan

Postlude: Chorale and Fugue, Healey Willan

August 2, 2009

Anonymous German Master, Parable of the Unfaithful Servant, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, c. 1560

The master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and put him with the unfaithful. (NRSV, Luke 12:46).

10:30 am Choral Eucharist
The Choristers of the Montreal Boys' Choir Course, Andrew Lumsden conducting

Prelude: Ein’ feste Burg [Harbach: listen] Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Introit: Remember not, Lord, our offences [text] [Cambridge Singers: listen], Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis in D, KV 194 [Rieti/Mannheim: listen]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)

Motet: Insanae et vanae curae [text] [King's: listen; Chamber Europe: listen; St. John's: YouTube]
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Motet: Lord, how long wilt thou be angry? [text] [Cambridge Singers: listen], Henry Purcell

Postlude: Homage to Perotin [Swann: listen], Myron Roberts (b. 1912)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Choristers of the Montreal Boys' Choir Course, Andrew Lumsden conducting

Prelude: Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op 32 No 2: Psalm 37 V. 11 “But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth” [Cleobury: listen],
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: Ah, My Deare Angrie Lord [text], Godfrey Sampson (1902-1949)

Preces and Responses: “West Riding Cathedrals Festival”
Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Psalm: 18 (Wedd)

Canticles: Evening Service on Plainsong Tones, Arthur Wills (b. 1926)

Anthem: Let God Arise [text] [Chichester:YouTube], Herbert Howells

Anthem: Insanæ et vanæ curæ [text] [King's: listen; Chamber Europe: listen; St. John's: YouTube], Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Postlude: Toccata in b [Drury: NML] (info), Francis Jackson

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