October 25, 2009

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Healing of the Blind Man, National Gallery, London, 1308-11

Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way (NRSV, Mark 10:52).

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The St. Cecilia Choir, Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto

Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele [chorale text] [listen], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Introit: Benedic anima mea Domino [text], George Malcolm (1917-97)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Andrew Carter (b. 1939)

Motet: O bone Jesu [text] [Norddeutschen Rundfunks: listen; North German Figural: NML] (info);
Adoramus te [text] [Norddeutschen Rundfunks: listen; North German Figural: NML](info), Johannes Brahms

Postlude: Sortie [Filsell: listen], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

4:00 pm Evensong
The St. Cecilia Choir, Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto

Prelude: Intermezzo, Ian Hare (b. 1949)

Introit: Come, my Way [text], Willam Harris (1883-1973)

Preces and Responses: Derek Holman (b. 1931)

Psalm: 103

Canticles: Derek Holman

Anthem: Praise the Lord, O my soul [text], Andrew Carter (b. 1939)

Postlude: Toccata, Ian Hare

October 18, 2009

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Creation, Lutherbibel, 1534

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures (NRSV, Psalm 104:24).


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Récit de nazard from Livre d’orgue [Rogg: NML] (info), Lionel Rogg (b. 1936)

Introit: Let thy merciful ears, O Lord [text] [Clare: listen], Thomas Mudd (1560-?)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis Capella Regalis, Anthony Caesar (b. 1924)

Motet: Ave verum corpus [text] [Choeur des marais: listen], Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Postlude: Grand jeu from Livre d’orgue [Rogg: NML] (info), Lionel Rogg

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:Voluntary X in G , William Boyce (1711-79)

Introit: In pace [text], John Sheppard (1515-60)

Preces and Responses: Richard Ayleward (1626-69)

Psalm: 98 (Bairstow)

Magnificat: Short Service [Musica sacra: listen; Chapelle du Roi: NML] (info), Thomas Tallis (c.1505-85)

Nunc Dimittis: Short Service [Musica sacra: listen; Chapelle du Roi: NML] (info), Thomas Tallis

Anthem: In pace, [text], John [William] Blitheman (1525-91)

Postlude: Voluntary V for Trumpet, William Boyce

October 11, 2009

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Corn Harvest (detail), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1565

You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you (NRSV, Joel 2:26).

Thanksgiving Sunday [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Pastorale [Blyth: listen], Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

Introit: O praise the Lord [text], Adrian Batten (1591-1637)

Mass Setting: Missa Sine Nomine [Vartolo: listen] [Fasolis: listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet: Psalm 67, Philip Benson

Postlude: Festive March "Nun Danket" from 66 Choralimprovisationen, op. 65 [Flagius: NML] (info), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Pastorale from Deuxième Suite pour orgue, opus 27 [van der Steen: listen], Léon Böellmann (1862-97)

Introit: For the beauty of the earth, Andrew Carter (b. 1939)

Preces and Responses: James Wallace (b. 1959)

Psalm: 67 (Bairstow)

Canticles: Service in E-flat, Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Anthem: Fear not, O land [text], William Harris (1883-1973)

Postlude: Pastorale [Crozier: listen], Peter Racine Fricker (1920-90)

October 4, 2009

Jan Lievens, Job on the Dungheap, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1631

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. (NRSV, Job 2:7).


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Tierce en taille from 4ième Livre d'orgue, Louis Marchand (1669-1732)

Introit: Jubilate Deo [text] [Corale Polifonica Psalterium: download; Exultate Deo: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Mass Setting: Missa Simile est regnum caelorum [Christ Church Oxford: NML; CML] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)

Motet: Gustate et videte [text], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

Postlude: Grand Dialogue in C from 3ième Livre d'orgue [Raver: listen], Louis Marchand

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Préambule from Sketches for Organ on Verses from the Psalms [Bate: listen], Percy Whitlock (1903-46)

Introit: Prevent us, O Lord [text], Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)

Preces and Responses: Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Psalm: 145 (Cooper, Corfe)

Canticles: Collegium Regale, Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Anthem: For I went with the multitude [text], Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Postlude: Sortie from Sketches for Organ on Verses from the Psalms [Bate: listen], Percy Whitlock
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