November 29, 2009

Nicholas Bataille and Hennequin de Bruges, New Jerusalem from the Apocalypse Tapestry, Angers, c.1570


In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety [NRSV, Jeremiah 33:16].

The First Sunday of Advent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Variations “Veni Emmanuel” [Holman: listen], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)

Introit: Jesus comes [text], Donald James

Mass Setting: Missa in Adventu, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Motet: Never weather-beaten sail [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Postlude: Rhapsody “Lo, he comes,” William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)


4:00 pm A Procession with Lessons and Carols for Advent
The Cathedral Choirs with Diocesan Choristers

Preludes: Variations “Veni Emmanuel” [Holman: listen], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
“A Lovely Rose is Blooming” [Rübsam: listen], Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) [BNQ]

Responsory: I look from afar [text], Patrick Wedd (b.1948) [BNQ]

Antiphon: O Emmanuel [text/listen]

Carol: Never weather-beatan sail [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Antiphon: O Radix Jesse [text/listen]

Carols: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming [text] [Cambridge Singers: listen], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) [BNQ], arr. Phil Mattson
Jesus Christ the apple tree [text], Somerset folk song

Antiphon: O Sapientia [text/listen]

Carol: Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme [Thomas: text/listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Antiphon: O Virgo virginum [text]

Antiphon: O Oriens [text/listen]

Carol: People, look east [text] [listen], French traditional, arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)[BNQ]

Antiphon: O Rex Gentium [text/listen]

Carol: Christ is the world’s true light [text], Walter Kendall Stanton (1891-1978)

Postlude: Helmsley (Lo, he comes with clouds descending) from Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72, Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

November 22, 2009

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pontius Pilate interrogating Jesus, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" [NRSV, John 18:33].

The Reign of Christ - Dedication of the Cathedral

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Intrada, Op. 111a [van Keijzer: listen], Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Introit: Jubilate Deo [Gloria Dei Cantores: text/one-minute clip], Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565)

Mass Setting: Missa pro victoria [Cardinall's Musick: listen; Song Company: NML] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1549-1611)

Canticle: The Throne of God [text], Patrick Wedd (b.1948)

Motet: Behold, the Tabernacle of God [St. Mary Magdalene: text/listen], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Postlude: Festive Toccata [Obetz: listen] Denis Bédard (b.1950)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Vater Unser, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Introit: Glorious and Powerful God [text], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1942)

Preces and Responses: John Holmes (fl. 1580-1610)

Psalm: 132 (Martin, Havergal)

Magnificat: Second Service [King's: listen; Winchester: listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Nunc dimittis: Second Service [King's: listen; Winchester: listen], Orlando Gibbons

Anthem: Glorious and Powerful God [Winchester: text/listen; Oxenford: text/listen], Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: St. Patrick's Breastplate - Allegro maestoso from Sonata Celtica, No. 4 in c, Op. 153 [Payne: NML] (info), Charles Villiers Stanford

November 15, 2009

Alexander Master, Jesus Teaching his Disciples the Last Things, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430

"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come (NRSV, Mark 13:7)."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Rhosymedre [Longhurst: listen], Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Introit: O Taste and See [Canterbury: text/listen;Trinity College, Melbourne: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams

Mass Setting: Service in G, Clifford Harker (1912-99)

Motet: I sat down under his shadow [Cambridge Singers: text/listen; National Lutheran Choir: YouTube], Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)

Postlude: Paean for organ [Jackson: listen], Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: A substantial verse, Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Introit: Teach me Thy Way, O Lord [text] [Oratory Singers: YouTube], William Fox (d.1759)

Preces and Responses: Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Psalm: 119 (Richards, Goss)

Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Morley

Anthem: In manus tuas [Cambridge Singers: text/listen], John Sheppard (1515-1558)

Postlude: In Nomine [Carl Smith: NML] (info), Thomas Tomkins

November 8, 2009


Robert Vonnoh, In Flanders Field - Where Soldiers Sleep and Poppies Grow, Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio, 1890

Jesus said to Martha, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die (NRSV, John 11:25-26a).'

Remembrance Sunday

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Chorale Prelude, O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, Op. 122, no. 6 (Blessed are ye faithful souls) [Golebiowski: listen; Sonnleitner: listen; Vuola: NML; Oortmerssen: NML] (info); Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Introit: In the midst of life [text], Russian Chant

Mass Setting: Missa de Beata Virgine, Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628)

Motet: Requiem aeternam [text], Felice Anerio (1560-1594)

Postlude: O God our help, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Chorale Prelude, O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, Op. 122, no. 6 (Blessed are ye faithful souls) [Golebiowski: listen; Sonnleitner: listen; Vuola: NML; Oortmerssen: NML] (info); Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Introit: Holy is the True light [text] [Christ Church, Oxford: YouTube; Carwood: CML] (info); William Harris (1883-1973)

Preces and Responses: Donald Hunt (b.1930)

Psalm: 121 (Walford Davies)

Canticles: Service in C, Philip Radcliffe (1905-86)

Anthem: O Thou, whose all-redeeming might [text], David Blackwell (b. 1961)

Postlude: Chorale-prelude, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122 (O world, I now must leave you) [listen], Johannes Brahms

November 1, 2009

The New Jerusalem, Bamberg Apocalypse, Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg, 1000-20

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband [NRSV, Revelation 21:2].

All Saints Day [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Variations on “For all the saints ” [Bish: YouTube], Denis Bédard (b. 1950)

Mass Setting: Missa Antiphonica, Henk Badings (1907-87)

Motet: O how glorious [Vancouver: text/listen], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Communion Motet: O quam gloriosum [Capella Sancti Michaelis; Cinquecento: text/listen], Jacobus Vaet (1529-67)

Postlude: Force et agilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Latry: listen; Bate: listen; Weir: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Latry: listen; Bate: listen; Weir: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Introit: Selig sind die Toten [text/listen], Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Preces and Responses: Paul Halley (b. 1952)

Psalm: 149 (Woodward)

Canticles: Double Choir C. S. Lang (1891-1971)

Anthem: Bring us, O Lord God [Cambridge Singers: text/listen], William Harris (1883-1973)

Postlude: Variations on “For all the saints ” [Bish: YouTube], Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
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