January 10, 2009

Dieric Bouts the Elder (Younger?), The Adoration of the Magi, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, c. 1465

On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. [NRSV, Matthew 2:11].

Epiphany of the Lord [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: How brightly shines the morning star [Payne: YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Introit: Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger Domsingknaben: YouTube] Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Mass Setting: Missa Conditor alme siderum [MIDI], Giovanni Animuccia (1520-1571)

Motet: Videntes stellam [text] [New College: CML] (info), Orlande de Lassus (1532 [30?]-1592)

Postlude: How brightly shines the morning star [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4:00 pm A Festival of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: How brightly shines the morning star [Sykes: listen], James Woodman (b. 1957)

Carols: Omnes de Saba venient [text] [Phillips: YouTube; Kights Round Table: WE7], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Susanni from Five Carols [text] [Musica Intima: NML] (info), Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

The Christ-Child Lay [text], John Joubert (b. 1927)

So said the angel [text], Peter Skellern (b. 1947)

Videntes stellam [text][New College: CML](info), Orlande de Lassus (1532 [30?]-1592)

The Band of children [text], French, arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

The Birds [text], Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998)

Tribus miraculis [text], Claudio Merulo (1533-1404)

Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger Domsingknaben: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Postlude: How brightly shines the morning star, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)