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Sassetta, Adoration of the Magi, Chigi-Saracini Collection (Monte dei Paschi), Siena, c. 1435On 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)
