May 2, 2010

Julius Shnorr, St. Peter's Vision

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four corners; and it came close to me. As I looked at it closely I saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air [NRSV, Acts 11:5-6]."

Fifth Sunday of Easter [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Prelude "St. Botolph" [YouTube], Gordon Slater (1896-1979)

Introit: A New commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

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

Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria [text], Richard Shephard

Postlude: Allegro con spirito in B-flat from Three Pieces [Wilson: listen], Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

No Evensong this Sunday.

April 25, 2010

Sarcophagus, Jesus the Good Shepherd, Lateran Museum, Rome, late 4th cent.

My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. [NRSV, John 10:27].

Fourth Sunday of Easter [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Brother James' Air [Murray: listen], Searle Wright (1918-2004)

Introit: The Lord my shepherd is [text], Thomas Firth (18^th cent.)

Mass Setting: English Mass, Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Motet: My shepherd is the living Lord [Summerly: text/NML] (info), Thomas Tomkins

Postlude: Iste Confessor [Préfontaine: NML] (info), Jehan Titelouze (1563-1633)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Trio in E-flat, Six short preludes and postludes, Set 2, Op. 105, No 5, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Introit:

The Lord my shepherd is [text], Thomas Firth (18^th cent.)

Preces and Responses: “York Minster,” Philip Moore (b. 1943)

Psalm: 23 (Bairstow)

Magnificat: Service in C [St. John's: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford

Nunc dimittis: Service in C [Ausreisser: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford

Anthem: The Lord is my shepherd [St. Paul's: text/listen], Charles Villiers Stanford

Postlude: Allegro in d, Six short preludes and postludes, Set 2, Op. 105, No 6 [Murray: listen], Charles Villiers Stanford

April 18, 2010

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Christ's Appearance at Lake Tiberias, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead [NRSV, John 21:14].

Third Sunday of Easter [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Awake Thou Wintry Earth [Christ Church Oxford: text/YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

Mass Setting: Service in the Phrygian Mode, Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Motet: Up, up, my heart, with gladness, BWV 441 [Rubens: text/NML], Johann Sebastian Bach

Postlude: Toccata in C, BWV 564 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman; YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: O filii et filiae [Foulard: YouTube], Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)

Introit:

O sons and daughters [text],

French Trad. Arr. Walford Davies (1869-1941)

Preces and Responses: St. George’s, Windsor, Sidney Campbell (1909-74)

Psalm: 114, Tonus Pelegrinus

Canticles: Service in D, Percy Whitlock (1903-46)

Anthem: He is risen [text], Percy Whitlock

Postlude: O filii et filiae, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

April 11, 2010

Peter Paul Rubens, The Incredulity of Thomas, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1613-15

So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe [NRSV, John 20:25]."

Second Sunday of Easter [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Improvisation in an Easter Anthem, Hilary Punnett (b. 1985)

Introit: Regina caeli [St. David's: text/listen], Francesco Soriano (c.1548-1621)

Mass Setting: Messa a 4 voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)

Motet: Regina caeli [Palestrina Boys: text/YouTube], Gregor Aichinger (1565-1628)

Postlude: La Résurrection du Christ from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: YouTube],Olivier Messiaen(1908-1992)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654, [Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Now the Green Blade Rises [CounTéBas: text/YouTube ], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

Preces and Responses: Martin Neary (b. 1940)

Psalm: 113 (Macfarren)

Magnificat: Short Service [Trinity Cleveland: YouTube], Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623)

Nunc dimittis: Short Service [Trinity Cleveland: YouTube], Thomas Weelkes

Anthem: Maria Magdalena [text], François Dulot (fl. 16th cent.)

Postlude: Passacaglia, Op. 41, Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)