May 30, 2010

Peter Paul Rubens, Holy Trinity, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you [NRSV, John 16:15].

Trinity Sunday [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Gloria Tibi Trinitas [info/listen] John Bull (1562-1628)

Introit: Cherubic Hymn [info/listen] Dmitri Bortnyanksy (1751-1825)

Mass Setting: Missa Caça, Cristóbal Morales (1500-53)

Motet:

Hymn to the Trinity [text][St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)

Postlude: : St. Patrick’s Breastplate (Sonata Celtica) [Virtually Baroque: listen] Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Gloria Tibi Trinitas [Smith: NML] (info) Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Introit:

Hymn to the Trinity [text][St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube],

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

(1840-93)

Preces and Responses: Philip Radcliffe (1905-86)

Psalm: 146 (Atkins, Goodenough)

Canticles:

Short Service, Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

Anthem: Sancta Trinitas [

text

],

Antoine de Févin

(1470-1512)

Postlude: Gloria Tibi Trinitas [info/listen] John Bull (1562-1628)

May 23, 2010

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting [NRSV, Acts 2:1-2].

Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Gloria in excelsis Deo [Westminster Cathedral: YouTube] from the Mass setting: Messe Solennelle [Westminster Cathedral: YouTube], Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Motet:Holy Spirit, ever dwelling [text], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Postlude: Final from Symphonie No. 1 [Van Oosten: YouTube], Louis Vierne

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Hymnus “Veni Creator Spiritus” [Marks: listen], Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)

Introit:

Come, Holy Ghost [text], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Preces and Responses: Orlando Gibbons

Psalm: 104 (Wesley)

Magnificat: [King's College: listen], Orlando Gibbons

Nunc dimittis: [King's College: listen], Orlando Gibbons

Responses, Lord’s Prayer, Collects: John Barnard (17^th cent.)

Anthem: So God loved the world [text] [St. John's, Cambridge: NML] (info), Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: Hymnus “Veni Creator Spiritus” [Marks: listen] (cont.), Joseph Ahrens

May 16, 2010

Giotto di Bondone, Ascension, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06

When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. [NRSV, Acts 1:9].

Ascension Sunday [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Today God's Son triumphs [listen] Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: O rex gloriae [text], Luca Marenzio (1553?-99)

Mass Setting: Missa secunda, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Motet: Viri Galilaei [text], Dulos Couillart (early 16th cent.)

Postlude: : Toccata “And have the bright immensities,” Richard Purvis (1913-94)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Majesté du Christ (l’Ascension) [Messiaen: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Introit: Lift up your heads [text], John Amner (1579-1641)

Preces and Responses: William Smith (1603-45)

Psalm:

24 (Barnby)

Magnificat: Service for 5 voices [Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: NML] (info), Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

Nunc dimittis: Service for 5 voices [Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: NML] (info), Thomas Weelkes

Anthem: O Lord arise [text/NML] (info), Thomas Weelkes

Postlude: Prière du Christ (l’Ascension) [Messiaen: listen], Olivier Messiaen

May 9, 2010

William Hogarth, Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1736

Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." [NRSV, John 5:8].

Sixth Sunday of Easter [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Aria [Wedd: NML] (info) and Fugue, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: This is the day [text], Anonymous English, c. 1600

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis 3, Healey Willan

Motet: Haec Dies [text], Jacques Arcadelt (1507?-68)

Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in b, Healey Willan

4:00 pm Organ Vespers
Normand Richard, cantor; Patrick Wedd, organ

Prelude: Verses “Ave maris stella” [Préfontaine: NML] (info), Jehan Titelouze (1562/3-1633)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm:

34, Tone 5.3

Magnificat: Tone 3, organ verses [Allcoat: YouTube]: Michel Corrette (1707-95)

Nunc dimittis: Tone 1.4

Hymn: Ave maris Stella organ verses [Rhodes: listen; Marx/Schmid: NML] (info): Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)

Postlude: Toccata, Fugue and Hymn on “Ave Maris Stella” [Gillen: listen] Flor Peeters (1903-86)