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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)
Psalm:
24 (Barnby)