July 4, 2010

Illustrator of Petrus Comestor's Bible Historiale, The Cleansing of Naaman, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1372

So Naaman went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy, and he was clean [NRSV, 2 Kings 5:14].

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Prière, Georges-Émile Tanguay (1893-1964)

Introit: Come, I pray thee [text], W. H. Anderson (1882-1955)

Mass Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Derek Holman (b. 1931)

Motet: Very bread, good shepherd tend us [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Postlude: Toccata en fa, Clarence Lucas (1866-1947)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Elegy, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Come, I pray thee [text], W. H. Anderson (1882-1955)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 111, 113 (Tones 8.2, 5.2)

Magnificat: Tone 7.6, fauxbourdons Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Nunc dimittis: Tone 1.4, fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd

Anthem: Hail gladdening light [text], Healey Willan

Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in b minor, Healey Willan

June 27, 2010

Marc Chagall, Elijah carried off to heaven, etching, 1956

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. [NRSV, 2 Kings 2:11].

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Prière from Petite Suite, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Introit: Exultate justi [text] [Petit Choeur: YouTube], Lodovico Viadana, 1560-1627

Mass Setting: Missa sine nomine, Lodovico Viadana

Motet: Sicut cervus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 1525/26-1594

Postlude: Allegro from Petite Suite, Darius Milhaud

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Fancy in G, Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Introit: Rise up, my love [text] [Quintessential: listen; Elora: NML] (info), Healey Willan, 1880-1968

Preces and Responses: Thomas Tomkins, 1572-1656

Psalm: 1 (Sidgwick)

Magnificat: Fifth Service [Summerly: YouTube; Skinner: NML] (info), Thomas Tomkins

Nunc dimittis: Fifth Service [Summerly: NML; Skinner: NML] (info), Thomas Tomkins

Lord's Prayer: [Unichor/St. Clare's: YouTube; Rutter: NML] (info), Robert Stone, 1516-1613

Anthem: My beloved spake [text] [Worcester: YouTube; Voix baroques: NML] (info), Thomas Tomkins

Postlude: Voluntary in C [Wygranienko: listen], Thomas Tomkins

June 20, 2010

Briton Rivière, The Miracle of the Gadarene Swine, Tate Collection, 1883

Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. [NRSV, Luke 8:33].

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Sarabande from Partita [Costin: NML] (info), Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: O taste and see [text] [Exeter: YouTube], R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Motet: Heart’s Music [text] R. Vaughan Williams

Postlude: Fanfare [Kane: YouTube] Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Psalm Prelude 1, Op. 32, No. 1 [Sherman: listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: YouTube] William Mundy (1530-91)

Preces and Responses: Herbert Howells

Psalm: 27 (Howells)

Magnificat: Gloucester Service [YouTube], Herbert Howells

Nunc dimittis: Gloucester Service [YouTube], Herbert Howells

Anthem:

O Lord, the maker of all thing [text] [Canzona: YouTube], John Joubert (b. 1927)

Postlude: Intrata from Partita, [Costin: NML] (info), Herbert Howells

June 13, 2010

Bernardo Strozzi, Banquet at the House of Simon (detail), Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1629

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment [NRSV, Luke 7:36-37].

Third Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Jesu, the very thought of thee [Halley: listen], Gordon Slater (1896-1979)

Introit: O sing joyfully [text] [Blackburn: YouTube; Truro: YouTube] Adrian Batten (1591-1637)

Mass Setting: A Mass for All Saints, Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Motet: How can I keep from singing? [text] [Los Altos: YouTube] Robert Lowery (1826-99), arr. Rogers

Postlude: Impetuoso [Paukert: listen], Bedřich Wiedermann (1883-1951)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Capriccio sopra il “Cucu” [Robin: YouTube], Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-93)

Introit:

God me merciful unto us [text],

Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Preces and Responses:

Humphrey Clucas (b. 1942)

Psalm: 67 (Wedd)

Canticles: Service in F, Peter Aston

Anthem: Alleluia Psallat [text], Peter Aston

Postlude: I. Larghetto and II. Allegro from Concerto 13 in F [listen] (The Cuckoo and the Nightingale) George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)

June 6, 2010

Louise Anne, Marchioness of Waterford, Christ Raising the Dead, Tate Collection, 19th cent.

Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, rise [NRSV, Luke 7:14]!"

Second Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: : Vater unser, BWV 636 [Koopman: YouTube; Pilon: YouTube; Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Almighty God, which hast me brought [text], Thomas Ford (1580-1648)

Mass Setting: Canterbury Mass, Anthony Piccolo (b. 1953)

Motet: Sacerdotes Domini [text] [Christ Church Oxford: listen], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Postlude: Toccata in d (“Dorian”), BWV 538 [Richter: YouTube; de Groen: YouTube; Kibbie: listen] Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Wachet auf, BWV 645 [Alain: YouTube;de Groen: YouTube; Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Most glorious Lord of life [text], David Lord (b. 1944)

Preces and Responses:

Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)

Psalm: 86 (Goss)

Canticles: St. Edmundsbury, Jack Hawes (b. 1916)

Anthem: Most glorious Lord of life [text] [St. John's, Denver: NML](info), William Harris (1883-1973)

Postlude: Wachet auf, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)