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