September 26, 2010


Abraham and Lazarus
, Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Moissac, 1115-35


In Hades, where the rich man was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side [NRSV, Luke 16:23].

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs


Prelude:
Andantino (Concerto 3) [Matter/Langeweld: YouTube], Antonio Soler, 1729-83

Introit: Jesus is the brightest light [text] [MIDI], Johann Freylinghausen (1670-1739)

Mass Setting: Missa Phrygia [Auckland (Agnus Dei): YouTube], Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)

Motet: Gustate et videte [text], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

Postlude: Minuet (Concerto 3) [Matter/Langeveld: YouTube 4:37], Antonio Soler

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Adagio e dolce, Trio Sonata III, BWV 527 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: The God of Peace [text], Richard Lloyd (b. 1933)

Preces and Responses:
Bryan Kelly (b. 1934)

Psalm: 19 (Turle, Noble)

Canticles: Service in E-flat, Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Anthem: Most glorious Lord of lyfe [text], David Lord (b. 1944)

Postlude: Vivace,
Trio Sonata III, BWV 527 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

September 19, 2010

Jan Luyken, The Parable of the Unjust Steward, Bowyer Bible

Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer [NRSV, Luke 16:1-2].'

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet [Payne: YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Introit:
Te Adoramus, Christe [Auckland: text/YouTube], Lodovico Viadana (1550-1627)

Mass Setting:
Messa a Quattro Voci, Giovanni Grossi (1615-84)

Motet:
O Sacrum Convivium [text] [South Jersey: YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1554-99)

Postlude:
Toccata and fugue in C [Payne: NML] (info), Johann Pachelbel

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Intermezzo, Ian Hare (1949)

Introit: Before the ending of the day [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Preces and Responses: Craig Phillips (b. 1961)

Psalm: 27 (Turle)

Canticles: Service in D, E.J. Moeran (1894-1950)

Anthem: Hail, gladdening light [text], Healey Willan

Postlude: Toccata, Ian Hare

September 12, 2010

The Good Shepherd from the Catacomb of Domitilla, 3rd cent.

"Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices [NRSV, Luke 15:4-5]."

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude:
Aria, op. 51 [Metzler: YouTube], Flor Peeters (1903-86)

Introit:
Bread of Heaven [text], William France (1912-85)

Mass Setting:
Missa Cantate, Bob Chilcott (1955)

Motet:
Ave verum corpus [text], Flor Peeters

Postlude:
Ye boundless Realms of Joy [YouTube], C. H. H. Parry (1848-1918)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: At eventide, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1912)

Introit: In Thee is gladness [text] [First Friends: YouTube], C. V. Stanford

Preces and Responses: "Guilford,"
Andrew Millington (b. 1952)

Psalm: 149 (Stanford)

Magnificat: Service in C
[St. Paul's: YouTube], C.V. Stanford

Nunc Dimittis: Service in C [St. Paul's: YouTube], C.V. Stanford

Anthem: How beauteous are their feet [text] [New College: CML]
(info), C.V. Stanford

Postlude: Fantasia and toccata in d,
op. 57 [Drury: NML]
(info), C.V. Stanford

September 5, 2010

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Way to Calvary, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple [NRSV, Luke 14:27].

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Liebster Jesu, BWV 633 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Introit:
Ave Maria [text] [Chigasaki: YouTube], Jacob Arcadelt (1500-68)

Mass Setting:
Missa brevis 3, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Motet:
Ave verum corpus [text], Robert Pearsall (1795-1856)

Postlude: Prelude and fugue in C, BWV 545 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Contrapunctus 1 (Art of fugue), BWV 1080 [Rogg: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Hail, gladdening light [text], John Stainer (1840-1901)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 100, 101, Tones 8.1, 1.2

Magnificat: Tone 2.2, faubourdons
Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Nunc dimittis:
Tone 3.4, faubourdons Healey Willan

Anthem: God so loved the world [Clare College: text/YouTube], John Stainer

Postlude:
Contrapunctus 2 (Art of fugue), BWV 1080 [Rogg: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach