April 3, 2011

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Healing the blind man, National Gallery, London, 1308-11

When Jesus had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes [NRSV, John 9:6].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Trebles and Women's voices

Prelude: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit / Kyrie, God Father in heaven above, BWV 669 [Kibbie: listen] [Clavier-Übung III], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Jesu rex admirabilis [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis [Rihimaki: NML] (info), Nancy Telfer (b. 1950)

Motet: Tua Jesu dilectio [text], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)

Postlude: Prelude in E-Flat Major, BWV 552-1 [Kibbie: listen] [Clavier-Übung III], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
Women's Voices

Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (fuga) / Jesus Christ our Saviour (fugue), BWV 689 [Kibbie: listen] [Clavier-Übung III],  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: In pace in idipsum [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Preces and Responses:  Godfrey Ridout (1918-84)

Psalm: 75 (tone 6)

Canticles: Service in C, Godfrey Ridout

Anthem: Memento salutis auctor [text/listen], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Postlude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland / Jesus Christ our Saviour, BWV 688 [Kibbie: listen] [Clavier-Übung III],  Johann Sebastian Bach