March 6, 2011


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Transfiguration, National Gallery, London, 1308-11

Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him   [NRSV, Matthew 17:3].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l’essence from Les Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, No. III [Messiaen: listen] Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Introit: Euge Caeli [Chapelle du Roi: text/NML] (info), Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Mass Setting: Missa Vinum Bonum [listen], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94) 

Motet: O God, My King [text], John Amner (1579-1641)

Postlude: Le Fils, resplendissement de la gloire du Père from Les Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, No. VI [Messiaen: listen], Olivier Messiaen

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: Voluntary No.2 in f, Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
 
Introit: Let my prayer come up [text] [Vox Antiqua: YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Preces and Responses: John Reading (1645-92)

Psalm: 122, Henry Purcell

Canticles: Service in C, Maurice Greene

Anthem: Thy word is a lantern [King's Consort: text/YouTube], Henry Purcell

Postlude: Voluntary No. 11 in b [Cooper: YouTube], Maurice Greene