May 15, 2011


Christ the Good Shepherd, Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, 1st-3rd cent.

I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture [NRSV, John 10:9].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr / Glory to God [Sluys: NML] (info), Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

Introit: The Lord my Shepherd is [text], Thomas Firth (late 18th cent.) 

Motet: Brother James’ Air [text] [Yorkminster Baptist: NML] (info), arr. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)

Postlude: Praeludium in d [Brock: Pipedreams], Georg Böhm

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden / Christ lay in the bonds of death [Bergwerff: listen],  Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

Introit: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my Shepherd [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 23  (Goss)
 
Magnificat: Deutsches Magnificat / German Magnificat, SWV 426 [Energeia: YouTube], Heinrich Schütz
Nunc dimittis: Tone 3.5

Anthem: Der Herr ist mein Hirt / The Lord is my Shepherd [text] [Maria Laach: YouTube], Bernhard Klein (1793-1832)

Postlude: Vater unser im Himmelreich / Our Father in Heaven [van Beek: listen], Georg Böhm