July 3, 2011


Rembrandt van Rijn, The Jewish Bride, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1665-67

Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death [NRSV, Genesis 24:67].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Ciacona [Haselböck:YouTube], Georg Muffat (1645-1704) 

Mass Setting:  Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84) 

Introit: Cantate Domino [text/YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

Motet: O Sacrum convivium [text/YouTube], Giovanni Croce

Postlude: Toccata secunda [Ullmann:YouTube], Georg Muffat

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 2, Op. 105, No. 3, Lento [Hunter: We7] (info),  Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Introit: O Lord, the maker of all thing [text], Anon. English, ca. 1548
Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 111, 113 (Tones 8.2, 5.2) 

Magnificat: Secundi toni, Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Nunc dimittis: Tone 1.4

Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: text/YouTube], William Mundy (1530-91)
Postlude: Introduktion und Passacaglia in D minor [Wissemann: YouTube], MaxReger (1873-1916)

June 26, 2011


Rembrant van Rijn, The Sacrifice of Isaac, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 1636

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am [NRSV, Gen. 22:11]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: “Jesu, the very thought of thee” [YouTube], Gordon Slater (1896-1979)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introit: O praise the Lord [Trinity: text/YouTube], Adrian Batten (1591-1637)


Motet: O sacrum convivium [text/listen], Thomas Tallis (1505-58)

Postlude: Praeludium in F, BuxWV 145 [Spang-Hanssen:YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Chorale [Drury: NML] (info), Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Introit: Fuit homo misso a Deo [text], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Preces and Responses:  Francis Jackson

Psalm: 98 (Bairstow) 

Canticles: Service in G, Francis Jackson

Anthem: This is the record of John, [text/YouTube], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) 

Postlude: Toccata in b [Drury: NML] (info), Francis Jackson 

June 19, 2011


Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Creation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth [NRSV, Genesis 1:1].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité  from Le Corps glorieux [Messiaen himself: Grooveshark], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

Introit: O lux beata Trinitas [text] [Leeuwarder Madrigaalkoor: YouTube], William Byrd (1540-1623)

Motet: O beata Trinitas [text] [Skinner: NML] (info), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude: St. Patrick's Breastplate - Allegro maestoso from Sonata Celtica, No. 4 in c, Op. 153 [Payne: NML] (info),  Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1942)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Gloria tibi Trinitas, John Bull (1562-1628)

Introit: Cherubic Hymn [text] [YouTube], Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1825)

Preces and Responses: “Dresden,” John Sanders (1933-2003)

Psalm: 146 (Atkins)

Magnificat: [Polyansky: YouTube], Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) 

Nunc Dimittis: [Kelly: YouTube], Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) 

Anthem: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93) 

Postlude: Gloria tibi Trinitas, John Bull

June 12, 2011

 

Albrecht Dürer, Descent of the Holy Spirit, British Museum, London, 1511

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place [NRSV, Acts 2:1].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Variations „Veni Creator“ [Warnier: musicMe] (info), Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

Mass Setting:  Mass of the Reconciliation, Tony Hewitt-Jones (1926-89)

Motet:  Veni Creator Spiritus [text], Adam Rener (1485-1520)

Postlude: Toccata „Veni Creator“  [Warnier: musicMe] (info), Maurice Duruflé

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Variations “Veni Creator,” Flor Peeters (1903-86) 

Introit: Repleti sunt omnes [text], Juan Esquivel (1560-1625) 

Preces and Responses: Philip Moore (b. 1943) 

Psalm: 104, pt 2, (Howells) 

Canticles: Service in E, Herbert Murrill (1909-52) 

Anthem: Come, Holy Spirit [text] [Adams: NML] (info) Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932) 

Postlude: Variations “Veni Creator,” Flor Peeters

June 5, 2011

 John Singleton Copley, The Ascension, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,  1775

They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven [NRSV, Acts 1:11]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [Latry: YouTube] , Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) 

Mass Setting:  Missa Ascendens Christus in altum [listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria  (1548-1611)

Introit: Non vos relinquam orphanos [text/listen], William Byrd (1540-1623) 

Motet: Non vos relinquam orphanos, Charles H. Giffen (b. 1940) 

Postlude: Transports de joie from L'Ascension [Latry: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen

4:00 pm Ordination Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Adagio from Sonata No. 1 [Biggs: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) 

Agnus Dei:  Missa Ascendens Christus in altum [listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria  (1548-1611)

Motet: Ascendens Christus in altum [listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria 

Postlude: Allegro vivace from Sonata No. 1 [Biggs: listen], Felix Mendelssohn
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