July 10, 2011


Hendrick Terbrugghen, Esau selling his birthright, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, c. 1627

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright [NRSV, Genesis 25:34].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Toccata quarta [Yourovski: YouTube], Georg Muffat (1645-1704)

Mass Setting: Service in D, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

Introit: O Lord  my God, to thee [text], Jacques Arcadelt (1510-68)

Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria [text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

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

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 2, Op. 105, No. 1, Angel's Song [Hunter: We7] (info),  Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Introit: O saviour of the world [text], ArthurSomervell (1863-1937)

Preces and Responses: Thomas Ebdon (1738-1811)

Psalm: 122 (Cook)

Canticles: Service in A [St. Martin's:We7] (info), Samuel Arnold (1740-1802)

Anthem: Pray that Jerusalem may have peace [King's: text/Grooveshark], Charles Villiers Stanford

Postlude: Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 2, Op. 105, No. 4, On a theme of Gibbons [Hunter: We7] (info),  Charles Villiers Stanford