September 18, 2011

The Master of the Manna, The Gathering of the Manna, Museé de la Chartreuse, Douai, 1470

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’^* For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat [NRSV, Exodus 16:15].

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Récit en taille [Guibray: listen], Louis-Antoine Dornel (c. 1685-1765)

Mass Setting: Missa quarti toni, Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

Introit: Exsultate justi [Adoremus: text/YouTube], Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627)

Motet: Christus factus est [Westminster Cathedral: text/YouTube], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)

Postlude: Grand jeu [Guibray: listen] Louis-Antoine Dornel

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Pazienza [Barber: We7], Percy Whitlock (1903-46)

Introit: Oculi omnium [Crown: text/YouTube], Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Preces and Responses: James Wallace (b. 1959)

Psalm: 34 (Parratt, Hollins)

Canticles: Service in E-flat, Charles Wood

Anthem: O thou, the central orb [Christophers: text/musicMe], Charles Wood

Postlude: Dolcezza [Barber: We7], Percy Whitlock