Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, c. 1567
The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son [NRSV, Matthew 22:2].
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Brother James' Air [Murray: listen], Searle Wright (1918-2004)
Mass Setting: Missa secunda, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Introit: Rejoice in the Lord alway [text], Anonymous English, 16th cent.
Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text], Juan de Esquivel (1560-1625)
Postlude: Prelude in C, BuxWV 138 [Krummacher: YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Magnificat primi toni, versets 1-2 [Nelson: YouTube], Heinrich Scheidemann (1596-1663)
Introit: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my Shepherd, SWV 120 [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)
Preces and Responses: Richard Ayleward (1626-69)
Psalm: 149 (Woodward)
Magnificat: Deutsches Magnificat / German Magnificat, SWV 426 [Energeia: YouTube], Heinrich Schütz
Nunc dimittis: Tertii toni, Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (1525/26-94)
Anthem: Cantate Domino, SWV 81 [text] [Norrington: YouTube], Heinrich Schütz
Postlude: Magnificat primi toni, versets 3-4 [Nelson: YouTube], Heinrich Scheidemann