October 30, 2011

Homage to the Lamb, Bamberg Apocalypse, Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg, c. 1000

               

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. [NRSV, Revelation 7:9].


Feast of All Saints

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Messiaen himself: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)


Mass Setting: Missa Omnes Sancti, Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)


Introit: O quam gloriosum [text], Luca Marenzio (1560-99)                                                         


Motet: O quam gloriosum [text] [YouTube], Jacob Vaet (1529-67)


Postlude: Joie et clarté des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Messiaen himself: listen],Olivier Messiaen

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Messiaen himself: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)


Introit: Hail, gladdening light [King's: text/YouTube], Charles Wood (1866-1926)


Preces and Responses: Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)


Psalm:  149 (Woodward)


Magnificat: Service in G [St John's: YouTube],  Charles Villiers Stanford (1952-1924)


Nunc Dimittis: Service in G [St John's: YouTube],  Charles Villiers Stanford


Anthem: Hear my prayer [Eton: text/YouTube], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)


Postlude: Force et agilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Messiaen himself: listen], Olivier Messiaen