January 30, 2011

Gustav Doré, The Sermon on the Mount, private collection

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [NRSV, Matthew 5:3]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Vater unser [Engels: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Introit: O Lord, we beseech thee [text], Joseph Pring (1776-1842)

Mass Setting: Missa Phrygia [Auckland: YouTube], Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)

Motet: Popule meus [text] [Landsberg: YouTube] Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude: Toccata in a [Engels: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: We All Believe In One True God / Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott [Dirksen: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Introit: Chantez à Dieu [text] [Ascension: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Preces and Responses: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Psalm: 133, 134 (Wedd)

Canticles: Short Service [Summerly: listen) Orlando Gibbons

Anthem: Or sus, Serviteurs du Seigneur [text], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelink

Postlude: Fantasia chromatica [Bierling: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

January 23, 2011

Michel Corneille the Younger, The Calling of Peter and Andrew, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, 1673

And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people [NRSV, Matthew 4:19]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Ruhig bewegt from Organ Sonata 2 [Jongepier: listen], Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Introit: Jesu, rex admirabilis [Gardiner: text/YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Claudio Casciolini (1697-760)

Motet: O salutaris hostia [text], G. P. da Palestrina

Postlude: Lebhaft from Organ Sonata 2 [Jongepier: listen], Paul Hindemith

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Präludium in c, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Introit: Ach, arme Welt [text] [BYU Singers: listen], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Preces and Responses: “Dresden,” John Sanders (b. 1933) 
 
Psalm: 113

Canticles: Service in C, Stanley Wilson (1899-1953)

Anthem: Verleih uns Frieden [text] [Corydon: YouTube] Felix Mendelssohn

 Postlude: Präludium und Fuge in G, Op. 37, No. 2 [Rose: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

January 16, 2011

Philippe de Champaigne, Ecce Agnus Dei, Musée de Grenoble
And as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God [NRSV, John 1:36]!"

January 16, 2011

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ [Payne: NML] (info), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Introit: Cantate Domino [text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)


Mass Setting: Missa Secunda, Hans Leo Hassler


Motet: Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler


Postlude: Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern [Owens: listen], Johann Pachelbel

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
 
Prelude: Gott der vater wohn uns bei, Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)


Introit: Let thy merciful ears [Clare: text/YouTube] Thomas Mudd (1619-67)


Preces and Responses: Thomas Morley (1557-1603)


Psalm: 119, pt. 5, William Byrd (1542-1625)


Canticles: Thomas Morley



Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: text/YouTube], William Mundy (1530-91)

Postlude: Allegro maestoso e vivace and Fuga, Sonata 2, Op. 65 [Johannsen: NML] (info), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy  (1809-47)

January 9, 2011


Dieric Bouts the Younger, Adoration of the Magi, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, c. 1470
May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts [NRSV, Psalm 72:10].

January 9, 2011
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10:00am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: How bright appears the Morning Star, James Woodman (b. 1957)

Introit: Reges terrae [text], Jean Mouton (1459-1522)

Mass Setting: Short Mass, Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010)

Motet: Bethlehem down[text/King's: YouTube], Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Postlude: How bright appears the Morning Star, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)

4:00pm Choral Eucharist with Induction and Installation of The Very Reverend J. Paul Kennington as Rector of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of Montreal
The Diocesan Massed Choir

Prelude: Prelude on Rhosymedre [Lamb: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Introit: The Song of the Tree of Life [text/Canterbury/Ely: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams

Mass Setting: Mass of Living Waters, Patrick Wedd (b. 1943)

Anthem: Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs [text/Slatkin: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams

Communion Motets: Love bade me welcome from Five Mystical Songs [text/Slatkin: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams

O Taste and See [text/Winchester: listen], Ralph Vaughan Williams

Postlude: Toccata, Op. 104 [Callahan: YouTube], Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

January 2, 2011

Titian, St. John the Evangelist on Patmos, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., c. 1547

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [NRSV, John 1:1].

January 2, 2011
The Second Sunday after Christmas
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10:00am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet

Prelude: In dulci jubilo, BWV 608 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Psallite Unigenito [text] [DEUM: YouTube], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)


Mass Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium [listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)


Motet: O magnum mysterium [text] [Gabrieli: YouTube],  Tomás Luis de Victoria

Postlude: Pièce d’Orgue / Fantasia in G Major, BWV 572 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

No evensong on Sunday, January 2, 2011
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