February 26, 2012

Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Temptation of Christ, Frick Collection, New York, 1308-11

He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him [NRSV, Mark 1:13].



First Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: Have mercy on me, O Lord God / Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott [Dimmock: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)


Mass Setting: Mass (1948) [RIAS: YouTube Part I; Part II], Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)


Introit:  O bone Jesu  [text], Louis Halsey (b. 1929)


Motet: Peccantem me quotidie [Averroes: text/YouTube] Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)


Postlude: Fantasia Chromatica [listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

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

Introit: I will was my hands [text], William Smith (1603-45)

Preces: [YouTube] William Smith


Responses: [YouTube] William Smith

Psalm: 130 “Out from the deep,” Robert Tailour (17^th century English)

Magnificat: Service for eight voices [Smith: YouTube], Robert Parsons (1530-72)


Nunc dimittis: Service for eight voices  [Smith: YouTube],  Robert Parsons 

Anthem: Laboravi in gemitu meo [text/listen], ThomasMorley (1557-1602)

Postlude: Vater unser [Engels: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 

February 22, 2012

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Last Judgment (detail), Cappella Sistina, Vatican, 1537-41

Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins [NRSV, Isaiah 58:1].



Ash Wednesday [Comments]

7:30 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Mass Setting: Missa brevis 1, Healey Willan (1880-1968)


Motet: Peccantem me quotidie [Averroes: text/YouTube] Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)


Motet: O bone Jesu  [text], Louis Halsey (b. 1929)


Postlude: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß / O world, bemoan your grievous sin, BWV 622 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

February 19, 2012

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Christ leading Peter, James and John to the High Mountain for the Transfiguration, 

The Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1770-80s

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves  [NRSV, Mark 9:2a].


The Last Sunday after Epiphany / Transfiguration Sunday [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Alleluias sereins d'une ame que desire le ciel /  Serene Alleluias from a Soul Longing for Heaven from L'Ascension [Latry: YouTube] , Olivier Messiaen(1908-1992)


Mass Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro:YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)


Introit: Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1554)


Motet: Alleluia, candor est lucis [text] [St. Benedict: listen], Plainsong, Tone 7


Postlude: Alleluia, sing to Jesus, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

                                            

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Eclogue, Desmond Ratcliffe (1917-2001)

Introit: Now the God of peace [text] Gerald Knight (1908-79)

Preces and Responses: Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)

Psalm: 122 (Cook)

Canticles: C. Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)

Anthem: O Gladsome Light [text], Harrison Oxley

Postlude: Allegro con brio in D, Desmond Ratcliffe

February 12, 2012

Naaman the Leper, British Museum, 12th c.

So Naaman went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy, and he was clean [NRSV, 2 Kings 5:14].



Sixth Sunday after Epiphany [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:  “Aberystwyth,” [Wedd: [BNQ; BM] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Mass Setting: Messa a 4, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1630)

Introit: Voce mea [Marciana: YouTube/text], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

Motet: O Sacrum convivium [text/YouTube],Giovanni Croce


Postlude: Variations “Aberystwyth,” Paul Lindsley Thomas (b. 1929)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Voluntary in A, Op. 7, no.1, John Stanley (1712-86)

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

Preces and Responses: Thomas Ebdon (1738-1811)

Psalm: 41 (Camidge)

Canticles: Service in F, JohnTravers (1703-58)

Anthem: Blessed is he that considereth [text] [Somerville: YouTube]  Michael Wise (1648-87)

Postlude: Voluntary in a, Op. 7, no. 8 [Kovaks: YouTube] John Stanley 

February 5, 2012

Master of the Life of the Virgin, The Presentation, National Gallery, London, 1460-75

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed [NRSV, Luke 2:34].



The Presentation of the Lord / Candlemas [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs


Mass Setting: Missa Aedis Christi [CCC Dublin: BNQ; BM  (info); New College: CML (info)], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)


Introit: Senex puerum portabat [a 4 voces] [King's: listen], William Byrd (1543-1625)


Motet: Hodie Beata Virgo [text] [King's: listen], William Byrd


Postlude: A light to reveal [Berg: YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nunc Dimittis, BWV 616 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit:  One thing have I desired [text], Richard Kidd (b. 1954)

Preces and Responses:  Raymond Lewis

Psalm: 27 (Turle)

Magnificat: Evening Service in F [St. Paul's: YouTube] George Dyson (1883-1964)


Nunc dimittis:  Evening Service in F [St. Paul's: YouTube] George Dyson

Anthem:  When to the temple Mary went [text] [St. Paul's: YouTube],  Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) 

Postlude:  Lord God, now unlock your heaven, BWV 617 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach