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 (17th 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
