March 25, 2012

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Jeremiah (detail), Sistine Chapel, Vatican, 1508-12

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people [NRSV, Jeremiah 31:33].



Fifth Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Men's voices

Prelude: Da Pacem, Domine [Leonhardt: YouTube], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)


Mass Setting: Missa XVII pro Dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae [Solesmes: listen], plainsong


Introit: The Lent Prose [text/listen], Plainsong tone 5


Motet: Sæpe expugnaverunt me [text], plainsong tone 8


Postlude: Hexachord Fantasia [Woolley: BNQ; BM] (info), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

4:00 pm Evensong
Men's Voices
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Da Pacem, Domine [Leonhardt: YouTube], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Introit: Judica me [text], Plainsong tone 4

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 145 (Tone 7.5)

Magnificat: Plainsong Tone 1.5 solemn

Nunc dimittis: PlainsongTone 3.5

Anthem:  Sæpe expugnaverunt me [text], plainsong tone 8 

Postlude: Aeolian Ricercar [Spieth: BNQ; BM] (info), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

March 18, 2012

Anthony Van Dyck, Moses and the Brazen Serpent, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1621 

So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live [NRSV, Numbers 21:9].


Fourth Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Women's Voices

Prelude: Wir glauben all en einen Gott [Dirksen: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)             


Mass Setting: Missa in simplicitate [Rhone: BNQ; BM] (info), Jean Langlais


Introit: Beatus vir [text] [L’Échelle: musicMe], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)


Motet: Oculus non vidit [text] [L’Échelle: musicMe], Orlande de Lassus 


Postlude:  Dorian Toccata in G [Woolley: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck            

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Women's Voices
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude:  Wir glauben all en einen Gott [Dirksen: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) )             

Introit: Recordare Domine [text] [Vocaloid: YouTube],  Elzéar Genet (c. 1470-1548

Preces and Responses: Timothy Noon (b. 1974)

Psalm: 1, Sidgwick

Magnificat: in c [Lichfield: YouTube], George Dyson (1883-1964)


Nunc dimittis: in C [Lichfield: YouTube], George Dyson

Anthem: Adoramus te Christe [text] [L’Échelle: musicMe],  Orlande de Lassus (1532-94) 

Postlude:  Wir glauben all en einen Gott [Dirksen: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck           

March 11, 2012

El Greco, Christ driving the traders from the temple, Frick Collection, New York, c. 1600

Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables [NRSV, John 2:15].



Third Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot [Erné: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)                                   


Mass Setting: Missa brevis 3, Healey Willan (1880-1968) 


Introit: Thou knowest Lord [Berkeley:text/YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)


Motet: Nolo mortem peccatoris [text/8 versions], Thomas Morley (1577-1602) 


Postlude: Dorian Toccata [listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: 0 Lux Beata Trinitas [listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)                            

Introit:  Salve Regina [text] [Hofburgkapelle Vienna: YouTube], plainsong (solemn tone)

Preces and Responses: plainsong

Psalm: 34, Tone 5.3

Magnificat: Primi toni, Francesco Soriano (1548/49-1621)


Nunc dimittis: [Heiligenkruez: YouTube], plainsong

Anthem:  Salve Regina [text] [listen], Francesco Soriano 

Postlude: Aeolian Echo Fantasia [Engels: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

March 4, 2012

Annibale Carracci, Domine, Quo Vadis, National Gallery, London, 1602

He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me [NRSV, Mark 8:34].


Second Sunday of Lent [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Variations on Psalm 116 [Engels: listen ], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)


Mass Setting: Missa Brevis 2 [Bell: YouTube],Healey Willan (1880-1968)


Introit: Hide not thou thy face [text] [Westminster Abbey: YouTube] Richard Farrant (1530-80)


Motet: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake [Berkeley: text/YouTube], Richard Farrant


Postlude: Dorian toccata [Antinori: YouTube], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Ebarm dich mein, O Herre Gott / Have mercy upon me, O Lord God (Variations 1-2) [Dimmock:listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Introit: Call to Remembrance [text] [Redeemer:YouTube], Richard Farrant (1530-1580) 

Preces and Responses: Marcus Sealy (b. 1947)

Psalm: 25 (Cooke)

Magnificat: Short Service [Trinity: YouTube], Richard Farrant


Nunc dimittis:  Short Service [Trinity: YouTube], Richard Farrant 

Anthem:  Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake [Berkeley: text/YouTube], Richard Farrant 

Postlude: Ebarm dich mein, O Herre Gott / Have mercy upon me, O Lord God (Variations 3-6) [Dimmock:listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck