April 29, 2012


  The Good Shepherd (detail), Galla Placidia mausoleum, Ravenna, 5th c.

"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me [NRSV, John 10:14]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs
Prelude: Brother James' Air [Murray: listen], Searle Wright (1918-2004)


Mass Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)

Introit: The Lord my shepherd is [text], Thomas Firth (18th cent.)

Gloria: from the Carillon Mass, Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

Motet: The Lamb [text] [Sixteen: listen; 9 videos: YouTube], words by William Blake (1757-1827) and music by John Tavener (b. 1944)

Motet: Brother James’ Air [text] [Yorkminster Baptist: BNQ; BM] (info), arr. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)

Postlude: Fugue in C Major, BuxWV 138 [YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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

Prelude: Voluntary in a [Burchell: CML] (info), Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Introit: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my Shepherd [text] [Diakonie: YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)

Preces and Responses: Thomas Tomkins
 
Psalm: 23, Goss

Canticles: Second Service, Thomas Tomkins

Anthem: My shepherd is the living Lord [Worcester: text/YouTube], Thomas Tomkins

Postlude: A substantial verse [Challenger: listen], Thomas Tomkins

April 22, 2012

 Christ Appearing to his Disciples, Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, 14th cent.
 
While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you [NRSV, Luke 24:36b]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Good Christians all, rejoice and sing (Gelobet sei Gott) [Bishop: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Mass Setting: Missa super La, la maistre Pierre, Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Introit: Jubilate Deo [text/listen], Orlande de Lassus 

Motet: Scio enim [text] [Giltspur: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus

Postlude: Festival from Three Pieces for Organ, Healey Willan

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

Prelude: Tema Ostinato from Three Pieces for Organ, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Exaudi Deus [text] [Mont-Royal: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 30, Tone 8.1

Magnificat: Octavi toni [Currende: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus

Anthem: Exaltabo te [text] [Hendrix: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus 

Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in g from Three Pieces for Organ, Healey Willan

April 15, 2012


 Luca Signorelli, Doubting Thomas, Basilica at Loreto

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe [NRSV, John 20:27]."

Second Sunday of Easter [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: O filii et filiae (O Sons and Daughters) [Bardon: YouTube], Jean François Dandrieu (1682-1738)

Mass Setting: Missa Octava [Augsburg: BNQ; BM] (info), Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introit: Laudem dicite [Currende: text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet: Quia vidisti me, Thoma [St. David's: text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude: O filii et filiae (O Sons and Daughters) Healey Willan (1880-1968)

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

Prelude: Ad regias Agni dapes (At the Lamb’s high feast) from Le Tombeau de Titelouze [Keeley: BNQ; BM] (info), Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Introit: Laudem dicite [Currende: text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Preces and Responses: John Holmes (d. 1629)

Psalm: 111 (Tucker)

Magnificat: First Service [Voces cantabiles: YouTube], Robert Parsons (1530-72)

Nunc dimittis: First Service [Voces cantabiles: YouTube], Robert Parsons 

Anthem: Alleluia [Michael O'Neal Singers: YouTube], Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Postlude: Prélude et Toccata sur «Victimae Paschali Laudes» [Brandeis: YouTube], Denis Bédard (b. 1950)

April 4-8, 2012


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pact with Judas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I betray him to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver [NRSV, Mathew 26:14-15].

April 4: Wednesday of Holy Week
7:30 pm Choral Tenebrae
The Cathedral Singers

Psalms: Plainsong

Responsory: Ecce, quomodo moritur [text/YouTube], Jacob Händl (1550-91)

Responsory: We adore you, O Christ [text/listen], Richard Proulx (1937-2010)
 
Responsory: O vos omnes [text/listen] Carlo Gesualdo
 (1566-1613)

Benedictus: [text/listen], Carlo Gesualdo



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Last Supper, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When the Lord Jesus had given thanks, he broke the bread and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me [NRSV, 1 Corinthinians 11:24]."

April 5: Maundy Thursday [Comments]

7:30 pm Choral Eucharist: Liturgy of the Lord's Supper
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:  “Pange Lingua,” Flor Peeters (1903-86)

Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Mass Setting: Missa Primi sexti toni [Trinity: YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

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



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Crucifixion, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. [NRSV, John 19:30].

April 22: Good Friday [Comments]

12:00 noon: Children's Way of the Cross

1:00 pm: Music and Meditation
The Cathedral Singers 

Motets: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

 Crucifixus [text/listen], Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) 

 Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons

 Ecce, quomodo moritur [text/YouTube], Jacob Händl (1550-91)

We adore you, O Christ [text/listen], Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

 O vos omnes [text/listen] Carlo Gesualdo
 (1566-1613)


 Salvator Mundi [text/listen], Thomas Tallis [1505-85]

Miserere mei, Domine [text/listen], Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) 

2:00 pm The Liturgy of Good Friday
The Cathedral Singers

 The St John Passion [Renaissance Singers: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Reproaches [text/YouTube], John Sanders [1933-2003]

Motet: Agnus Dei [Connecticut: text/YouTube], Thomas Morley (1557/58-1602)



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Three Marys at the Tomb, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him [NRSV, Luke Mark 16:6].

April 7: Holy Saturday

7:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter, with the Lighting of the New Fire, the Blessing of the Paschal Candle and the First Eucharist of Easter
The Cathedral Singers
Vigil: Exultet [text] [Fr. Tim Hepburn: listen]

Responsories and Psalms: Plainsong

Go down Moses [text/listen], Traditional

Sanctus: Anonymous Worcester, 14th cent.
 
Motets: Alle-psallite cum-luya  [text/listen], Anon. English 14th cent.

Perspice Christicola [text/listen], Anon. English 14th cent.


Postlude: Fugue on O filii et filiae [Kuhlmann:listen], Jean Langlais (1907-91)
 


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Appearance to Mary Magdalene, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God [NRSV, John 20:17].'"

April 8: Easter Sunday [Comments]

10:00 am Procession and Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs and Brass Ensemble

Introit: Gloria from Missa Salve Regina [BNQ; BM]  (info), Jean Langlais (1907-91)

Mass Setting: Missa Salve Regina [BNQ; BM]  (info), Jean Langlais

Motet: Vidi aquam [text] [El Calcat: YouTube], Plainsong

Communion motets: Surrexit Christus Hodie [Arcadelt: text/YouTube], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

Now the Green Blade Rises [CounTéBas: text/YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958) 


This Joyful Eastertide [Cambridge Singers: text/listen], arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)

 Postlude: Prélude et Toccata sur «Victimae Paschali Laudes» [Brandeis: YouTube], Denis Bédard (b. 1950)

4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Sarabande for the Morning of Easter [Webster: listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: Surrexit Christus Hodie [Arcadelt: text/YouTube], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)


Preces and Responses: Thomas Tunnard (b. 1918)

Psalm: 114, 150 (Tonus Peregrinus, Stanford)

Magnificat: Service in D [King's: YouTube],  George Dyson (1883-1964)

 Nunc dimittis: Service in D [King's; YouTube], George Dyson 

Anthem: Five Mystical Songs (Dion Mazerolle, baritone) [text/King's: listen], RalphVaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Postlude: La Résurrection du Christ from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

April 1, 2012


Eric Gill, Palm Sunday, Tate Colections, London

Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord (NRSV, Mark 11:9)!


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Mass Setting: Missa passionis Christi, Arthur Wills (b. 1926)

Introit: Hosianna dem Sohne Davids [text], Bartholomäus Gesius (1560-1613)

Gradual: Crucifixus [text/listen], Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)

Motet: Plorans Ploravit [text], Henrique Carlos Correa (1680-1747)

Postlude: Vexilla regis (Royal Banners), Healey Willan (1880-1968)

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

Prelude: Herzliebster Jesu, BWV 1093 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Hosianna dem Sohne Davids [text], Bartholomäus Gesius (1560-1613)

Preces and Responses: Ben Parry (b. 1965)

Psalm: 118:1-4, 17-29 (Garrett, Elvey)
 
Canticles: Huntsville Service, Philip Moore (b. 1943)

 Anthem: Solus ad victimam [Christ Church Oxford: text/YouTube], Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

Postlude: Jésus accepte la souffrance from La Nativité Du Seigneur [Preston: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

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