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)