June 24, 2012

Jacopo Pontormo, Birth of John the Baptist, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, 1526

He asked for a writing-tablet and wrote, ‘His name is John [NRSV, Luke 1:63a].'

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (Come, Saviour of the nations), BWV 659 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube]; Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Mass Setting: Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae [UBC: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Gloria: Missa Sancti Philippi et Jacobi, Healey Willan

Introit: Judah and Jerusalem [text], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  (1525/26-94) 

Motet: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (Come, Saviour of the nations) BWV 661 [Kibbie: listen; Stockmeier: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

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

Prelude: Wachet auf, BWV 645 [de Groen: YouTube; Kibbie: listen],Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Audivi vocem de caelo [text] [Dixon: BNQ; BM] info, Thomas Tallis (1505-58) 

Preces and Responses: Thomas Tomkins 1752-1656

Psalm: 29 Attwood

Magnificat: Second Service [St. George's: BNQ; BM] info, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) 


Nunc dimittis: Second Service [St George's: BNQ; BM] info, Orlando Gibbons

Anthem: This is the record of John, [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: Wachet auf, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)

June 17, 2012

Anonymous Chinese, Mustard Seed Garden, 19th cent.

"The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade [NRSV, Mark 4:31-32]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Adagio, from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Mass Setting: Missa Phrygia, Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)

Introit: Almighty, God, which hast me brought [text], Thomas Ford (1580-1648)

Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria [text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude: Allegro e Fuga from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn


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

Prelude: Fuga “Vater Unser” from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 6 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: Come my way, my truth, my life [text], William Harris (1883-1973) 

Preces and Responses: Marcus Sealy (b. 1947) 

Psalm: 34, Parratt, Hollins

Canticles: Service in E-flat, Charles Wood (1866-1926) 

Anthem: O Strength and Stay [text], Eric Harding Thiman (1900-75)

Postlude: Chorale and variations “Vater Unser” from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 6  [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn

June 10, 2012

 Caravaggio, Madonna dei Palafrenieri, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1606

"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel [NRSV, Genesis 3:15]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Minuet from Suite in B-flat Major, William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)

Mass Setting: Missa quarti toni [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria  (1548-1611)

Introit: Benedic anima mea [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Motet: Domine, exaudi orationem meam [text], Orlande de Lassus

Postlude: Choral Song from Suite in B-flat Major, William Lloyd Webber

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

Prelude: Andante in e from Beside still waters, William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)

Introit: From the rising of the sun [text], Frederick Gore Ousley (1825-89)

Preces and Responses: Ben Parry (b. 1965)

Psalm: 42, Wesley 

Canticles: Service in C, C.Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)

Anthem: For I went with the multitude [text], Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Postlude: Andantino alla Cantilena from Beside still waters, William Lloyd Webber

June 7, 2012



Dieric Bouts le Vieux, La dernière cène (détail), Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven, 1664-67

« Moi, je suis le pain vivant, qui est descendu du ciel : si quelqu'un mange de ce pain, il vivra éternellement. Le pain que je donnerai, c'est ma chair, donnée pour que le monde ait la vie. » [Jean 6:51].

La Fête-Dieu
12h15 L'Eucharistie chorale
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale 

Missa Phrygia, Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)

Antienne : O Sacrum convivium [texte/YouTube],  Giovanni Croce (1557-1607) 

Postlude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Toi qui viens pour tout sauver), BWV 661 [Kibbie : listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

June 3, 2012


And one seraph called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory [NRSV, Isaiah 6:3]."

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l’essence (The true relation in God is actually identical to the essence) from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity) [van der Steen: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Introit: Duo Seraphim (St. David's: text/listen), Juan Esquivel (1563-1614)

Motet: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)

Postlude: A Festival Toccata [YouTube], Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

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

Prelude: Aria, op. 51 [Metzler: YouTube], Flor Peeters (1903-86)


Motet during vesting: Ubi caritas [Calmelet: text/listen]
Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

 Agnus Dei: Missa Brevis, Jonathan Dove, b. 1959 

Communion Motet: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)

Postlude: A Festival Toccata [YouTube], Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
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