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

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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