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)