August 26, 2012

Marc Chagall, Joshua Reads the Word of the Law, 1936
 
Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God [NRSV, Revelation 21:2].



10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Amazing Grace, Peter Pindar Stearns (b. 1931)

Mass Setting: Missa VII de angelis [Silos: YouTube], plainsong

Introit: Kyrie from Missa VII de angelis, plainsong

Motet: Sicut in holocausto arietum [text] [Women's Schola: YouTube], plainsong, mode 5

Postlude: Jubilate, William Mathias (1934-92)

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

Prelude:  Conditor Alme Siderum, Flor Peeters (1903-86)

Introit: Sicut in holocausto arietum [text] [Women's Schola: YouTube], plainsong, mode 5

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 112, 113 (Tones 7.5, 5.2)

Magnificat: Tone 6, fauxbourdons, Simon Lindley (b. 1948)

Nunc dimittis: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Simon Lindley

Anthem: Jesu dulcis memoria [text] [Vianini: YouTube], Tone 1, organ verses Flor Peeters

Postlude:  Jam sol recedit igneus, Flor Peeters

August 19, 2012

Folio 031, Codex Egberti, Stadtbibliothek, Trier, 980

I am the living bread that came down from heaven [NRSV, John 6:51a].


Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Tierce en taille from Messe des paroisses [Crosier: YouTube], François Couperin (1668-1733)

Mass Setting: Service in the Phrygian Mode, Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Introit: Cantate Domino [SCL: text / YouTube], Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)

Motet: Lord, I trust thee [Vox Amabilis: text/ YouTube]  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Postlude: Offertoire sur les grands jeux from Messe des paroisses [Latry:listen], François Couperin

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

Prelude: Voluntary for a Double Organ, Matthew Locke (1630-77)

Introit: O Lord, the maker of all thing [text], Anonymous English, 16th cent. 

Preces and Responses: Thomas Ebdon (1738-1811) 

Psalm: 145

Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Caustun (1522-69) 

Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: YouTube], William Mundy (1530-91)
Postlude: Cornet Voluntary in g,  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

August 12, 2012

  Valentin de Boulogne, Last Supper, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, c. 1625
 
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh [NRSV, John 6:51]."


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Soliloquy,  Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Mass Setting: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)

Introit: Venite Comedite [text] [Noone: BNQ; BM] (info), William Byrd (1540-1623)

Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text] [St. Paul's: YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude: Alleluia ! Sing to Jesus, Healey Willan

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

Prelude: Andante in E-flat [McVinnie: BNQ; BM] (info),, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76)

Introit: Lead me, Lord [Burcham-Gulotta: text/YouTube], Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Preces and Responses: Robert Jones (b. 1945)

Psalm: 46 (Luther)

 Canticles: Service in B-flat, Edgar F. Day (1891-1983)

Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine [text] [Christ Church Oxford: BNQ; BM] (info), Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Postlude: Choral song and fugue [Sumsion: YouTube], Samuel Sebastian Wesley

August 5, 2012

 Dieric Bouts the Elder, Manna in the Desert, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven, 1464-67

"I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the LORD your God [NRSV, Exodus 16:12].'"

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Adults from the Montreal Boys Choir Course
Patrick Wedd, artistic director

Prelude: Récit de tierce en taille from the Premier Livre d'orgue [listen], Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)

Mass Setting: Messa a tre voci, Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)

Introit: Kyrie from the Messa a tre voci

Motet: Qui manducat meam carnem [text], Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)

Postlude: Offertoire sur les grands jeux from the Premier Livre d'orgue [listen], Nicolas de Grigny

4:00 pm Choral Eucharist
Montreal Boys Choir Course
Malcolm Archer, guest music director

Prelude: Bryn Calfaria (Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor) from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes [Darke: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Mass Setting: Cantus Missae [Bernius: BNQ; BM] (info), Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Introit: Lo, the full, final sacrifice [St. John's: text/YouTube], Gerald Finzi (1901-56)

Motet: Ave verum corpus [Rutter: text/listen], Richard Dering (1580-1630)

Postlude: A Festival Toccata [Karlsson: BNQ; BM] (info), Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
 
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