Transfiguration, Icon of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, 12th cent.
Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray [NRSV, Luke 9:18].
Transfiguration Sunday [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d'une âme que désire le ciel / Serene Alleluias from a Soul Longing for Heaven from L'Ascension [Latry: YouTube],
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Mass Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro:YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)
Introit: Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1554)
Motet: Alleluia, candor est lucis [text] [St. Benedict: listen], Plainsong, Tone 7
Postlude: Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol), [Marlow: musicMe], Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Eclogue, Desmond Ratcliffe (1917-2001)
Introit: Now the God of peace [text] Gerald Knight (1908-79)
Preces and Responses: Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)
Psalm: 141 (Frith)
Canticles: Service in C, C. Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)
Anthem: O Gladsome Light [text], Harrison Oxley
Postlude: Allegro con brio in D, Desmond Ratcliffe