Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pact with Judas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I betray him to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver [NRSV, Mathew 26:14-15].
March 25: Monday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Plainsong) [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers
March 26: Tuesday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Orthodox chant) [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers
March 27: Wednesday of Holy Week
7:30 pm Choral Tenebrae [Choir Notes]
7:30 Compline (Plainsong) [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers
March 26: Tuesday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Orthodox chant) [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers
March 27: Wednesday of Holy Week
7:30 pm Choral Tenebrae [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers
Psalms: Plainsong
Responsory: Christus factus est [text] [Westminster Cathedral: YouTube], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Responsory: Christus factus est [text] [Voz ativa: YouTube] Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)
Responsory: Christus factus est [text] [Westminster Cathedral: YouTube], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Responsory: Christus factus est [text] [Voz ativa: YouTube] Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)
Responsory: O Christus factus est [text] [Layton: YouTube], Anton Bruckner (1824-96)
Benedictus: [text/listen], Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
March 28: Maundy Thursday [Comments]
[Choir Notes]
Samuel anoints David(detail), Dura-Europos Synagogue, Syria, c. 250
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners [NRSV, Isaiah 61:1].
12:15 pm Diocesan Chrism Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet
Prelude: Blessed Jesus, We are here (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier), BWV 370 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Cathedral Singers Quartet
Prelude: Blessed Jesus, We are here (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier), BWV 370 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Agnus Dei: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
Motet: O Sacrum convivium [text/YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Last Supper, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
When
the Lord Jesus had given thanks, he broke the bread and said, "This
is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me [NRSV, 1 Corinthinians 11:24]."
7:30 pm Choral Eucharist: Liturgy of the Lord's Supper [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers7:30 pm Choral Eucharist: Liturgy of the Lord's Supper [Choir Notes]
Prelude: “Pange Lingua,” Flor Peeters (1903-86)
Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Mass Setting: Missa Brevis “O Lux Beata Trinitas,” Richard Kidd (b. 1954)
Washing of the Feet: Ubi caritas [Calmelet: text/listen], Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Crucifixion, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. [NRSV, John 19:30].
April 22: Good Friday [Comments]
[Choir Notes]
12:00 noon: Way of the Cross for children and families
1:00 pm: Music and Meditation
The Cathedral Singers
April 22: Good Friday [Comments]
[Choir Notes]
12:00 noon: Way of the Cross for children and families
1:00 pm: Music and Meditation
The Cathedral Singers
Motets: Christus factus est [text] [Westminster Cathedral: YouTube], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Laboravi in gemitu meo [text/listen], Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Aus tiefer not [text ] [Huelga: listen], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Christus factus est [text] [Voz ativa: YouTube] Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)
Ecce homo [note], Jeffrey Ryan (b. 1962)
Christus factus est [text] [Layton: YouTube], Anton Bruckner (1824-96)
Miserere mei, Domine [text/listen], Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
2:00 pm The Liturgy of Good Friday
The Cathedral Singers
The St John Passion [Renaissance Singers: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
The Cathedral Singers
The St John Passion [Renaissance Singers: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Reproaches [St. Thomas: text/YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria
Motet: Agnus Dei [Connecticut: text/YouTube], Thomas Morley (1557/58-1602)
March 30: Holy Saturday [Choir Notes]
7:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter, with the Lighting of the New Fire, the Blessing of the Paschal Candle and the First Eucharist of Easter
The Cathedral Singers
Vigil: Exultet [text] [Hepburn: listen]
Responsories and Psalms: Plainsong
Setting: Missa Cantuariensis [Hickox: BNQ; BM] (info), Edmund Rubbra (1901-86)
Motets: Go down Moses [text/listen], Traditional
Surrexit Christus Hodie [Arcadelt: text/YouTube], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Now the Green Blade Rises [CounTéBas: text/YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
Postlude: Fugue on O Filii et Filliae [Kuhlmann: listen], Jean Langlais (1907-91)
Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God [NRSV, John 20:17].'"
March 31: Easter Sunday [Comments]
[Choir Notes]
10:00 am Procession and Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs and Brass Ensemble
Communion motets: Surrexit Christus Hodie [Arcadelt: text/YouTube], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Now the Green Blade Rises [CounTéBas: text/YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
This Joyful Eastertide [Cambridge Singers: text/listen], arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Postlude: Final from Symphonie No. 1 [Verget: YouTube], Louis Vierne
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
4:00 pm Festal Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Saraband for the Morning of Easter [listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Introit: Jubilate Deo in C [text/listen], Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
Preces and Responses: Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
Psalm: 150 (Stanford)
Canticles: Manchester Service, Michael Ball (b. 1946)
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lamb [text/listen], Benjamin Britten
Postlude: La Résurrection du Christ from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen(1908-1992)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Three Marys at the Tomb, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of
Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look,
there is the place they laid him [NRSV, Luke Mark 16:6].March 30: Holy Saturday [Choir Notes]
7:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter, with the Lighting of the New Fire, the Blessing of the Paschal Candle and the First Eucharist of Easter
The Cathedral Singers
Vigil: Exultet [text] [Hepburn: listen]
Responsories and Psalms: Plainsong
Setting: Missa Cantuariensis [Hickox: BNQ; BM] (info), Edmund Rubbra (1901-86)
Motets: Go down Moses [text/listen], Traditional
Surrexit Christus Hodie [Arcadelt: text/YouTube], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Now the Green Blade Rises [CounTéBas: text/YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
Postlude: Fugue on O Filii et Filliae [Kuhlmann: listen], Jean Langlais (1907-91)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Appearance to Mary Magdalene, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God [NRSV, John 20:17].'"
March 31: Easter Sunday [Comments]
[Choir Notes]
10:00 am Procession and Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs and Brass Ensemble
Prelude: Processional [Milas: YouTube], Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
Mass Setting: Messe Solennelle [Bardot: musicMe], Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Mass Setting: Messe Solennelle [Bardot: musicMe], Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Communion motets: Surrexit Christus Hodie [Arcadelt: text/YouTube], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Now the Green Blade Rises [CounTéBas: text/YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
This Joyful Eastertide [Cambridge Singers: text/listen], arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Postlude: Final from Symphonie No. 1 [Verget: YouTube], Louis Vierne
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), BWV
627 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian
Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa Caça [St. Clement: listen],
Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
Introït : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), Allemand, v. 1111
Motet : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort), Allemand, 1524
Postlude : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort) BWV 625 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach
Ordinaire : Missa Caça [St. Clement: listen],
Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
Introït : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), Allemand, v. 1111
Motet : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort), Allemand, 1524
Postlude : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort) BWV 625 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach
4:00 pm Festal Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Saraband for the Morning of Easter [listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Introit: Jubilate Deo in C [text/listen], Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
Preces and Responses: Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
Psalm: 150 (Stanford)
Canticles: Manchester Service, Michael Ball (b. 1946)
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lamb [text/listen], Benjamin Britten
Postlude: La Résurrection du Christ from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen(1908-1992)
