le 30 mai 2013

Dieric Bouts le Vieux, La dernière cène (détail), Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven, 1664-67

« Moi, je suis le pain vivant, qui est descendu du ciel : si quelqu'un mange de ce pain, il vivra éternellement. Le pain que je donnerai, c'est ma chair, donnée pour que le monde ait la vie. » [Jean 6:51].

Corpus Christi / La Fête-Dieu [Choir Notes]

12h15 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introït : Gustate et videte [texte] [Maxim : YouTube], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

Motet : O salutaris hostia [texte], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet à la bénédiction : Tantum ergo [texte/écoutez], Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

May 26, 2013

Peter Paul Rubens, Holy Trinity, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you [NRSV, John 16:15].

Trinity Sunday [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:  La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l’essence (The true relation in God is actually identical to the essence) from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity) [van der Steen: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   

Setting: Cantus Missae [Stuttgart: YouTube], Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Introit: Above all praise and majesty, Lord Thou reignest evermore [New Chamber:YouTube], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
 
Motet: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
 
Postlude: St. Patrick's Breastplate - Allegro maestoso from Sonata Celtica, No. 4 in c, Op. 153 [Payne: BNQ;BM] (info) [YouTube],  Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1942)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
 

Prélude : In Nomine XII (Gloria tibi Trinitas) [YouTube], John Bull (1562-1628)

Ordinaire : Missa sine nomine, Lodovico Viadana, (1560-1627)
 
Introït : Haec dies [texte], Lodovico Viadana

Motet : Exsultate justi [texte] [Adoremus: YouTube], Lodovico Viadana

Postlude : In Nomine VII (Gloria tibi Trinitas), John Bull


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


Prelude: In Nomine XII (Gloria tibi Trinitas) [YouTube], John Bull (1562-1628)
 
Introit: O lux beata Trinitas [text] [Leeuwarder Madrigaalkoor: YouTube], William Byrd (1540-1623)

Preces and Responses: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Psalm: 111, 113 (Tucker, Macfarren)
 

Magnificat: Second Service [St. George's: BNQ; BM] (info), Orlando Gibbons

Nunc dimittis: Second Service [St George's: BNQ; BM] (info), Orlando Gibbons
 

Anthem: Great Lord of Lords [text] [Canterbury: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: In nomine IX (Gloria tibi Trinitas) [YouTube], John Bull

May 19, 2013

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting [NRSV, Acts 2:1-2].


Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
 
Setting: Missa “Cantate,” Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

Introit: Veni Creator Spiritus [text], Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
 
Motet: Non vos relinquam orphanos [text/listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)

 
Postlude: Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BWV 651 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale 

Ordinaire : Missa de Beata Virgine, Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628)

Introït : Factus est repente  [texte / écoutez], Gregor Aichinger 

Motet : Confirma hoc Deus [texte], Gregor Aichinger

Postlude : Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BWV 651 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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


Prelude: Veni Creator Spiritus [Whitton: BNQ, BM] (info), Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)
 
Introit: Non vos relinquam orphanos [text/listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)
 
Preces and Responses: Paul Halley (b. 1952)

Psalm: 104, pt 2 (Wesley)
 
Canticles: Service in A for Double Choir, Edward Naylor (1867-1934)

Anthem: Veni Creator Spiritus [text], Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Postlude: Toccata super “Veni Creator Spiritus,” Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (b. 1951)

May 12, 2013

 

 Louis Boullogne the Young, Paul and Silas convert their jailer, Musée du Louvre, 17th cent.

"Paul and Silas answered, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household [NRSV, Acts 16:31].'"

7th Sunday of Easter [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Aria and Fugue from Fugal Trilogy  [Wedd: BNQ; BM] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)
 
Setting: Missa L’Hora Passa [Baldelli: YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)

Introit: O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace [LMCourse: text/YouTube], Christopher Tye (1505-72)
 
Motet: Motet pour le jour de Pâques (Motet for Easter Sunday) [text] [Hogwood: YouTube], François Couperin (1668-1733)

Postlude: Holy Spirit, come with power (Choral prelude on Hyfrydol ) [YouTube], Healey Willan

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Largo e spiccato du Concerto en d, BWV 596 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa L’Hora Passa [Baldelli : YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)

Introït : Adoremus te, Christe [texte] [Barnum : YouTube],  Lodovico da Viadana


Motet : O sacrum convivium [texte] [Poliphonica : YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana


Postlude : Fuga du Concerto en d, BWV 596 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


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


Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [Trotter: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
 
Introit: O God, the king of glory [text] [Brown: YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Preces and Responses: [Westbury: YouTube] Richard Ayleward (1626-69

Psalm: 24 (Bamby)
 
Canticles: Service in B-flat [Pinnock: YouTube], Henry Purcell

Anthem: Ascendens Christus [text], Jacob Handl (1550-91)

Postlude: Prière du Christ from L’Ascension [Trotter: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen

May 5 and 9, 2013

William Hogarth, Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1736

Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." [NRSV, John 5:8].

Sixth Sunday of Easter [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Gloria in excelsis) [Sluys: BNQ; BM] (info), Georg Böhm (1661-1733) 

Setting: Missa quatuor vocum, Joan Cererols (1618-76)

Introit: If ye love me [text/listen], Thomas Tallis (1505-85)
 
Motet: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit [text/listen], Thomas Tallis

Postlude: Praeludium in d [Foccroulle: musicMe], Georg Böhm


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
 

Prélude : Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Gloria in excelsis) [Sluys: BNQ; BM] (info), Georg Böhm (1661-1733)  

Ordinaire : Missa quatuor vocum, Joan Cererols (1618-76)

Introït : Cibavit eos [text] [YouTube]   William Byrd (1543-1623)

Motet : Venite Comedite [text] [Noone: BNQ; BM] (info), William Byrd 

Postlude : Praeludium in d  [Foccroulle: musicMe], Georg Böhm
 
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Fantazia of Foure Parts [Stoltz: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) 

Introit: O gladsome light, [text] [Rutter: BNQ; BM] (info), Louis Bourgeois (1510-61)

Preces and Responses: Martin Neary (b. 1940)

Psalm: 34 (Parratt, Hollins) 

Magnificat:  Short Service [Merbecke: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons

Nunc dimittis: Short Service [Merbecke: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons 

Anthem: Round me falls the night [text], Adam Drese (1620-1701)

Postlude: Fancy for a double orgaine [Burchell: BNQ; BM; CML] (info), Orlando Gibbons

Giotto di Bondone, l'Ascension, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06

Après avoir dit cela, il fut élevé pendant qu'ils le regardaient, et une nuée le déroba à leurs yeux [Segond, Actes 1.9].

L'Ascension 

12h15 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
 

Ordinaire : Missa secunda, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introït : Jubilate Deo [texte] [South Florida: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet : Ite in universum mundum [texte] [Augsburg: BNQ; BM] (info), Hans Leo Hassler