June 30, 2013

Marc Chagall, Elijah carried off to heaven, etching, 1956

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. [NRSV, 2 Kings 2:11].


Sixth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: “The Peace may be exchanged” from Rubrics [Whately: YouTube], Dan Locklair  (b. 1949)
 
Setting: Brief Mass, Dan Locklair

Introit: They who trust in the Lord [text], Peter Hallock (b. 1924)
 
Motet: Just as I am [text], Benjamin Hutto (b. 1947)
 
Postlude: "The people respond: Amen!" from Rubrics, [Berg: YouTube], Dan Locklair


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr [Kranemann : YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Ordinaire : Missa Dixit Maria [Herreweghe : YouTube], Hans Leo  Hassler (1564-1612)

Introït : In te Domine speravi [texte], Hans Leo Hassler

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

Postlude : Toccata et Fugue en do majeur [YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) 


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

Prelude: Psalm-Prelude, Second Set, No. 2: Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee (Psalm 139) [Keilitz: YouTube], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: How beauteous are their feet [text] [San Benito: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Preces and Responses: Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Psalm: 33 (James Turle)
 
Canticles: Service in G, Francis Jackson

Anthem: Evening Hymn [text] [St. Paul's: YouTube], H.Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)

Postlude: Psalm-Prelude, Second Set, No. 3: Play skillfully with a loud noise (Psalm 33) [Boerema: YouTube], Herbert Howells

June 23, 2013

Jacopo Pontormo, Birth of John the Baptist, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, 1526

Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son [NRSV, Luke 1:57].

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211 [Foccroulle: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
 
Setting: Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae [UBC: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Jerusalem surge [text], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517) 

Glory to God, David Ogden, b.1966
  
Motet: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  (1525/26-94)

Postlude: Toccata in F, BuxWV 157 [Schoof: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211 [Foccroulle : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Ordinaire : Missa « Cantabo Domino » , Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)
 
Introït : Jerusalem surge [texte], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

Motet : Fuit homo missus a Deo [texte], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/26-94)

Postlude : Toccata in F, BuxWV 157 [Schoof : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude

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


Prelude: A substantial verse [Challenger: listen], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
 
Introit: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  (1525/26-94)

Preces and Responses: Thomas Tomkins

Psalm: 98 (William Byrd)
 
Magnificat: Fifth Service [text/YouTube] [Summerly: BNQ; BM] (info), Thomas Tomkins

Nunc dimittis: Fifth Service [Summerly: BNQ; BM] (info), Thomas Tomkins

Anthem: This is the record of John [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) 

Postlude: A Fancy for Two to Play [Baciak/Mocek: YouTube], Thomas Tomkins

June 16, 2013

 

Paolo Veronese, Feast in the House of Simon (detail), Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1567-70

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment [NRSV, Luke 7:36-37].

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Octet

Prelude: Toccata per l’Elevatione [Aquilina: YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
 
Setting: Missa Octava [Augsburg: BNQ; BM] (info), Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) 

Introit: Otche nash (Our Father) [YouTube], Antony Arensky (1861-1906)

Motet: Pater noster (Our Father) [Rutter: YouTube], Jacob Handl (1550-91)

 
Postlude: Toccata and Fugue “Dorian”, BWV 538 [Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Toccata per l’Elevatione [Aquilina : YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84) 
 
Introït : Cantate Domino [texte], Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630)

Motet : O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [South Jersey : YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1554-99) 

Postlude : Toccata en ré “Dorian”, BWV 538 [Koopman : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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


Prelude: Toccatina for Flutes [Franke: YouTube], Pietro Yon (1886-1943)

 
Introit: Otche nash (Our Father) [YouTube], Antony Arensky (1861-1906)

Preces and Responses: E quinque notis, Richard Marlow (b. 1939)

Psalm: 45 (Wedd)
 
Canticles: Lichfield Service, John Sanders (1933-2003)

Anthem: Pater noster (Our Father) [Rutter: YouTube], Jacob Handl (1550-91)

Postlude: Carillon de Westminster [Latry: YouTube], Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

June 9, 2013

Louise Anne, Marchioness of Waterford, Christ Raising the Dead, Tate Collection, 19th cent.

Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, rise [NRSV, Luke 7:14]!"


Third Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Paraphrase, James MacMillan (b. 1959) 

Setting: Short Service, Adrian Batten (1590-1637) 

Introit: Almighty, God, which hast me brought [text], Thomas Ford (1580-1648)

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

Postlude: Carillon Festivo, Roderick Elms (b. 1951)



12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 370 [Kibbie :  écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Ordinaire : Missa sine nomine, Lodovico da Viadana, (1560-1627)
 
Introït : Exsultate justi [texte] [Adoremus :
 YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana

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

Postlude : Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 680 [Kibbie : écoutez] [Clavier-Übung III],  Johann Sebastian Bach


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


Prelude: Voluntary II in g, John Alcock (1715-1806) 

Introit: O Lord, we beseech thee [text], Joseph Pring (1776-1842)

 Preces and Responses: Thomas Ebdon (1738-1811) 

Psalm: 112 (Alcock)

Canticles: Service in C, Thomas Ebdon 

Anthem: Turn thy face from my sins, Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) 

Postlude: Voluntary X in D, John Alcock