July 28, 2013

Unknown French Master, Christ teaching the Lord's Prayer, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, c.1200


Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. [NRSV, Luke 11:2]."

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Vater unser, BuxWV 219 [Guarino: YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
 
Setting: Missa a cuatro voces [midi-file], Juan Matías de Rivera (17th cent.)

Introit: Cantate Domino [SCL: text / YouTube], Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)
 
Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria [text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

 
Postlude: Fuga [Stella: YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude



12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale



Prélude :  Vater unser, BuxWV 219 [Guarino : YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)   

Ordinaire : Missa a cuatro voces [midi-file], Juan Matías de Rivera (XVIIe siècle)

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

Motet : Jesu dulcis memoria [texte/écoutez], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude : Fuga [Stella : YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude


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



Prelude: III. Improvisation (Élévation) from Suite médiévale [Potterton: YouTube], Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
 
Introit: Come, Holy Ghost the maker [text] [Pitts: BNQ; BM] (info), Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong


Psalm: 8 (Tone 8.1)
 
Magnificat: Tone 8.1 Fauxbourdons Thomas Morley (1557-1602)


Nunc dimittis: Tone 5.1 Fauxbourdons, Thomas Morley 

Anthem: Almighty and everlasting God [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons

Postlude: Hymne d'action de grâces "Te Deum" [Bélanger: YouTube], Jean Langlais

July 21, 2013

Maurice Denis, Martha and Mary, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 1896

"There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."[NRSV, Luke 10:42].

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Variations “Wondrous Love,”  [Reed: listen], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
 
Setting: Missa de Beata VirgineGregor Aichinger (1564-1628)

Introit: Lauda anima mea Dominum [text], Gregor Aichinger  
 

Motet: Regina caeli [Hauts: text/YouTube], Gregor Aichinger
 
Postlude:  Spirited (In the Isles of the Sea) [Lancaster: listen], Daniel Pinkham



12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale



Prélude : Variations “Wondrous Love,”  [Reed : écoutez], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)

Ordinaire : Missa de Beata VirgineGregor Aichinger (1564-1628)

Introït : Lauda anima mea Dominum [texte], Gregor Aichinger

Motet : Regina caeli [Hauts : texte/YouTube], Gregor Aichinger
 

Postlude : Spirited (In the Isles of the Sea) [Lancaster : écoutez], Daniel Pinkham

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



Prelude: Andante from Andante, Fugue and Chorale,
Healey Willan (1880-1968)

 
Introit: Before the ending of the day [text], Healey Willan

Preces and Responses:  Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)


Psalm: 1 (John Sidgwick)
 
Canticles: Service in C, Stanley Wilson (1899-1953)


Anthem: O Gladsome Light [text], Harrison Oxley 

Postlude: Chorale and Fugue, No. 1, A Fugal Trilogy [listen], Healey Willan

July 14, 2013



Luca Giordano, The Good Samaritan, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, 1685

He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. [NRSV, Luke 10:34a].

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 


Prelude: Air from Suite 3 in D [Burcham-Gulotta:YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Setting: Service in FHerbert Sumsion 
(1899-1995)

Introit:
Jesu, lead my footsteps ever (Christmas Oratorio) [text], Johann Sebastian Bach
 
Motet: Jesu, joy of our desiring, Chorale from Part 2, Cantata 147 [Stokowski: [text/YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

 
Postlude: Fugue in g [Kibbie: listen], BWV 578, Johann Sebastian Bach



12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale



Prélude : Air de la Suite 3 in ré majeur [Burcham-Gulotta : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
 

Introït : Haec Dies [texte], Giovanni Paolo Cima

Motet : Jubilate Deo [texte], Giovanni Paolo Cima 


Postlude : Fuge in g [Kibbie : écoutez], BWV 578, Johann Sebastian Bach


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



Prelude: A Fancy in AOrlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
 
Introit: O Lord, the maker of all thing [text], Anonymous English, 16th cent.

Preces and Responses: Orlando Gibbons


Psalm: 41 (Thomas Tallis)
 
Magnificat: Short Service [Wells: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons

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


Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: YouTube], William Mundy (1530-91

Postlude:
Fantasia in G, Orlando Gibbons

July 7, 2013



The River of Life, Bamberg Apocalypse, Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg, 11th cent.


For thus says the LORD: I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream
[NRSV, Isaiah 66:12a].


Seventh Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: EclogueDesmond Ratcliffe (1917-2001)
 
Setting: Service in G, Clifford Harker (1912-99)

Introit: Christ, whose glory fills the skies [text], Keith Bissell (1912-92)
 
Motet: Author of Life Divine [text], Peter Aston (b. 1938) 


Postlude: Epilogue, Desmond Ratcliffe (1917-2001)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale



Prélude : Vater unser, BWV 636 [Koopman : YouTube ; Pilon : YouTube ; Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa super ut re mi fa sol la, Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53) 
 

Introït : Dominus meus [texte], Cristóbal de Morales

Motet : In manus tuas [texte], Cristóbal de Morales 


Postlude : Praeludium und Fuge in C-Dur, BWV 553, attribués à Johann Sebastian Bach.


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


Prelude: Andante, Desmond Ratcliffe (1917-2001) 

Introit: In pace, in idipsum [text] [Maryland: YouTube], John Sheppard (1515-60) 

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 31 (Tone 3.5)

Magnificat: Sexti toni [Christophers: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) 

Nunc dimittis: Primi toni, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) 

Anthem: In pace, in idipsum [text] [Worcester: YouTube], William Blitheman (1525-91)

 Postlude: Allegro con brioDesmond Ratcliffe