September 29, 2013

William Blake, Jacob's Ladder, British Museum, London, 1800

And Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it [NRSV, Genesis 28:12].

Feast of St. Michael and All Angels [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:  Les Anges from La Nativité du Seigneur (Preston: musicMe), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
 
Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)

Introit: The Throne of God [text], Patrick Wedd (b.1948)

Gloria: Carillon Mass, Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

 
Motet: Behold, the Tabernacle of God [text] [St. John: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
 
Postlude: Festive Toccata [Obetz: listen] Denis Bédard (b.1950)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Angels, Frank Ferko (b. 1950) 

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

Introït : Voce mea [texte] [Marciana: YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1609)
 
Motet : O Sacrum convivium [texte/YouTube], Giovanni Croce

Postlude : Angels, Frank Ferko

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Lento in C [Prelude to "They Walk Alone"] [listen], Benjamin Britten [1913-76]
 
Introit: A Hymn to the Virgin [text/listen], Benjamin Britten

Preces and Responses: Philip Moore [b. 1943]


Psalm: 20 (Peter Aston)
 
Anthem: Te Deum in C [text/listen], Benjamin Britten 

Anthem:  Jubilate in C [text/listen], Benjamin Britten

Anthem:  Rejoice in the Lamb [text/listen], Benjamin Britten 

Postlude: Prelude and fugue on a theme of Vittoria [sic][listen], Benjamin Britten

September 22, 2013

Jan Luyken, The Parable of the Unjust Steward, Bowyer Bible

Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer [NRSV, Luke 16:1-2].'

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost [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 Sine Nomine [listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introit: Jesu, rex admirabilis [Gardiner: text/YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 
Motet: O salutaris hostia [text] [St. Clement's: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 
Postlude: Voluntary in a [Flamme: BNQ; BM] (info), 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 Sine Nomine [écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
 
Introït : Jesu, rex admirabilis [texte] [Gardiner : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet : O Salutaris Hostia [texte], [St. Clement's : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude : Voluntary in a [Flamme : BNQ ; BM] (info), Georg Böhm


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Voluntary in G [YouTube], George Berg (?1730s-1775) 

Introit: Lord, make me to know thy ways [text] [Vienna: YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
 
Preces and Responses: [Westbury: YouTube] Richard Ayleward (1626-69)


Psalm: 119, pt 5 (John Robinson)

Canticles: Short Service, Richard Ayleward 

Anthem: Be unto me O Lord [text] [Husey: YouTube],  William Byrd (1543-1623)

Postlude: Voluntary in C, Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733-96)

September 15, 2013

The Good Shepherd from the Catacomb of Domitilla, 3rd cent.

"Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices [NRSV, Luke 15:4-5]."

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

Prelude: Largo in a, Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-80)
 
Mass setting: Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Introit: Caro mea [text], Francisco Guerrero

Motet: Ave Maria [text] [Savall : YouTube], Francisco Guerrero
 
Postlude: Praeludium in G [Luchterhand: YouTube]  Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-97)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Largo en la, Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-80)
 
Ordinaire : Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Introït : Caro mea [texte], Francisco Guerrero

Motet : Ave Maria [texte] [Savall : YouTube], Francisco Guerrero 

Postlude : Moderato en c, Johann Ludwig Krebs

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Voluntary in g, Jonas Blewitt (1757-1805) 

Introit: In manus tuas [text], Ivo de Vento (1544-75) 

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 63, 98: Tones 8.3, 1.2

Magnificat: Primi Toni, fauxbourdons, Francesco Soriano (1549-1621) 

Nunc dimittis: Tone 4.1, fauxbourdons, Ivo de Vento 

Anthem: Christe qui lux es et dies [text], Ivo de Vento

Postlude: Cornet Voluntary in G [D'Aquino: YouTube],  Starling Goodwin (1713-74)

September 8, 2013

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Way to Calvary, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple [NRSV, Luke 14:27].

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

Prelude: Andante (Sonata per la Chiesa),  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 

Setting: Gloucester Service, Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

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

Motet: Sing, my soul [text] [TMC: YouTube], Ned Rorem (b.1923)
 
Postlude: A Festival Toccata [Karlsson: BNQ; BM] (info), Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Andante (Sonata per la Chiesa),  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Ordinaire : Missa de Beata Virgine [Jachet de Mantoue: YouTube], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
 
Introït : Dominus meus [texte], Cristóbal de Morales

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

Postlude : Prélude et Fugue en ré mineur, BWV 554 [Williams: YouTube], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750)

 
4:00 pm Ordination Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Andante (Sonata per la Chiesa),  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 

Setting: Gloucester Service, Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Vesting: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin [text / listen], Peru, 1631
 
Motet: A Hymn to the Virgin [text] [Cleobury: musicMe], Benjamin Britten (1913-76)

 
Postlude: A Festival Toccata [Karlsson: BNQ; BM] (info), Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

September 1, 2013

                Filippino Lippi, St. Paul visiting St. Peter in Prison (detail), Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1481-82

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them [NRSV, Hebrews 13:3a].


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

Prelude: Wondrous Love, Peter Pindar Stearns (b. 1931)
 
Setting: Missa octavi toni (Missa venatorum) [YouTube] [CML] (info), Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Introit: Domine in auxilium [text], Orlande de Lassus 
 
Motet: Benedicite, gentes [text], Orlande de Lassus
 
Postlude: The Kingdom of God from Five Verses on a melody from the Paderborn Gesangbuch, Peter Hurford (b. 1930)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Ô merveilleux amour, Peter Pindar Stearns (né 1931) 

Ordinaire : Missa octavi toni (Missa venatorum) [YouTube] [CML] (info), Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Introït : Domine in auxilium [texte], Orlande de Lassus

Motet : Benedicite, gentes [texte], Orlande de Lassus

Postlude : Prélude et fugue en fa, BWV 556 [Koopman : YouTube], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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


Prelude: Adagio in E,  Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
 
Introit: Blessed are the pure in heart [Redeemer: text/YouTube], H.Walford Davies (1869-1941)

Preces and Responses: Ben Parry (b. 1965)

Psalm: 125-126 (Huntley, Barnard)
 
Canticles: Huntsville Service, Philip Moore (b. 1943)


Anthem: Never weather-beaten sail [Laetitia: text/YouTube]  Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Postlude: Thema met Variaties [Weenink: YouTube], Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)