October 27, 2013

William Blake, The River of Life, Tate Collection, London, 1805

To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life [NRSV, Rev. 21:6a]

23rd Sunday after Pentecost / All Saints' Day [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Trotter: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
 
Setting: A Mass for All Saints, Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Introit: O quam gloriosum [text][Harmonia:YouTube], Jacob Vaet (1529-67)
 
Motet: O quam gloriosum [text] [Summerly: BNQ, BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
 
Postlude: Force et agilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Trotter: listen],Olivier Messiaen


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 648 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire :  Missa Secunda [Stairwell : YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

 
Introït : O quam gloriosum [texte] [Harmonia : YouTube], Jacob Vaet (1529-67)

Motet : O quam gloriosum [texte] [Summerly : BNQ, BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude : Präludium und Fuge in B-dur,  BWV 560 [Preston: musicMe], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach


4:00 pm Evensong

It is our pleasure to welcome the Girls’ Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, and their Director, James Calkin, who are providing music for today’s Evensong. They are assisted by Adrian Foster, Assistant Organist, and Alex Ross, Organ Scholar.

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Prelude: Plaint from Seven Sketches on Verses from the Psalms, Percy Whitlock (1903-46)
 
Introit: Let saints on earth in concert sing [text], Alan Ridout (1934-96)

Preces and Responses: Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

Psalm: 148 (Stanford)
 
Canticles: Washington Service, David Hogan (1949-96)

Anthem: Give us the wings of faith  [Wokingham: text/YouTube], Ernest Bullock (1890-1979)

Postlude: A Festival Toccata [YouTube], Malcolm Archer

October 20, 2013

Albrecht Duerer, Praying Hands, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 1508

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. [NRSV, Luke 18:1]

22nd Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Women of The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Lento in C [Prelude to "They Walk Alone"] [listen], Benjamin Britten [1913-76]
 
Setting: Missa Brevis [listen], Benjamin Britten

Introit: Oculus non vidit [text] [L’Échelle: musicMe], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)
 
Motet: Beatus vir [text] [L’Échelle: musicMe], Orlande de Lassus
 
Postlude: Carillon Festivo, Roderick Elms (b. 1951)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Lento in C [Prelude to "They Walk Alone"] [écoutez], Benjamin Britten [1913-76]

Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [écoutez], Benjamin Britten

Introït : Oculus non vidit [texte] [L’Échelle : musicMe], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)
 
Motet : Beatus vir [texte] [L’Échelle : musicMe], Orlande de Lassus

Postlude : Prélude et Fugue en la mineur, BWV 559 [Herrick : YouTube], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


4:00 pm Evensong
Women of The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Aria from The Fugal Trilogy [Wedd: BNQ; BM] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)
 
Introit: Close in my breast [text/listen], David Lord (b. 1944)

Preces and Responses: George Guest (1924-2002)

Psalm: 76 (Slater)
 
Magnificat: Service in C [Litchfield: YouTube], George Dyson (1883-1964)

Nunc dimittis: Service in C [Litchfield: YouTube], George Dyson

Anthem: The Song of the Tree of Life [text/Ely: YouTube],  Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Postlude: Chorale and Fugue from The Fugal Trilogy [listen], Healey Willan

October 13, 2013

Theodore Manolides, First Fruits

"So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O LORD, have given me." You shall set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your God [NRSV, Deuteronomy 26:10].

21st Sunday after Pentecost / Harvest Thanksgiving [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Canzonetta, Op. 78, No. 2 [Lawford: BNQ; BM]
(info), William Mathias (1934-92)
 
Setting: Missa Aedis Christi [Darlington: BNQ; BM]
(info), William Mathias

Introit: Thou visitest the earth [New College: text/YouTube], Maurice Greene (1695-1755)

Motet: Psalm 67 [text], Philip Benson (b. 1959)

 
Postlude: Marche triomphale “Nun Danket” [ IJmker: YouTube], Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Aria from Pastorale in F, BWV 590 [Kibbie : écoutez ; Richter : YouTube ; Koopman : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

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

Motet : Ave verum corpus [texte], Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856) 

Postlude : Pastorale in F, BWV 590 [Kibbie : écoutez ; Richter : YouTube ; Koopman : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Andante con moto, C. S.Lang (1891-1971)
 
Introit: Psalm 67 [text], Philip Benson (b. 1959)

Preces and Responses: Peter Aston (b. 1938)


Psalm: 67 (Bairstow)
 
Magnificat: Service in D [King's: YouTube],  George Dyson (1883-1964)

Nunc dimittis: Service in D [King's; YouTube], George Dyson 

Anthem: Fear not, O land [text], William Harris (1883-1973)

Postlude: Voluntary in D, George Dyson

October 6, 2013

Gustave Doré, The People Mourning over the Ruins of Jerusalem, La Sainte Bible, 1865

Jerusalem weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies [NRSV, Lamentations 1:2].

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Men of the Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Liebster Jesu [Kibbie: listen], BWV 706,  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Setting: Missa brevis, Arthur Wills (b. 1926) 

Introit: Protector noster [text], Plainsong tone 4
 
Motet: Bonum est confidere [text], Plainsong tone 5
 
Postlude: Little Prelude and Fugue in g, BWV 558  [Olsen: YouTube], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach 


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Adagio de Sonata in C, James Woodman (né en 1957)

Ordinaire : Messe VIII De Angelis, Plain-chant ton 5

Introït : Protector noster [texte], Plain-chant ton 4

Motet : Bonum est confidere [texte], Plain-chant ton 5

Postlude : Allegro moderato de Sonata in C, James Woodman 


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Langsam (Very slow) from Organ Sonata 3 [Biggs: YouTube], Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
 
Introit: Ave Maria, gracia Dei plena [text]                    Randall Giles (1950-2010)

Preces and Responses: Sidney Campbell (1909-74)

Psalm: 100, 101 (Tones 8.1, 1.2)
 
Canticles: Walsingham Service, Randall Giles

Anthem: Phos Hilaron [text], Randall Giles

Postlude: Moderate from Organ Sonata 3 [Biggs: YouTube], Paul Hindemith