December 29, 2013

French Book of Hours, Angel Warns Joseph, British Library, London, 14th cent.

An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him [NRSV, Matt. 2:13]."

First Sunday after Christmas Day [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet

Prelude: Coventry Carol [YouTube], William Lloyd Webber (1914-82) 

Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium [Hill: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introit: O magnum mysterium [text] [Christophers: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria 

Motet: Coventry Carol [text] [Willcocks: musicMe], Mystery Play, 1591 

Postlude: Vom Himmel hoch, POP 80 [listen], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Vom Himmel hoch, POP 79 [écoutez], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Ordinaire : Missa O magnum mysterium [Hill : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

 Introït : O magnum mysterium [texte] [Christophers : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet : O magnum Mysterium [texte], [Gardiner : musicMe], William Byrd (1543-1623) 

Postlude : Vom Himmel hoch, POP 80 [écoutez], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)


No Evensong today.

December 24-25, 2013

 Unknown Catalan Master, Nativity, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1200-50

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (NRSV, Luke 2:7).

Christmas Eve 

4:00 pm Family Eucharist with Nativity Pageant

Salvador Dali, Jesu Nativitas, Biblia Sacra, 1964-67

Midnight Mass

11:00 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: What child is this? [Kripfgans: YouTube], Richard Purvis (1913-94)

Mass Setting:  Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

 
Introit: All my heart this night rejoices [text/Rutter: listen], Johann Ebeling(1620[37]- 1666[76])

Motets: O magnum mysterium [text], Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

Sans Day Carol [Polyphony: text/YouTube], Cornish Carol

Postlude: From heaven high to earth I come [Lucas: YouTube], Garth Edmundson (1900-71)

William Blake, The Annunciation to the Shepherds, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, 1809

Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified [NRSV, Luke 2:9].

Feast of the Nativity of the Lord

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Noël en récit et en taille sur la tierce du positif [Bardon: musicMe], Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

Mass Setting:  Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Introit:  I saw three ships [text/Stairwell: YouTube], arr. Ian Humphris

Motet: Jesus, Jesus rest your head [text] [YouTube], Appalachian carol, arr. Arthur Warrell (1900-70)

Postlude: Noël suisse [Tompkins: listen], Louis-Claude Daquin
 

December 22, 2013

Georges de la Tour, Dream of St. Joseph, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, c.1640

An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit [NRSV, Matthew 1:20b].

Fourth Sunday of Advent [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Lo, How a Rose [YouTube], Joseph Ahrens (1904-97) 

Setting: Missa “Dixit Maria” [Herreweghe: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)

Introit: Dixit Maria [text] [Colorado: listen; 6 videos: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler
 
Motet: Ave maris stella [King's: text/YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler
 
Postlude: Ave maris stella [Bardon: musicMe], Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Es ist ein Ros [YouTube], Joseph Ahrens (1904-97) 

Ordinaire : Missa Dixit Maria [Herreweghe: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)

Introït : Dixit Maria [texte] [Colorado: écoutez ; 6 videos: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet : Ave maris stella [texte] [Cleobury : YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude : Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach, (1685-1750)

4:00 pm A Festival  of Lessons and Carols for Christmas
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Organ Preludes: In Dulci Jubilo 

BWV 608 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

BWV 751 [Enz: musicMe], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

BuxWV 197 [Foccroulle: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Joseph Ahrens (1904-1997)

[listen], Jean Langlais (1907-1991) 

Choir Carols: 

Whence is that goodly fragrance? [text] [Mormon: YouTube] French, arr. Patrick Wedd (b. 1948) 

Verbum Patris humanatur [Sequentia: text/YouTube]  [text] [Pitts: BNQ; BM] (info), Anonymous, 12th cent. arr. Antony Pitts (b. 1969) 

Sans Day Carol [Polyphony: text/YouTube], Cornish Carol 

There is no rose [text], George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)

          

A boy was born [text] [listen], Benjamin Britten [1913-76] 

O magnum mysterium [text], Malcolm Archer (b. 1952) 

Cherry tree carol [text]  [King’s: YouTube], English, arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)

 Jesus, Jesus rest your head [text] [YouTube], Appalachian carol, arr. Arthur Warrell (1900-70) 

So said the angel [text], Peter Skellern (b. 1947) 

Hodie Christus natus est [text] [Louis Halsey Singers: musicMe], Giovanni Gabrieli (1555-1612) 

Organ Postlude: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

December 15, 2013

 Paolo Veronese, St. John the Baptist Preaching, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1562

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet [NRSV, Matthew 11:9]. 

Third Sunday of Advent  [Comments] 

[Choir Notes] 

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Cantor

Prelude: Wachet auf, BWV 645 [Alain: YouTube; de Groen: YouTube; Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Setting: Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae  [YouTube], Plainsong, mode 6

Introit: Gaudete in Domino (text) (YouTube), Plainsong, tone 1
 
Motet:  Fuit homo missus a Deo (text), Plainsong, tone 5
 
Postlude: Wachet auf, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Chantre des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Wachet auf, BWV 645 [Alain: YouTube; de Groen: YouTube; Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Ordinaire : Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae  [YouTube], Plain-chant, ton 6

Introit : Gaudete in Domino (texte) (écoutez), Plain-chant, ton 1
 
Motet :  Fuit homo missus a Deo (texte), 
Plain-chant, ton 5
 
Postlude : Wachet auf, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)


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


Prelude: Wachet auf, BWV 645 [Alain: YouTube; de Groen: YouTube; Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Introit: The Advent Prose [text/listen], Plainsong, 
Mode 1

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 13, 14 (Tones 3.4, 4.6)

Magnificat: en D from the Livre d’orgue de Montréal [Gilbert: listen]

Nunc dimittis: Plainsong, tone 1.4

Anthem: Versets, Conditor alme siderum  [Préfontaine: BNQ] [BM] (info), Jean Titelouze (1563-1633)

Postlude: Variations “Veni Emmanuel” [Holman: listen], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)

December 8, 2013

Giovanni del Biondo, The Preaching of John the Baptist, Contini Bonacossa Collection, Florence, 1360-70

In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near[NRSV, Matthew 3:1-2]."

Second Sunday of Advent [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 [Alain: YouTube; Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

Setting: Missa Brevis 2 for Advent, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: A tender shoot [text] [King's: YouTube], Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907)
 
Motet: I sought you, Lord [text], Michael Capon (b. 1963)
 
Postlude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 [Kibbie: listen; Stockmeier: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 659 [Alain : YouTube ; Kibbie : écoutez ; Koopman : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa Tertia [St. Clement : écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) 

Introït : Populus Sion [texte] [YouTube],  Plain-chant, ton 7

Motet : Venez, divin Messie [texte] [YouTube], français, 16^e cent. 

Postlude : Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland [Koepke : YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

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


Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 659 [Alain: YouTube; Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube]; Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Introit: Rejoice in the Lord Alway [text] [Robertson: YouTube], Anonymous English (16th cent.)

Preces and Responses: Robert Jones (b. 1945)

Psalm: 98 (Bairstow)
 
Canticles: Service in E-flat, David Orr (b. 1977)


Anthem: There is a flower [text], Stanley Vann (b.1910) 

Postlude: Trio super Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 [Kibbie: listen; Bryndorf: YouTube; Stockmeier: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach