January 26, 2014

Michel Corneille the Younger, The Calling of Peter and Andrew, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, 1673

And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people [NRSV, Matthew 4:19]." 

Third Sunday after Epiphany [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich / Our Father in Heaven [van Beek: listen], Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

 
Setting: Missa Quatuor Vocum [Allessandrini: YouTube], Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757

Introit: Exultate Deo [text] [Vianini: YouTube], Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Motet: Ad te Domine levavi animam meam [text/listen], Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
 
Postlude: Praeludium in d [Foccroulle: musicMe], Georg Böhm


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Liebster Jesu, BWV 633 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa Quatuor Vocum [Allessandrini : YouTube], Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757

Introït : Exultate Deo  [texte] [Vianini : YouTube], Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Motet : Ad te Domine levavi animam meam [texte/écoutez], Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Postlude : Wie schon leuchtet, BWV 739 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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


Prelude: Andante in G [Eyre: YouTube], William Harris (1883-1973)
 
Introit: Come, my way, my truth, my life [text], Robert Evans (b. 1949)

Preces and Responses: Ben Parry (b. 1965) 

Psalm: 65, William Harris
 
Canticles: Service in G, Ben Parry

Anthem: Come my way, my truth, my life [text], William Harris

Postlude: Prelude on a Ground [Rule: YouTube], Herbert Murrill (1909-52)

Jannuary 19, 2014

 

Philippe de Champaigne, Ecce Agnus Dei, Musée de Grenoble

And as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God [NRSV, John 1:36]!"

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

Prelude: Ein’ feste Burg, BuxWV 184 [Koopman: YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1627-1707)
 
Setting: Short Mass, Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010)
 
Introit: Christ, whose glory fills the skies [St. Barnabas: text/YouTube], Keith Bissell (1912-92)
 
Motet: To everything there is a season [text], Alfred Fedak (b. 1953)
 
Postlude: Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 [Koopman: 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 : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)

Introït : Cantate Domino [texte/YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

Motet :  O Sacrum convivium [texte/YouTube], Giovanni Croce

Postlude : Canzonetta in C, BuxWV 166 [Forsblom : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude


4:00 pm Ecumenical Prayer Service for Christian Unity

Te Deum in G [text/ Darlington: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

January 12, 2014

Giovanni Bellini, Baptism of Christ, Santa Corona, Vicenza, 1500-02

And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him [NRSV, Matt: 3:16].

Baptism of the Lord [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Offertoire (L’Orgue mystique, Epiphania  Domini) [Delvallée: YouTube], Charles Tournemire (1870-1937) 
  
Setting: Missa Iste confessor, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introit: Dies sanctificatus [text] [Colino: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 
Motet: Tribus miraculis [text] [St. Gregory: listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 
Postlude: In dir ist Freude / In thee is gladness, BWV 615 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 715 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach  (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa Iste confessor, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
 
Introït : Dies sanctificatus [texte] [Colino : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet : Tribus miraculis [texte] [St. Gregory : listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude : Fuga super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 716, [Kibbie : écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

The Three Wise Men, Sant'Appolinare Nuovo, Ravenna, 526 CE

4:00 pm A Festival  of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany

The Cathedral Singers

(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Organ Prelude: Communion (L’Orgue mystique, Epiphania Domini) [Delvallée: YouTube], Charles Tournemire (1870-1937) 

Which was the son of . . . [Cessak: text/You/Tube], Arvo Pärt  (b. 1935)

 

Magi videntes stellam [text], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)

A Poor Place [text], Patrick Wedd  (b. 1948)

Bethlehem down [text/King's: YouTube], Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Glory to the Christ Child  [Cleobury: text/listen], Alan Bullard (b. 1946)

Tribus miraculis [St. David's: text/listen], Luca Marenzio (1553-99)

All and Some [text], Jeremy Thurlow (b. 1976) 

Organ Postlude: Fantaisie (L’Orgue mystique, Epiphania Domini) [Delvallée: YouTube], Charles Tournemire

 

January 5-6, 2014

Dieric Bouts the Younger, Adoration of the Magi, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, c. 1470

May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts [NRSV, Psalm 72:10].

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Epiphany [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet, BWV 739 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Setting: Missa secunda [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introit: How bright appears the morning star [text] [Wiltener: YouTube], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)
 
Motet: Magi videntes stellam [text], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)
 
Postlude: Wie schon leuchtet [YouTube], Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 606 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

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

Introït : Ô Christ, étoile du matin [texte], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)

Motet : Magi videntes stellam [texte], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)

Postlude : Wie schon leuchtet, BWV 739 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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


Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 [musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) 

Introit: Magi videntes stellam [text], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)

Preces and Responses: Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Psalm: 72: 1-11, 18-23 (George Thalben-Ball)

 Magnificat in A [Roden: YouTube], Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995) 

Nunc dimittis in A [Roden: YouTube], Herbert Sumsion 

Anthem: Bethlehem down [text/King's: YouTube], Peter Warlock (1894-1930) 

Postlude: Le Fils, Verbe et Lumière (The Son, Word and Light) from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity) [van der Steen: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Monday, January 6, 2014

Epiphany [Comments] [Choir Notes]
12:15 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet

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

Introit: How bright appears the morning star [text] [Wiltener: YouTube], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)
 
Motet: Magi videntes stellam [text], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)

Immediately following the Eucharist, Patrick Wedd will perform at the 1980 Wilhelm organ the following programme (Admission free):

Einige canonische Veränderungen über das Wienachtslied “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her”, BWV 769a [Kibbie: listen],  

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

Les Mages (La Nativité du Seigneur) [Bate: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) 

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 [Bardon: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) 

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [YouTube], Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)