February 23, 2014

Sermon on the Mount, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, 6th cent.

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect [NRSV, Matthew 5:48].

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany  [Comments] 

[Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: White Note Paraphrase, James MacMillan (b. 1959) 
 
Setting: Communion Service in D, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

Introit: Lord, I trust thee [Vox Amabilis: text/ YouTube]  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
 
Motet: Ave verum corpus [text] [Choeur des marais: listen], Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
 
Postlude: Paean, Philip Moore (b. 1943)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Vater unser [YouTube], Johann Pachelbel, (1653-1706) 

Ordinaire : Missa L’Hora Passa [Baldelli : YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)
 
Introït : Adoremus te, Christe [texte] [Barnum : YouTube],  Lodovico da Viadana


Motet : O sacrum convivium [texte] [Poliphonica : YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana

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

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


Prelude: Prelude in F from Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 1, Opus 101, No. 6 [YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

 
Introit: Purest and highest [Roden: text/YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford

Preces and Responses: Peter J. Smith (b. 1944) 

Psalm: 146, Ivor Atkins
 
Canticles: Knaresborough Service, Simon Lindley (b. 1948)

Anthem: O for a closer walk with God [text] [Manchester: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford

Postlude: Allegro in d from Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 2, Opus 105, No. 6 [Hyde: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford

February 16, 2014

Luca Signorelli, Moses Speaking to Israel (detail), Cappella Sistina, Vatican, 1481-82

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live [NRSV, Deuteronomy 30:19].

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany  [Comments] 

[Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: Tiento de 6° Tom [Lernia: NML; BM] (info) Lucas Puxol (17th cent.)

 
Setting: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)

Introit: Pater noster, Giovanni Antonio Grossi
 
Motet: Caro mea [text], Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
 
Postlude: Sonata de primer tono [Oelkers: YouTube], José Lidon (1752-1827)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Tiento de 6° Tom [Lernia : NML ; BM] (info) Lucas Puxol (XVIIe s.)

Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84) 

Introït : Pater noster, Giovanni Antonio Grossi

Motet : Caro mea [texte], Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Postlude : Sonata de primer tono [Oelkers : YouTube], José Lidon (1752-1827)

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


Prelude: Reprises par interversion (Livre d’Orgue) [Composer himself: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) 
 
Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 19, Tone 3.4
 
Magnificat: Tone 2.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas (16th cent.)

 Nunc dimittis: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas

Anthem: The Birds [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Postlude: Chants d’oiseaux (Livre d’Orgue), [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen

February 9, 2014

James Tissot, Sermon on the Mount, Brooklyn Museum of Art, late 19th cent

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid [NRSV, Matthew 5:14]."

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

Prelude: Adagio from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
 
Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introit: Laudate Dominum [text] [Borshevsky: YouTube], Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)

 
Motet: Caro mean vere est cibus [text] [Petrópolis: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli
 
Postlude: Allegro maestoso e vivace, fuga from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn 

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Adagio, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introït : Laudate Dominum [texte] [Borshevsky : YouTube], Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)

Motet : Caro mean vere est cibus [texte] [Petrópolis : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli

Postlude : Allegro maestoso e vivace, fuga, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn

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


Prelude: Thema mit Variationem [Dijkstra: YouTube],
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit: Ach, arme Welt [text] [Russell: YouTube], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Preces and Responses: William Byrd

Psalm:  34; Paratt, Hollins
 
Canticles: Huntsville Service, Philip Moore (b. 1943)

Anthem: Verleih uns Frieden [text] [Johnston: YouTube], Felix Mendelssohn 

Postlude: Allegro d-Moll [Scandali: YouTube], Felix Mendelssohn

February 2, 2014

Giotto di Bondone, The Presentation, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord [NRSV, Luke 2:22a].

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
 
Setting: Mass for Four Voices [Tallis: YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot: YouTube], William Byrd
 
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube], William Byrd
 
Postlude: 6 Antiphons for Christmastide, Op. 48/6 "Lumen ad revelationem" [text], [Berg: YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale



Ordinaire : Mass for Four Voices [Tallis : YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Introït : Senex puerum portabat [texte] [Lancelot : YouTube], William Byrd

Motet: Hodie beata virgo [texte] [Rose : YouTube], William Byrd
 
Postlude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76 [Schauerte : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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


Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
 
Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot: YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Preces and Responses: William Byrd

Psalm: 84, T. Tertius Noble
 
Magnificat: Third Service, William Byrd

Nunc dimittis: Third Service [Merbeke: YouTube], William Byrd

Anthem: When to the temple Mary went [text] [St. Edmundsbury: YouTube],  Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)


Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf / Lord God, now open wide Thy Heav'n, BWV 617 (text) [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach