March 30, 2014

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Healing the blind man, National Gallery, London, 1308-11

When Jesus had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes [NRSV, John 9:6]. 

Fourth Sunday in Lent [Comments] [Choir Notes] 

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: Liebster Jesu, BWV 730 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

Setting: Missa Sancti Patricii, Charles Wood (1866-1926) 

Introit: My hope is built [text] [YouTube], William Bradbury (1816-68)
 
Motet: Bless thou the bread of life [text][YouTube], William Sherwin (1826-1888)
 
Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in e, BWV 533 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Liebster Jesu, BWV 730 [Kibbie : écoutez],  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa Brevis, Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760) 

Introït : Asperges me [texte], Claudio Casciolini

Motet : Sacris solemniis [texte] [YouTube], Claudio Casciolini


Postlude : Liebster Jesu, BWV 731 
[Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach


4:00 pm Ordination Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: Veni Creator Spiritus, [Lecaudey: musicMe], Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) 

Setting: Service in D, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88) 

Introit: Lord, I want to be a Christian [text/YouTube], Afro-American
 
Motet: Veni Creator Spiritus [text], [Plus Ultra: musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

 
Postlude: Veni Creator Spiritus, Flor Peeters (1903-86) 


 

March 23, 2014

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Samaritan woman at the well, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1308-11

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink  [NRSV, John 4:7]."

Third Sunday in Lent [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Women of the Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220, [Albitzer: YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1627-1707) 
   
Setting: Messe Basse [Labadie: musicMe], Gabriel Fauré, (1845-1924)

Introit: Jesu, rex admirabilis [text] [Gardiner: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) 

 
Motet: Ave verum corpus [text] [musicMe], Gabriel Fauré
 
Postlude: Præludium in a-moll, BuxWV 153 [Rogg: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220, [Albitzer : YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1627-1707)

Ordinaire : Messe Basse [Labadie : musicMe] Gabriel Fauré, (1845-1924)

Introït : Jesu, rex admirabilis [texte] [Gardiner : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) 

Motet : Ave verum corpus [texte] [musicMe], Gabriel Fauré

Postlude : Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 221, [Koito : YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1627-1707)

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

Prelude: Passion Chorale: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 [Guarino: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Wash me throughly [text] [YouTube], George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Preces and Responses: David Terry (b. 1975)

Psalm: 66, William Hawes

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

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

Anthem: O come hither [text], Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

Postlude:  Passion Chorale « Herzlich tut mich 
verlangen » Op. 122, No. 9 and10 [Lagacé: YouTube], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

March 16, 2014

Gustave Doré, Abraham journeying to Canaan,  Doré English Bible, 1866

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you [NRSV, Genesis 12:1]."

Second Sunday of Lent  [Comments]

[Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Men of the Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Durch Adams Fall [listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)  
 
Setting: Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae  [YouTube], Plainsong, mode 5
 
Introit: Reminiscere miserationem tuarum [text] [YouTube], Plainsong, mode 4
 
Motet: Meditabor in mandatis tuis [text] [St. Peter's: YouTube], Plainsong, mode 2
 
Postlude:  Toccata in g, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Durch Adams Fall [écoutez], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ordinaire : Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae  [YouTube], Plainsong, mode 5
 
Introït : Reminiscere miserationem tuarum [texte] [YouTube], Plain-chant, mode 4

Motet : Meditabor in mandatis tuis [texte] [YouTube], Plain-chant, mode 2

Postlude : Psaume 140, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

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

Prelude: Ich ruf zu dir [listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) 

                      
Introit: A Lent Prose [text/listen], Plainsong, mode 5

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 85, Tone 7.7

Magnificat: Tone 8.1 (solemn)

Nunc dimittis: Tone 3.5

Anthem: Reminiscere miserationem tuarum [text] [YouTube], Plainsong, mode 4

Postlude: Wir glauben all en einen Gott [Dirksen: listen], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 

March 9, 2014

William Blake, Christ ministered to by angels, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1816-20

Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him [NRSV, Matthew 4:11]. 

First Sunday of Lent  [Comments]

[Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Partita “Forty days and forty nights,” BWV 745 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
 
Setting: Missa Aedis Christi [CCC Dublin: BNQ; BM  (info); New College: CML (info)], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

 
Motet: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], William Walton (1902-83)
 
Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 690 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 


Ordinaire : Missa Aeterna Christi munera [London : musicMe], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introït : Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [Cantus : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet : Sicut Cervus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude : Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 691 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastien Bach

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

Prelude: Preludio "Sine nomine" from Six Pieces for Organ [Burchell: CML] (info) [Willis: listen],  Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: Like as the hart [text], Noel Rawsthorne  (b. 1929)
 
Preces and Responses: Barry Ferguson (b. 1942)

Psalm: 42, Samuel Wesley

Canticles: St. John's Service [Nethsingha: BNQ; BM] (info), Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
 
Anthem: Like as the hart [text] [Christophers: musicMe], Herbert Howells

Postlude: Saraband in modo elegiaco from Six Pieces for organ [Hereford: listen], Herbert Howells