April 14-20, 2014

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pact with Judas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I betray him to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver [NRSV, Mathew 26:14-15].

April 14: Monday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Plainsong) [Choir Notes]
The Cathedral Singers

April 15: Tuesday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Orthodox chant)
The Cathedral Singers 


April 16: Wednesday of Holy Week
7:30 pm Choral Tenebrae

The Cathedral Singers

Psalms: Plainsong 

Responsory: Eram quasi agnus innocens [Christophers: text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) 

Responsory: Seniores populi [Christophers: text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria 

Responsory: Astiterunt reges [Christophers: text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria
 
Benedictus: [King's Singers: text/listen]
, Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Last Supper, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When the Lord Jesus had given thanks, he broke the bread and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me [NRSV, 1 Corinthinians 11:24]."

April 17:
Maundy Thursday [Comments]

12:15 pm Chrism Eucharist
 The Cathedral Singers Quartet


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

Agnus Dei: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)

Motet: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Cantus: YouTube],  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

7:30 pm Choral Eucharist: Liturgy of the Lord's Supper

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:
L'Institution de l’Eucharistie from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) 


Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Mass Setting:
Missa brevis, Op. 84 [Texas: BNQ; BM]
(info), Vincent Persichetti (1915-87)

Washing of the Feet: Ubi caritas [Calmelet: text/listen], Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

Motet: O Sacrum Convivium [text] [London: musicMe] Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)





Duccio di Buoninsegna, Crucifixion, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. [NRSV, John 19:30].

April 22: Good Friday
[Comments]

12 noon Way of the Cross for All Ages

1:00 pm Music and Meditation

The Cathedral Singers 


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

Eram quasi agnus innocens [Christophers: text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) 

Seniores populi [Christophers: text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria 

Astiterunt reges [Christophers: text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria

Drop, drop, slow tears [text], Brian Chapple (b. 1945)

Ecce lignum crucis [text], Brian Chapple

Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], William Walton (1902-83)
 
Miserere mei, Domine [text/listen ], Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) 

2:00 pm The Liturgy of Good Friday
The Cathedral Singers


The St. John Passion [Renaissance Singers:
YouTube
],
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1532-1594)

Reproaches [text/YouTube], John Sanders [1933-2003]


Agnus Dei: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)







Duccio di Buoninsegna, Three Marys at the Tomb, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified [NRSV, Luke Matthew 28:5].

April 19:
Holy Saturday [Comments]

7:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter, with the Lighting of the New Fire, the Blessing of the Paschal Candle and the First Eucharist of Easter
The Cathedral Singers


Vigil: Exultet [
text] [Fr. Tim Hepburn: listen]

Responsories and Psalms: Plainsong



Go down Moses [text/listen], arr. Wikeley

Sanctus:
Missa Octava
[Carmeli: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) 

Agnus Dei: Missa Octava [Carmeli: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler 
 
Motets:
Alle-psallite cum-luya [text/listen], Worcester Fragments, 13th-14th century

Alleluya psallat [text/listen], Worcester Fragments, 13th-14th century


Postlude: Fugue on O filii et filiae [Kuhlmann: listen], Jean Langlais (1907-91)
 


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Appearance to Mary Magdalene, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God [NRSV,John 20:17].'"

April 24: Easter Sunday[Comments]

10:00 am Procession and Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Choirs and Brass Ensemble


Prelude: Carillon [Chistiansen: YouTube], Herbert Murrill (1909-52)

Mass Setting:
Missa à 12 (Sacrae Symphoniae, 1597), Giovanni Gabrieli (1555-1612)

This Joyful Eastertide [Cambridge Singers: text/listen], arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)


Now the Green Blade Rises (Love is come again) [text] [St-Barnabas: YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958) 
 

Postlude: Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 [Watanabe: YouTube], Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), BWV 627 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

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

Introït : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), Allemand, v. 1111 

Motet : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort), Allemand, 1524

Postlude : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort) BWV 625 [Kibbie: écoutez; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Saraband for the Easter Day [Webster: listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983) 

Introit: Regina caeli [text], Stewart Grant (b. 1948)

Preces and Responses: "JAO," Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Psalm: 

Canticles: Easter fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd


Anthem:
Alleluya psallat [text], Peter Aston (1938-2013)
Postlude:
Prélude et Toccata sur “Victimae Paschali Laudes” [Metzger: YouTube], Denis Bédard (b. 1950)