June 29, 2014

Claude Vignon, Feed my sheep, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1624

Jesus said to Peter, "Feed my sheep [NRSV, John 21:17b].”

Feast of SS. Peter and Paul [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Allegro religioso (Organ Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major) [Bartfloete: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)

Introit: Tu es Petrus [text] [Calmelet: musicMe], Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Prayer of the Faithful Motet: Verleih uns Frieden [text] [Johnston: YouTube], Felix Mendelssohn

Communion Motet: Tu es Petrus [text] [Domspatzen: musicMe], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude:  Allegro con brio (Organ Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major) [Bartfloete: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Allegro religioso (Sonate pour orgue No. 4 en si bémol majeur) [Bartfloete : écoutez], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

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

Introït : Tu es Petrus [texte] [St. David : écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet : Tu es Petrus [texte] [Resistencia : écoutez], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)

Postlude : Allegro con brio (Sonate pour orgue No. 4 en si bémol majeur) [Bartfloete : écoutez], Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Allegretto (Organ Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major) [Bartfloete: listen], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Introit:  Tu es Petrus [text] [Calemet: musiMe], Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Preces and Responses: Philip Radcliffe (1905-86)

Psalm: 138 (William Harris)

Canticles: Service in E, [Perth: BNQ; BM] (info), Herbert Murrill (1909-52)

Anthem: Hymn to Peter [text] [Rose: YouTube], Benjamin Britten [1913-76]

Postlude: Allegro maestoso e vivace (Organ Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major) [Bartfloete: listen], Felix Mendelssohn

June 22 and 24, 2014

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Angel Assists Hagar, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, 1732

[The angel] said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him [Gen. 21:17b-18]."

Scroll down for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist.

Second Sunday after Pentecost [Comments] [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Intermezzo (Five Pieces) [Sadler: BNQ; BM] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Setting: Missa brevis XIII, Healy Willan

Introit: Almighty, God, which hast me brought [text] [Luley: YouTube], Thomas Ford (1580-1648)

Motet: Very bread, good shepherd, tend us [text] [Luley: YouTube], Healy Willan

Postlude: Epilogue [Wedd: BNQ; BM] (info), Healy Willan

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

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

Ordinaire : Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Introït : Pater noster, Francisco Guerrero

Motet : Caro mea [texte], Francisco Guerrero

Postlude : Praeludium und Fuge in C-Dur, BWV 553 [Köbler : YouTube], attribués à Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Antienne, dans le mode phrygien ecclésiastique, No. 9 [Doeselaar: listen], Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)

Introit: Laudate nomen Domini [St. Marien: text/YouTube], Christopher Tye (1505-73)                                  

Preces and Responses:  Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)

Psalm: 47 (William Boyce)

Canticles: Canticles in F, John Travers (1703-58)

Anthem: O Lord, we beseech thee [text], Joseph Pring (1776-1842)

Postlude: Toccata in b [Alain: YouTube], Eugène Gigout

Jacopo Pontormo, Birth of John the Baptist, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, 1526

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

12:15 pm Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Setting: Missa Sine Nomine [listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introit: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Cantus : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text] [Sherwin: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude: Praeambulum in g, BWV 41 [YouTube], Heinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595 – 1663)