July 27, 2014


Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob leading Rachel or Leah, Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth, 1635

Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel [NRSV, Revelation 21:2]."
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers 

Prelude: Pastorale [Ryan: YouTube], David Conte (b. 1955) 

Setting: Missa a cuatro voces [midi-file], Juan Matías de Rivera (17th cent.) 

Introit: Cantate Domino [SCL: text / YouTube], Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743) 

Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria [text/listen], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) 

Postlude:  Toccata [Higgs: listen], David Conte

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Organiste invitée : Helen Tucker 

Prélude : Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele [écoutez], Johannes Brahms (1833-97) 

Ordinaire : Missa a cuatro voces [midi-file], Juan Matías de Rivera (17 s.) 

Introït : Cantate Domino [SCL : texte/YouTube], Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743) 

Motet : Jesu dulcis memoria [texte/écoutez], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) 

Postlude : Preambulum primi toni [écoutez], Matthias Weckmann (1616/24-1674)

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

Prelude: Magnificat VIII toni (fantasie) [Nelson: BNQ; BM] (info), attribued to Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663) 

Introit: O Lord, the maker of all thing [text], Anonymous English, 16th cent. 

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 27 (Tone 5.3)

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

Nunc dimittis: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas

Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: text/YouTube], William Mundy (1530-91) 

Postlude: Praeambulum in G [Davidsson: YouTube], Heinrich Scheidemann

July 20, 2014


William Blake, Jacob's Ladder, British Museum, London, 1800


And Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it [NRSV, Genesis 28:12].
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211 [Foccroulle: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)


Setting: Missa super ut re mi fa sol la, Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)  
Introit: Dominus meus [text], Cristóbal de Morales
Motet : In manus tuas [text], Cristóbal de Morales
Postlude:  Ciacona in c, BuxWV 159 [Foccroulle: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211 [Foccroulle : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)


Ordinaire : Missa super ut re mi fa sol la, Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
Introït : Dominus meus [texte], Cristóbal de Morales
Motet : In manus tuas [texte], Cristóbal de Morales
Postlude : Ciacona in c, BuxWV 159 [Foccroulle : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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

Prelude: Ciacona in c, BuxWV 159 [Foccroulle: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Introit: In pace in idipsum [Stile Antico; text/YouTube], John Sheppard  (1515-1558)
Preces and Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 3,4 (Tones 8.2,2.1)
Magnificat:  Sexti Toni,  Orlande de Lassus (1530/32-94)
Nunc dimittis: Primi toni, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  
Anthem: In pace, in idipsum [text] [Worcester: YouTube], William Blitheman (1525-91)

Postlude: Ciacona in e, BuxWV 160 [Lacaudey: musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude

July 13, 2014


Vincent Van Gogh, The Sower, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, 1889
A sower went out to sow [NRSV, Matthew 13:3b].
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Canzona ariosa [Myasoedov: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)
Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli
Introit: Laudate pueri Dominum [text], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Motet: Caro mea [text], Andrea Gabrieli
Postlude:  Toccata del 1 Tono, Andrea Gabrieli

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Canzona ariosa [Myasoedov : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)
Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli
Introït : Laudate pueri Dominum [texte], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Motet : Caro mea [texte], Andrea Gabrieli
Postlude : Intonatio del 1 Tono, Andrea Gabrieli

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

Prelude: Voluntary in a, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Introit:  Almighty and everlasting God [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons
Preces: [YouTube] William Smith (1603-45)
Responses: [YouTube] William Smith
Psalm: 42, 43 (Samuel Wesley)
Magnificat: Short Service [Wells: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons
Nunc dimittis: Short Service [Wells: YouTube], Orlando Gibbons
Anthem: Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? [text], Henry Loosemore [1607-70]

Postlude: Fancy for a double orgaine [Burchell: BNQ; BM; CML] (info), Orlando Gibbons
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