September 28, 2014




Pantocrator, Pammakaristos Church, Istanbul, 12th cent.
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name [NRSV, Philippians 2:9]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: “Jesu, the very thought of thee” [YouTube], Gordon Slater (1896-1979)
Setting: Missa Brevis, Arthur Wills (b. 1926)
Introit: Almighty, God, which hast me brought [text] [Luley: YouTube], Thomas Ford (1580-1648)
Motet: Pange lingua [text] [YouTube] Anton Bruckner (1824-96)
Postlude:  Sortie, Op. 62, No. 3 [Deutschmann: YouTube],  Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)  

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Kyrie Gott Vater, BWV 672 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa Brevis, Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760)

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

Motet : O Sacrum convivium [texte/YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)
Postlude : Präludium und Fuge in B-moll-dur,  BWV 560 [Preston : musicMe], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Largo in d [Imbruno: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Introit: Hail, gladdening light [King's:text/YouTube], Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Preces and Responses: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Psalm: 47 (William Boyce)
Magnificat: Second Service [St. George's: BNQ;BM] (info), Orlando Gibbons
Nunc dimittis: Second Service [St George's:BNQ; BM] (info), Orlando Gibbons
Anthem: O clap your hands [text / CML] (info), Orlando Gibbons

Postlude:  Sinfonia (Cantata 29) [Murray: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

September 21, 2014


Guido Reni, St. Matthew and the Angel, Pinocateca Vaticana, 1635-1640


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: “You have passed by,”  [YouTube]  Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Setting: Missa O quam gloriosum [King’s: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)


Introit: O quam gloriosum [text][Harmonia: YouTube], Jacob Vaet (1529-67)
Motet: O quam gloriosum [text] [Summerly: BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude: Disposer supreme [YouTube], C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Vater unser, BuxWV 219 [Guarino : YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)


Ordinaire : Missa O quam gloriosum [King’s : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)


Introït : O quam gloriosum [texte][Harmonia : YouTube], Jacob Vaet (1529-67)
Motet : O quam gloriosum [texte] [Summerly : BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude : Prélude et Fugue en la mineur, BWV 559 [Gabba : YouTube], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Voluntary in G [Leonhardt: musicMe], Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Introit: I will thank thee, O Lord [text], Daniel Purcell (1664-1717)
Preces and Responses: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Psalm: 119: 14, 15 (Richard Woodward)
Canticles: Service in B-flat [Pinnock: YouTube], Henry Purcell
Anthem: Thy word is a lantern [King's Consort: text/YouTube], Henry Purcell

Postlude: Voluntary for a Double Organ [Leonhardt: musicMe], Henry Purcell  

September 14, 2014

Detail of the apse, San Clemente, Rome, 12th cent..jpg
Detail of the apse, San Clemente, Rome, 12th cent.
Holy Cross Day [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Setting: Missa Passionis Christi, Arthur Wills (b. 1926)
Introit: Crux fidelis [text], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Motet: Crux fidelis [text], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)
Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa in a, Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)
Introït : Crux fidelis [texte], Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Motet : Crux fidelis [texte], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)
Postlude : Praeludium und Fuge in G, BWV 557 [Köbler : écoutez], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Introit: Crux fidelis [texte] [King’s: YouTube], attrib. John of Portugal (1603-56)
Preces and Responses: Philip Moore 
(b. 1943)
Psalm: 22, vv.1-21, 27-31, Matthew Camidge (1758-1844)
Canticles: Huntsville Service, Philip Moore
Anthem: Ecce lignum crucis [text], Brian Chapple (b. 1945)

Postlude: Ecce lignum crucis [ Neswick: listen],  Anton Heiller (1923-79)
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