October 26, 2014

Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ preaching, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris,1649

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them [NRSV, Matt. 18:20].”

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

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

Setting: Missa Caça [St. Clement: listen], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)

Introit: Vidi aquam [text] [Chanticleer: Grooveshark], Cristóbal de Morales  

Motet: Asperges me [text] [Plus Ultra: YouTube], Cristóbal de Morales

Postlude:  Prelude and Fugue in b, Healey Willan

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Canzon [Berben : musicMe], Jakob Hassler (1569-1622)

Ordinaire : Missa Caça [St. Clement : écoutez], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)

Introït : Vidi aquam [texte] [Chanticleer : Grooveshark], Cristóbal de Morales  

Motet : Asperges me [texte] [Plus Ultra : YouTube], Cristóbal de Morales

Postlude : Poco vivace [Ellis : YouTube], Hermann Schroeder (1904-84)

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: A Short Verse Thomas Tomkins (1573–1656)  

Introit: Thou knowest, Lord [text] [Oratory: YouTube], Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 19 (Tone 3.4)

Magnificat : Tone 8.1, Fauxbourdons, Thomas Morley

Nunc Dimittis: Tone 5.1, Fauxbourdons, Thomas Morley

Anthem: Nolo mortem peccatoris [text / 11 versions], Thomas Morley

Postlude: Fantasia [Foster: Pipedreams], Thomas Morley  

October 19, 2014

Pietro Perugino, The Giving of the Keys, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, 1481-82

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven [NRSV, Matt. 16:19].’

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: BWV 754, “Blessed Jesus, we are here,” [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Introit: Cantate Domino [text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet: Ite in universum mundum [text] [Augsburg: BNQ ; BM] (info), Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude:  Prelude and fugue in G, BWV 550 [Köbler: YouTube],

Johann Sebastian Bach

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : BWV 754, « Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier »,  [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Introït : Cantate Domino [texte/écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet : Ite in universum mundum [texte] [Augsburg : BNQ ; BM] (info), Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude : Praeludium und Fuge in e-moll, BWV 533 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Voluntary No.2 in f, Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

Introit: Almighty and everlasting God [St. John's: text/YouTube], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Preces and Responses: [Trinity: Preces; Responses], Richard Ayleward (1626-69)

Psalm: 19 (Willliam Boyce)

Canticles: Short Service, Richard Ayleward

Anthem: Miserere mei, Deus [text] [Worcester: YouTube], William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

Postlude:  Voluntary No. 1 in A, Maurice Greene

October 12, 2014

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1568

Then he said to his slaves, “The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet [NRSV, Matt. 22:8-9].”

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Lied to the Flowers [Gheller: YouTube], Flor Peeters (1903-96)

Setting: Canterbury Mass, Anthony Piccolo (b. 1953)

Introit: Thou visitest the earth (text), Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

Motet: A Carol of beauty [text], Arthur Warrell (1883-1939)

Postlude:  Marche triomphale “Nun Danket” [Därr: YouTube], Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Pastorale in F, BWV 590 [Kibbie : écoutez ;

Richter : YouTube ; Koopman : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa quatuor vocum, Joan Cererols (1618-76)

Introït : Exultate Deo [texte],  William Byrd (1543-1623)

Motet : Cibavit eos [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude : Nun danket all Gott, BWV 657 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Lied to the Mountains [Gheller: YouTube], Flor Peeters (1903-96)

Introit: Thou, O God, art praised in Sion [text], Ian Hare (b. 1949)

Preces and Responses:  Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)

Psalm: 65 (John Robinson)

Canticles: Service in B-Flat [Winchester: musicMe], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Anthem: Fear not, O Land [text],  William Harris (1883-1973)

Postlude:  Lied to the Sun [Gheller: YouTube], Flor Peeters