October 26, 2014

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

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].’


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.jpg

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].”

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