February 1, 2015


Master of the Life of the Virgin, The Presentation, National Gallery, London, 1460-75
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed [NRSV, Luke 2:34].


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs
Setting: Mass for Five Voices [listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)
Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot:YouTube], William Byrd
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube],William Byrd)
Postlude:  A light to lighten [Berg:YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Ordinaire : Missa sine nomine, Lodovico Viadana, (1560-1627)
Introït : Senex puerum portabat [texte] [Lancelot : YouTube], William Byrd (1540-1623)
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [texte] [Rose : YouTube],William Byrd
Postlude : Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76 [Foccroulle : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin / In peace and joy I now depart, BWV 616 [text] [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Introit: Hail, gladdening light [King's: text/YouTube], Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Preces and Responses: Philip Moore (b. 1943)
Psalm: 84 (T. Tertius Noble)
Canticles: Collegium Regale, Charles Wood
Anthem: When to the temple Mary went [text] [St. Edmundsbury: YouTube],  Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)

Postlude:  Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf /Lord God, now open wide Thy Heav'n, BWV 617 (text) [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) after the Nunc Dimittis.

January 25, 2015



Bruce Denny, The Conversion of Saint Paul, Soho Square, London, 2010
When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew* language, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me [Acts 26:14]?”
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Conversion of Saint Paul [Choir Notes]
Prelude: “You call us, Lord, to be” (Rhosymedre) [Olson: YouTube] Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Setting: Short Service, Adrian Batten (1590-1637)


Introit: Teach me Thy Way, O Lord [text] [Oratory Singers: YouTube], William Fox (d.1759)
Motet: Lord, I trust thee [Vox Amabilis: text/ YouTube]  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Postlude:  Ouverture, la Réjouissance from Music for the Royal Firewooks [Niquet: YouTube], George Frideric Handel
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa secunda [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Introït : Jerusalem surge [texte] [Choristes : YouTube], Heinrich Isaac(1450-1517)
Motet : Tu solus qui facis mirabilia [texte] [Hilliard : YouTube], Josquin des Prés (1450-1521)


Postlude : O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Voluntary in G [Roberts: musicMe], Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Introit: I will thank thee, O Lord [text], Daniel Purcell (1664-1717)
Preces and Responses: [Trinity: Preces; Responses], Richard Ayleward (1626-69)


Psalm: 119, vv 33-38 (William Byrd)
Canticles: Short Service, Richard Ayleward
Anthem: Thy word is a lantern [text] [Cleveland: YouTube], Henry Purcell

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

January 18, 2015


Gerard David, Wedding at Cana, Louvre, Paris, 1500
Jesus said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it [NRSV, John 2:8].
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Second Sunday after Epiphany [Choir Notes]
Prelude: Vater unser, BWV 636 [Koopman:YouTube; Pilon: YouTube; Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Setting: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)

Introit: Mary walked through a wood of thorn [text] [King’s: YouTube], Phillip Radcliffe (1905-86)

Motet: Tribus miraculis [St. David's: text/listen], Luca Marenzio (1553-99)

Postlude:  Prelude and fugue in C, BWV 545 [Kibbie:listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Vater unser, BWV 636 [Koopman:YouTube; Pilon: YouTube; Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)
Introït : Dieu, notre Père dans les cieux, Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Motet : Tribus miraculis [St. David's: texte/écoutez], Luca Marenzio (1553-99)
Postlude : Prelude in C, BWV 545 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Voluntary in f, Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
Introit: Mary walked through a wood of thorn [text] [King’s: YouTube], Phillip Radcliffe (1905-86)
Preces and Responses: plainsong
Psalm: 119, pts 1,2, Tone 3.4
Magnificat: Four voices, Luca Marenzio (1553-99)
Nunc dimittis: Plainsong, Tone 2.1
Anthem: Tribus miraculis [St. David's: text/listen], Luca Marenzio

 Postlude: Voluntary in A, Maurice Greene
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