March 30 - April 5, 2015





Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pact with Judas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I betray him to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver [NRSV, Mathew 26:14-15].

Monday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Plainsong) [ChoirNotes]
The Cathedral Singers

Tuesday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Russian chant)
The Cathedral Singers  

Wednesday of Holy Week
7:30 pm Choral Tenebrae
The Cathedral Singers

Psalms: Plainsong
Responsory: Alas, dear Christ [text], Derek Healey (b. 1936)  
Responsory: Thanks be to you [text], Derek Healey
Responsory: Corpus Christi [text], Jason Noble (b. 1980)
Benedictus: [King's Singers: text/listen], Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Last Supper, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When the Lord Jesus had given thanks, he broke the bread and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me [NRSV, 1 Corinthinians 11:24]."


12:15 pm Chrism Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet


Prelude: Liebster Jesu, BWV 730 [Kibbie: listen],Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Agnus Dei: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)

Motet: O Sacrum convivium [text/YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
7:30 pm Choral Eucharist: Liturgy of the Lord's Supper
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: L'Institution de l’Eucharistie from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: musicMe],Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)  

Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Mass Setting: Missa Silvestris, Elizabeth Ekholm (b. 1954)

Washing of the Feet: Ubi caritas [Calmelet: text/listen], Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

Motet: Ave verum corpus [text],  Flor Peeters(1903-86)





Duccio di Buoninsegna, Crucifixion, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. [NRSV, John 19:30].


12 noon Way of the Cross for All Ages

1:00 pm Music and Meditation
The Cathedral Singers

Motets: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Dresdner: YouTube], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Alas, dear Christ, [text], Derek Healey (b. 1936)  

Thanks be to you [text], Derek Healey  

Adoramus te, Christe [text] [ Sesquialtera: YouTube], Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543-1607)

Corpus Christi [text], Jason Noble (b. 1980)

Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Cantus:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Miserere mei, Domine [text/listen ], Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

The Cathedral Singers

The St. John Passion,  Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Reproaches [St. Thomas: text/YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Agnus Dei: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)

Motet: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)




 Duccio di Buoninsegna, Three Marys at the Tomb, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified [NRSV, Luke Matthew 28:5].

7:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter, with the Lighting of the New Fire, the Blessing of the Paschal Candle and the First Eucharist of Easter
The Cathedral Singers

Vigil: Exultet [text/YouTube]
Responsories and Psalms: Plainsong
Go down Moses [text/YouTube], arr. André Van Ryckeghem
Mass Setting: Anon. English, 14th c.
Motets: Alle-psallite cum-luya [text/listen], Worcester Fragments, 13th-14th century
Alleluya psallat [text/listen], Worcester Fragments, 13th-14th century

Postlude: Gelobt sei Gott [Tracey: YouTube],  Healey Willan (1880-1968)  



 Duccio di Buoninsegna, Appearance to Mary Magdalene, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God[NRSV, John 20:17].'"


10:00 am Procession and Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs and Brass Ensemble
Prelude: Carillon Festivo, Roderick Elms (b. 1951)
Mass Setting: Missa pro Victoria [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introit: Surrexit Christus hodie [Arcadelt:text/listen], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Motets: Now the Green Blade Rises (Love is come again) [text] [St-Barnabas: YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
This Joyful Eastertide [Cambridge Singers:text/listen], arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Postlude: A Festival Toccata [Karlsson: BNQ;BM] (info), Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), BWV 627 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Introït : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), Allemand, v. 1111

Motet : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort), Allemand, 1524

Postlude : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort)
BWV 625 [Kibbie: écoutez; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Saraband for Easter Day [Webster:listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: I got me flowers, Jeremy Thurlow (b. 1976)

Preces and Responses: Pentatonic, Andrew Gant (b. 1963)                    

Psalm: 114 (Tonus Peregrinus); 150 Robert Goodenough

Canticles: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense [Rose: YouTube], Michael Tippett (1905-1998)

Anthem: Et Resurrexit [text], Martin Dalby (b. 1942)

Postlude: La Résurrection du Christ from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [Latry: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
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