March 29, 2015


Eric Gill, Palm Sunday, Tate Colections, London
Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord(NRSV, Mark 11:9)!
The Liturgy of the Palms
Passion (Palm) Sunday [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Setting: Missa Passionis Christi, Arthur Wills (b. 1926)
Anthem: Hosianna dem Sohne Davids [text], Bartholomäus Gesius (1560-1613)
Motet: Thanks be to you [text], Derek Healey (b. 1936)
Postlude: The Royal Banners, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Herzlich tut [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae  [YouTube], Plain-chant
Antienne : Hosianna dem Sohne Davids [texte], Bartholomäus Gesius (1560-1613)
Motet : Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [Cantus : YouTube],  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Postlude : Herzlich tut, Jean Langlais (1907-91)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Desseins éternels from La Nativité du Seigneur [Latry/Weir/Gerstein: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Introit: Ride On [text], Grayston "Bill" Ives (b.1948)
Preces and Responses: [YouTube], Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Psalm: 24 Joseph Barnby
Magnificat: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense [Wellington: YouTube], Kenneth Leighton
Nunc dimittis: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense [Wellington: YouTube], Kenneth Leighton
Anthem: Solus ad victimam [Christ Church Oxford: text/YouTube], Kenneth Leighton

Postlude: Jésus accepte la souffrance from La Nativité du Seigneur [Preston: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen