May 3, 2015

Jesus Christ as the True Vine, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, 16th cent.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing [NRSV, John 15:5].

Fifth Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Variations “Wondrous Love,”  [listen], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) 

Setting: Missa brevis [Tallis: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introit: Regina caeli [text] [Sistine: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude:  Præludium in g-moll, LubWV 12 [Ho: YouTube], Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Alle Menschen mussen sterben, BWV 1117 [Fagius : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa brevis [Tallis : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introït : Regina caeli [texte] [Sistine : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet : Ego sum panis vivus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude : Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Il est vivant), BWV 630 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Surusoitto, Op. 111b [Ericsson: YouTube], Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Introit: Regina caeli [text] [Sistine: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 42, Tone 3.4

Magnificat: Primi Toni, faubourdons, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Nunc dimittis: Tertii Toni, faubourdons, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Anthem: Sicut Cervus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude:  Intrada, Op. 111a [Kiviniemi: YouTube], Jean Sibelius

April 26, 2015

 The Good Shepherd (detail), Galla Placidia mausoleum, Ravenna, 5th c.

"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me [NRSV, John 10:14]."

Fourth Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Brother James' Air [Murray: listen],Searle Wright (1918-2004)

Setting: Communion Service in D, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

Introit: The Lord my shepherd is [text], Thomas Firth (18th cent.)

Motet: Brother James’ Air [text][Canterbury:YouTube] [Yorkminster Baptist: BNQ; BM] (info),arr. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)

Postlude:  Paean [Hills: YouTube], Kenneth Leighton

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Allein Gott, BWV 676 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa Tertia [St. Clement : écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introït : Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, SWV 120 [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)

Motet : L’Éternel seul est mon Berger, William Gardiner (1770-1853)

Postlude : Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Praeludium in a, BWV 543 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

                        

Introit: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, SWV 120 [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)

Preces and Responses: Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)

Psalm: 23 (Hylton Stewart)

Canticles: Service in A, Herbert Sumsion

Anthem: Der Herr ist mein Hirt [text] [Ulm: YouTube], Bernhard Kelin (1793-1832)

Postlude:  Fuga in a, BWV 543 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

April 19, 2015

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Jesus behind locked doors, Museo dell' Opera Metropolitana del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you [NRSV, Luke 24:36b]."

Third Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Setting: Missa quarti toni [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introit: Haec dies [text], Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627)

Motet: Vidi aquam [text] [PlusUltra: musicMe], T. L. de Victoria

Postlude:  Toccata in C, BWV 564 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman; YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Il est vivant), BWV 630

[Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa quarti toni [YouTube],Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introït : Haec dies [texte], Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627)

Motet : Vidi aquam [texte] [PlusUltra : musicMe], T. L. de Victoria

Postlude : Toccata in C, BWV 564 [Kibbie : écoutez; Koopman; YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Adagio in a, BWV 564 [Kibbie:listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Haec dies [text], Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627)

Preces and Responses: Ben Parry (b. 1965)

Psalm: 118, vv 1-4, 17-29  Garrett, Elvey

Canticles: Service in C, Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)

Anthem: Vidi aquam [text] [PlusUltra: musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude:  Fugue in C, BWV 564 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach