August 30, 2015

José de Ribera, Moses and the Law, Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples, 1638

You must observe them diligently, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people [NRSV, Deut. 4:6]!’

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Canzonetta, Op. 78, No. 2 [Lawford:BNQ; BM]

(info), William Mathias (1934-92)

Setting: Short Service, Adrian Batten (1590-1637)

Introit: Cantabo Domino [text] [MIDI], Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)

Motet: Ave Maria a 4 voces [text] [Savall: YouTube] , Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude:  Jubilate, William Mathias (1934-92)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Harmony in C (Lydian)  [écoutez], James Woodman (né en 1957)

Ordinaire : Missa Iste confessor, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introït : Cantabo Domino [texte] [MIDI], Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)

Motet : Ave Maria a 4 voces [text] [Hill : écoutez] , Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude : Counterpoint in C (Lydian)  [écoutez], James Woodman (né en 1957)

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Preludio "Sine nomine" from Six Pieces for Organ [Burchell: CML] (info),  Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: O Lord, we beseech thee [text], Joseph Pring (1776-1842)

Preces and Responses: Ian Crabbe (b. 1953)

Psalm: 6, James Nares

Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Caustun (1522-69)

Anthem: To many a well [text], Randall Giles (1950-2010)

Postlude:  Saraband in modo elegiaco [listen], Herbert Howells

August 23, 2015

William Blake, Illustration for the Book of Job: The Comforters, early 19th cent.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him, each of them set out from his home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to go and console and comfort him [NRSV, Job 2:11].

13th Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Vater unser [van Beek: YouTube], Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

Setting: Missa “Dixit Maria” [Herreweghe:YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)

Introit: Laetatus sum [text] [Occidentalis: YouTube], Heinrich Isaac

Motet: Gustate et Videte [text] [Giltspur: YouTube], Heinrich Isaac

Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in a, [Foccroulle: musicMe] Georg Böhm

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Vater unser [van Beek : YouTube], Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

Ordinaire : Missa “Dixit Maria” [Herreweghe : YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)

Introït :  Laetatus sum [texte] [Occidentalis : YouTube], Heinrich Isaac

Motet : Gustate et Videte [texte] [Giltspur : YouTube], Heinrich Isaac

Postlude : Praeludium en la,  [Foccroulle : musicMe] Georg Böhm

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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Prelude: Aria and Fugue [listen], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Hymn (O for a closer walk with God) [text] [Manchester: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Preces and Responses: Martin Neary (b. 1940)

Psalm: 19, Turle, Noble

Canticles: Service in f, Derek Holman (b. 1931)

Anthem: O for a closer walk with God [text], Grayston "Bill" Ives (b.1948)

Postlude:  Andante, Fugue and Chorale [YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

August 16, 2015

Folio 031, Codex Egberti, Stadtbibliothek, Trier, 980

I am the living bread that came down from heaven [NRSV, John 6:51a].

12th Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

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Prelude: Tierce en taille from Messe des paroisses [Crosier: YouTube], François Couperin (1668-1733)

Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introit: Caro mea [text] [Petrópolis:YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli

Motet: O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [YouTube] [BNQ; BM] (info), Andrea Gabrieli

Postlude: Offertoire sur les grands jeux from Messe des couvents [YouTube], François Couperin

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Tierce en taille de Messe des paroisses [Crosier : YouTube], François Couperin (1668-1733)

Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introït : Caro mea [texte] [Petrópolis : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli

Motet : O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [YouTube] [BNQ ; BM] (info), Andrea Gabrieli

Postlude : Offertoire sur les grands jeux de Messe des couvents [YouTube], François Couperin

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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Prelude: Pastorale in F, BWV 590 [Kibbie: listen ; Richter: YouTube; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Benedicite, gentes [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 62, Plainsong tone 8.2

Magnificat: Secundi toni à 4, Orlande de Lassus

Nunc dimittis: Primi toni, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Anthem: Exaltabo te [text] [Hendrix: YouTube],Orlande de Lassus

Postlude:  Canzona in d, BWV 588 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach