November 29, 2015

Nicholas Bataille and Hennequin de Bruges, New Jerusalem from the Apocalypse Tapestry, Angers, c.1570

 

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety [NRSV, Jeremiah 33:16].

The First Sunday of Advent [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: O come, O come Emmanuel, James Woodman (b. 1957)  

Setting: Missa Brevis 2 for Advent, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Canite Tuba [text] [YouTube],Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet: Sing, O Heavens [text], Richard Busch (b. 1947)

Postlude: When the king shall come again, William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)  

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Veni Emmanuel, James Woodman (né en 1957)

Ordinaire : Missa in a, Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)

Introït : Jerusalem surge [texte] [écoutez], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

Motet : Prope est Dominus [texte], Jacob Regnart (1544-99)

Postlude : Veni Emmanuel, James Woodman

Click for 4:00 pm Procession

with Readings and Carols for Advent

The Cathedral Singers

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

November 22, 2015

Fra Angelico, Christ in Majesty, Cappella di San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto, 1447

I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven [NRSV, Daniel 7:13a].

The Feast of the Reign of Christ [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [Trotter: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Setting: Service in G,  Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Introit: Jesu, rex admirabilis [text] [Gardiner:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia [text] [Hilliard: YouTube], Josquin des Prés (1450-1521)

Postlude:  Sortie (Psalm 68) (listen), Percy Whitlock (1903-46)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 715 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Introït : Jesu, rex admirabilis [texte] [Gardiner : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet : Tu solus qui facis mirabilia [texte] [Hilliard : YouTube], Josquin des Prés (1450-1521)

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

[Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Introit: My eyes for beauty pine [text] [Christ Church Oxford: listen; Queen's:listen] Herbert Howells

Preces and Responses:  Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)

Psalm: 99, George Job Elvey

Canticles: Service in F, Peter Aston (b. 1938)

Anthem: Thee will I love [text], Herbert Howells

Postlude:  Fugue, Chorale and Epilogue [YouTube], Herbert Howells

November 15, 2015

Luca Signorelli, The Blessed led to heaven, Cappella di San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto, 1299-1502

Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever [NRSV, Daniel 12:3].

25th Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Elegy [Hills: YouTube], C. H. H. Parry (1848-1918)

Setting:  Missa Tertia [St. Clement's: listen], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introit: Cantate Domino [text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet: Diligam te Domine [text], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude:  Ye boundless Realms of Joy [YouTube], C. H. H. Parry

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Vater unser, BWV 636 [Koopman:YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Introït : Cantate Domino [texte/écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet : Diligam te Domine [texte], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude : Praeludium und Fuge in C-Dur, BWV 553 [YouTube], attribués à Johann Sebastian Bach.

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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Prelude: Ballade en mode phrygien [YouTube], Jehan Alain (1911-40)

Introit: Regina caeli [text/listen] Francesco Soriano  (1549-1621)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 19, Tone 3.4

Magnificat: Primi toni, Francisco Soriano

Nunc dimittis: Quarti toni, Ivo de Vento (1544-75)

Anthem: Salve Regina [text] [listen], Francesco Soriano

Postlude:  Première faantasie [YouTube], Jehan Alain