Jan 31/Feb 2, 2016


Rembrandt van Rijn, Simeon and Anna recognize the Lord, Hamburger Kunsthalle, c.1627


At that moment Anna came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem [NRSV, Revelation 21:2].

Scroll down for the Candlemas Eucharist on Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016
Candlemas: The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 (Nunc dimittis) [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Setting: Missa secunda [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot : YouTube], William Byrd
(1540-1623)

Anthem: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum [text] [Dresden: YouTube], Johann Eccard (1553-1611)
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube], William Byrd
Postlude: A light to reveal lighten you to the nations from  Six Antiennes pour le Temps de Noël  [Berg:YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 700 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Introït : Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot : YouTube], William Byrd (1540-1623)

Motet : Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude : Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 701 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 (Nunc dimittis) [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum [text] [Dresden: YouTube], Johann Eccard (1553-1611)

Preces and Responses:  William Byrd (1540-1623)

Psalm: 95, T. Tertius Noble

Magnificat: Third Service, William Byrd

Nunc dimittis: Third Service [Merbeke: YouTube], William Byrd

Anthem: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude:  Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf / Lord God, now open wide Thy Heav'n, BWV 617 [Kibbie: listen; Koopman:YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Candlemas: The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple [Choir Notes]
12:15 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet

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

Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot : YouTube], William Byrd (1540-1623)
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube], William Byrd
Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)