May 8, 2016



Gerard Hoet, Paul and Silas in Prison, 1728
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted in a loud voice, ‘Do not harm yourself, for we are all here [NRSV, Acts 14, 27-28]
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Jerusalem Sunday
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Veni Creator Spiritus,  James Woodman (b. 1957)
Setting: Service in D, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)
Introit: If ye love me [text/listen], Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Motet: Veni Creator Spiritus [text] [Plus Ultra: musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Postlude: Toccata “Veni creator Spiritus,” Michael Frith (b. 1941)
                                 
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Veni Creator Spiritus,  James Woodman (né en 1957)
Ordinaire : Missa quarti toni [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)


Introït : O Rex gloriae [texte], Luca Marenzio (1553 ? - 99)
Motet : Veni Creator Spiritus [texte], [Plus Ultra : musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude : Veni Creator Spiritus,  James Woodman
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Adagio from Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)


Introit: O Rex gloriae [text] [YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1553?-99)
Preces and Responses: Martin Neary (b. 1940)
Psalm: 47, William Boyce
Canticles:  Service in B-flat, Edgar F. Day (1891-1983)
Anthem: King of Glory, King of Peace [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. William Harris (1883-1973)

Postlude: Allegro maestoso e vivace, fuga, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Hurford: musicMe], Felix Mendelssohn