July 3, 2016

Caravaggio, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Sanssouci, Potsdam, late 16th cent.

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe [NRSV, John 20:27]."

Saint Thomas / Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Prelude in B-Flat Major, op. 16, no. 2 [YouTube], Clara Schumann (1819-96)

Setting: Missa O quam gloriosum [King’s: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introit: O quam gloriosum [text] [Summerly: BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet: Quia vidisti me, Thoma [St. David's: text/listen],  Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Postlude:  Fugue on the name BACH, op. 60, no. 4 [YouTube] - Robert Schumann (1810-56)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Jésus sort de la tombe, BWV 735 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa O quam gloriosum [King’s: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introït : O quam gloriosum [texte] [Summerly: BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet : Quia vidisti me, Thoma [St. David's : texte/écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Postlude : Jésus sort de la tombe, BWV 736 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

                                                                       

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: O filii et filiae [Bardon : YouTube], Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)

Introit: Quia vidisti me, Thoma [Notre Dame: text/listen], Luca Marenzio (1553-99)

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 62, 63 - Tones 4.6, 8.3

Magnificat: Primi Toni, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Nunc dimittis: Tertii Toni, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Anthem: Quia vidisti me, Thoma [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude: O filii et filiae, Healey Willan (1880-1968)

June 24/26, 2016

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Birth of John the Baptist (detail)

Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1486-90

After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she remained in seclusion. She said, ’This is what the Lord has done for me when he looked favourably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people [NRSV, Luke 1:24-25].’

Scroll down for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost.

Friday, June 24, 2016

Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

12:15 pm Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers Quartet

Setting: Missa O quam gloriosum [King’s: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introit: O quam gloriosum [text] [Summerly: BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text] [organ/violin:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude:  Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 [Kibbie: listen; Stockmeier: YouTube],  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost  

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

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

Setting: Missa Alma Redemptoris, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introit: Vicitmae Paschali laudes, Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet: Vidi aquam [text] [PlusUltra: musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria

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

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Canzona ariosa [Myasoedov : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli

Introït : Beatus vir [texte], Andrea Gabrieli

Motet : Caro mea vere est cibus [texte] [YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli

Postlude : Fantasia allegra, Andrea Gabrieli

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Prelude in c [YouTube], Healey Willan(1880-1968)

Introit: Light of the World,  David Hurd (b.1950)

Preces and Responses:  Philip Moore (b. 1943)

Psalm: 48, William Wolstenholme

Canticles: Salisbury Service, Richard Shephard

(b. 1949)

Anthem: Evening Hymn [text] [St. Paul's:YouTube], H. Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)

Postlude: Fugue in c, Healey Willan