August 6, 2016

Giovanni Bellini, Transfiguration, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, c. 1487

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white [Matthew 17:2].

Feast of the Transfiguration

12:15 pm Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

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

Introit: Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1554)

Motet: Christus Jesus Splendor Patris [text] [Monaco: BNQ; BM] (info), Luca Marenzio (1553-99)

Postlude:  Toccata di quarto tono - Jakob Hassler  (1569-1622)