October 2, 2016



Vincent van Gogh, The Mulberry Tree, Norton Simon Museum, 1889


The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. [NRSV, Luke 17:6].


Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Adagio from Trio Sonata 1 in E-Flat, BWV 525 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)


Setting: Messa a quattro voci,  Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)


Introit: Cantate Domino [text], Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630)     


Motet: O Sacrum Convivium [text] [South Jersey: YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1554-99)
Postlude:  Fugue in g [Kibbie: listen], BWV 578, Johann Sebastian Bach


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude :  Adagio de Trio Sonata 1 en mi bémol, BWV 525 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)


Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci,  Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)


Introït : Cantate Domino [texte], Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630)  


Motet : O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [South Jersey : YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1554-99)


Postlude : Fugue en sol [Kibbie : écoutez], BWV 578, Johann Sebastian Bach


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


Prelude: Orlando Gibbons [YouTube], (1583-1625)


Introit: Almighty and everlasting God (text & listen), Orlando Gibbons  


Responses: Ben Parry, (b. 1965)


Psalm: Edward Bairstow


Magnificat: Short Service (listen), Orlando Gibbons


Nunc dimittis: Short Service (listen), Orlando Gibbons


Anthem: Rejoice to God [text], Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559-1625)

Postlude: Fantasia in G, Orlando Gibbons

September 25, 2016


Lazarus, Wall painting from San Clemente, Tahull (Lléida), Museum of Romanesque Art, Barcelona.

And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores
[NRSV, Luke 16: 20-21]

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Jesu, the very thought of thee[YouTube], Gordon Slater (1896-1979)
Setting: Gloucester Mass, Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Introit: A New Commandment  [text], Richard Shephard    
Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria [text], Richard Shephard
Postlude: Carillon Festivo, Roderick Elms (b. 1951)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :   Par ta parole, BWV 1103 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)

Introït : Cantate Domino [text], Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630)

Motet : O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [South Jersey : YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1554-99)

Postlude : Prélude et Fugue en la mineur, BWV 559 [Gabba : YouTube], attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Prelude: Chorale [YouTube], William Mathias (1934-92)

Introit: Behold, the Tabernacle of God [YouTube], William Harris (1883-1973)

Responses:  Andrew Carter (b. 1939)  

Psalm: 104, pt. 1, George Elvey

Canticles: Jesus College, Cambridge [YouTube], William Mathias

Anthem: Bless the Lord, O my Soul [YouTube], Jonathan Dove (b.1959)

Postlude: Invocations, William Mathias