December 24-25, 2016



Master of Flémalle, Nativity, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, 1420
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (NRSV, Luke 2:7).
La Nativité du Seigneur
4:00 pm Family Eucharist with Nativity Pageant

Prelude: Christmas Interludes [YouTube],  William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)

Postlude: God rest ye merry, gentlemen [YouTube], William Lloyd Webber
19h00 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : In dulci jubilo, Karl Marr  
Ordinaire : Missa Noe, Noe [YouTube], Jacob Arcadelt (1510-68)
Introït : Chantez à haute voix, Allemand, 14e siècle
Motet : Noe, noe [texte] [YouTube] Jean Mouton (1459-1522)
Postlude : In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Midnight Mass
11:00 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: What child is this? [YouTube], Richard Purvis (1913-94)  
Setting:  Missa Noe, Noe [YouTube], Jacob Arcadelt (1510-68)
Introit: All my heart this night rejoices [text] [YouTube], Johann Ebeling (1620[37]-1666[76])  
Motet: Noe, noe [text] [YouTube] Jean Mouton (1459-1522)
Motet: Gaudete [text]. [YouTube], Piae Cantiones (1582)
Motet: In dulci jubilo [text] [YouTube], arr. de Pearsall, Gesius, Praetorius, Eccard
Postlude: From heaven high to earth I come [YouTube], Garth Edmundson (1900-71)


Feast of the Nativity of the Lord
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Noël en récit et en taille sur la tierce du positif [musicMe], Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)  
Setting: Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)  
Introit: I saw three ships [text/YouTube], arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)  
Motet: Noe, noe [text] [YouTube] Jean Mouton (1459-1522)
Postlude:  Noël suisse [YouTube], Louis-Claude Daquin

There is no evensong on Christmas afternoon.

December 18, 2016


L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's


Georges de la Tour, Dream of St. Joseph, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, c.1640

An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit [NRSV, Matthew 1:20b].


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Postlude: Trio super Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 [Kibbie: listen; Bryndorf:YouTube; Stockmeier: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   
Setting: Missa “Dixit Maria” [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)  

Introit: There is no rose of such virtue [text] [YouTube], John Joubert (b.1927)  
Motet: Dixit Maria [text] [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler
Postlude: How the world longs, BWV 661 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [écoutez], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Ordinaire : Missa “Dixit Maria” [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)

Introït : Prope est Dominus [texte] [YouTube], Jacob Regnart (1544-99)

Motet : Dixit Maria [texte] [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)  

Postlude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [écoutez], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

4:00 pm Christmas Service of Readings and Carols
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