January 1, 2017

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

Workshop of Giovanni Bellini, National Gallery, London, 1500

After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb [NRSV, Luke 2:21]

Sunday after the Nativity

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers Quartet

Prelude: Vom Himmel hoch (From heaven on high), BWV 606 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   

Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  

Introit: From heaven on high to earth I come [text/YouTube], Geistliche Lieder, 1539   

Motet: O magnum mysterium [text] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude: Von Himmel hoch [listen], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)   

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Vom Himmel hoch [YouTube], Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (1663-1712)

Ordinaire :  Missa O magnum mysterium [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Introït :  Je viens à vous du haut des cieux [texte/YouTube], Geistliche Lieder, 1539   

Motet : O magnum mysterium [texte] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude : Vom Himmel hoch [YouTube], Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau

There is no evensong on January 1st.