December 31, 2017

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



Hans Memling, Presentation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1463


When the time came for their purification
according to the law of Moses,
they brought him up to Jerusalem
to present him to the Lord
(NRSV, Luke 2:22).


The Naming of Jesus


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]


Introit: From heaven on high to earth I come
Motet: O magnum mysterium [text] [YouTube]
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude: Von Himmel hoch [listen],
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude :  Vom Himmel hoch. LV 42, [YouTube],
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (1663-1712)   
Ordinaire :  Missa O magnum mysterium


Introït :  Je viens à vous du haut des cieux


Motet :  O magnum mysterium [texte] [YouTube],
Tomás Luis de Victoria


Postlude :  Vom Himmel hoch. LV 51,
verses 1 and 2, [YouTube],
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau

No Evensong

December 24-25, 2017

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


4th Sunday Advent /
La Nativity of our Lord


Fra Angelico, The Annunciation, Convento di San Marco, Florence, 1430s


Then Mary said, "Here am I,
the servant of the Lord;
let it be with me according to your word
[NRSV, Luke 1:38a].
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland,
BWV 659 [YouTube],
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Setting: Missa XVII Adventus et
Quadragesimae  [YouTube],
Plainsong, 11th century  
Introit: Rorate caeli [text] [YouTube],
plainsong, tone 1   
Motet: Alleluia, Veni Domine [text] [YouTube],
Plainsong, tone 3
Postlude: Postlude: How the world longs,
BWV 661 [listen],
Johann Sebastian Bach


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: Whence is that Goodly Fragrance
[YouTube],  Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)

Postlude: Joy to the World
Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927)


19h00 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs
de la cathédrale


Prélude :  In dulci jubilo, Karl Marr


Ordinaire : Missa in nativitate,
Giovanni Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743)


Introït : Chantez à haute voix [texte],
Allemand, 14è siècle             


Motet :  Aube nouvelle [texte],
Johann Schop (1590-1667)


Postlude:  In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
[écoutez],
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Midnight Mass
11:00 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prélude : Première Suite de Noëls
[YouTube],
Claude-Benigne Balbastre (1727-99)
Setting: Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (1948)


Introït : All my heart this night rejoices
[text] [YouTube],
Johann Ebeling (1620[37]-1666[76])  


Motet : O Magnum Mysterium
[text][YouTube]  
Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)


Motet: Wexford Carol [text] [YouTube],
Trad. Irish,arr. John Rutter, (b. 1945)


Postlude : From heaven high to earth I come
[YouTube], Garth Edmundson (1900-71)


Christmas Day
Festival Festival Eucharist
10:00 am
The Cathedral Singers   


Prelude: Von Himmel hoch [listen],
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)    
Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium [YouTube],
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  


Introit: I saw three ships [text/YouTube],
arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)  
Motet: O magnum mysterium [texte] [YouTube],
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude: Von Himmel hoch [listen], Johann Pachelbel