February 2, 2017

A pair of turtledoves, St Michael's Church, Malton., North Yorkshire

And they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons [NRSV, Luke 2:24]."

February 2, 2017

Candlemas: The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

12h15 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

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

Introït : Senex puerum portabat [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

(1543-1623)

Nunc dimittis : [texte], Plain-chant

Motet : Hodie beata virgo [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude : Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

January 29, 2017

Giotto di Bondone, The Presentation, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord [NRSV, Luke 2:22a].

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 (Nunc dimittis) [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Setting: Mass for Four Voices [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [YouTube], William Byrd

Nunc Dimittis: text\plainsong

Motet: Bethlehem down [text/YouTube], Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Motet: Hodie beata virgo [text] [YouTube],William Byrd

Postlude: 6 Antiphons for Christmastide, Op. 48/6 "Lumen ad revelationem" [text], [YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Praeludium en ré, BWV 850, [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
  

Ordinaire : Mass for Four Voices [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)

Introït : Senex puerum portabat [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

Motet : Hodie beata virgo [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude :  Fuga en ré, BWV 850 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 (Nunc dimittis) [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Senex Puerum Portabat [text], Christopher Upton (b. 1979)

Responses: Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Psalm: 95, T. Tertius Noble

Magnificat: Collegium Regale [YouTube], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Nunc dimittis: Collegium Regale [YouTube], Herbert Howells

Anthem: Song of Simeon [text], Walter Deller, (b. 1954)

Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

January 22, 2017

Michel Corneille the Younger, The Calling of Peter and Andrew, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, 1673

And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people [NRSV, Matthew 4:19]."

Third Sunday after Epiphany

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude:  Now Praise the Lord, My Soul, BuxWV 213 [YouTube], Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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

Introit: Cantate Domino [text/listen], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet: Diligam te Domine [text], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude:  Now Praise the Lord, My Soul, BuxWV 214 [YouTube], Dieterich Buxtehude

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Improvisation, Robert Hamilton (b. 1997)  

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

Introït :  Cantate Domino [texte/écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet :  Diligam te Domine [texte], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude : Fugue in Baroque Style, Robert Hamilton

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Jesus tender Mother, make Thy Supplication from Fifteen Pieces [YouTube], Marcel Dupré, (1886-1971)

Introit: If ye love me [text/listen], Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Preces: [YouTube], William Smith (1603-45)

Responses: [YouTube], William Smith

Psalm: 26, Orlando Gibbons

Magnificat: Dorian Service [BNQ; BM] (info), Thomas Tallis

Nunc dimittis: Dorian Service [BNQ; BM] (info), Thomas Tallis

Anthem: Call to Remembrance [text][YouTube], Richard Farrant (1530-1580)

Postlude: Fugue in G minor [YouTube], Marcel Dupré