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