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)