February 26, 2017

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


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Transfiguration, National Gallery, London, 1308-11
Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him   [NRSV, Matthew 17:3].
Transfiguration Sunday
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   
Setting: Missa brevis [YouTube], Jonathan Dove (b.1959)
Introit: Resplenduit facies ejus [text] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)   
Motet: Hodie in monte [text], Peter Philips (1561-1628)
Postlude: Final: Allegro assai (Sonata 1) [YouTube], Alexandre Guilmant [1837-1911]   
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, op. post. 122, No.5 [chorale texte] [écoutez], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)   
Ordinaire : Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
Introït : Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1554)
Motet : Christus Jesus Splendor Patris [texte] [BNQ ; BM] (info) , Luca Marenzio (1553-99)
Postlude : Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern,  BWV 763 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Andante sostenuto (Sonata 8) [YouTube], Alexandre Guilmant [1837-1911]   
   
Introit: O nata lux [text] [YouTube], René Clausen (b. 1953)


Respons: Humphrey Clucas (1941)
Psalm: 99, George Thalben-Ball
Canticles: Three Choirs Service, Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
Anthem: Quicumque christum quaeritis [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Postlude: Introduction et Allegro risoluto from Organ Symphony No. 2 [YouTube], Alexandre Guilmant