April 2, 2017

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

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Musica Orbium: Birds and Bees, concert April 2, 2017

Preparation: Lyrics and performances by a variety of artists



Juan de Flandes, Raising of Lazarus, Museo del Prado, Madrid, c. 1500

When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out [NRSV, John 11:43]!"


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Partita “Forty days and forty nights,” BWV 745 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)      
Setting: Missa sine nomine [YouTube],  Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)

Introit: A Lent Prose [text/listen], Plainsong, tone 5   
Motet: Peccantem me quotidie [text / listen], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
Postlude: Fantasia in c minor, BWV 562 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach    

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Improvisation, Nicholas Capozzoli   
Ordinaire :  Missa sine nomine [YouTube],  Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)

Introït :  Judica me, Deus [texte] [YouTube], Plain-chant, ton 4

Motet :  Peccantem me quotidie [texte / écoutez], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Erbarm’ dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)      

Introit: A Lent Prose [text/listen], Plainsong, tone 5  

Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 77, Tone 2.1

Magnificat: Primi toni, Francesco Soriano (1549-1621)

Nunc dimittis: Quarti toni, Ivo de Vento (1544-75)

Anthem: Peccantem me quotidie [text / listen], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)

Postlude: Passion Chorale: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

March 26, 2017

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

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Musica Orbium: Birds and Bees, concert April 2, 2017

Preparation: Lyrics and performances by a variety of artists



El Greco, The Annunciation, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan, c. 1590-1603

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus [Luke 1:31]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent
The Annunciation of the Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Women of the Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Setting: Messe in f, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Introit: Tota pulchra es [YouTube], Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)  
Motet: There is no rose [text] [YouTube],  Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
Postlude: Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV 733 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach  

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 699 [YouTube],  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
   
Ordinaire :  Messe in f, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Introït :  Rorate caeli [texte] [écoutez], Plain-chant, ton 1

Motet : Ave Maria [texte] [YouTube], Plain-chant, ton 1

Postlude :  Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, Magnificat, BWV 648 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Siciliano [Flute and harpsicord sonata], BWV 1033 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  

Introit: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [YouTube], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Preces and Responses: David Terry (b. 1975)

Psalm: 4, William Morley

Canticles: St. David’s Service, Simon Lole (b. 1957)

Anthem: In pace [text] [YouTube], Orlando de Lasso

Postlude: Prelude and fugue in e, BWV 533 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach