March 12, 2017

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


Gustave Doré, Abraham journeying to Canaan,  Doré English Bible, 1866
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you [NRSV, Genesis 12:1]."
Second Sunday of Lent
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Men of the Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Adagio from Trio Sonata 1 in E-Flat, BWV 525 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)   
Setting: Mass for Three Voices [listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)


Introit: Have mercy on me, O God [text] [YouTube], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)  
Motet: My voice shalt thou hear [text], Thomas Tomkins
Postlude: Canzona in d, BWV 588 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach    
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Praeludium in B-dur, BWV 866 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)   
Ordinaire :  Missa XVII pro Dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae [écoutez], plain-chant, 11e siècle
Introït :  Reminiscere miserationum tuarum, [texte] [YouTube], plain-chant, ton 4
Motet :  Meditabor in mandatis tuis [texte] [YouTube], Plain-chant, ton 2
Postlude :  Fuga in B-dur [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach   
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Sinfonia from Cantata 156 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)   
Introit: Have mercy on me, O God [text] [YouTube], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)


Responses: Plainsong


Psalm: 133, 134; Tone 1.1
Magnificat: Quarti toni, Francesco Feroci (1673-1750)
Nunc dimittis: Tone 1.4


Anthem: Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum, [text][musicMe], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude: Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1785-1750)