April 10-16, 2017

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's
Scroll down for Holy Week 2017 through Easter Sunday.


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pact with Judas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I betray him to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver[NRSV, Matthew 26:14-15].
April 10: Monday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Plainsong)
The Cathedral Singers


April 11: Tuesday of Holy Week
7:30 Compline (Orthodox chant)
The Cathedral Singers  
April 12: Wednesday of Holy Week
7:30 pm Choral Tenebrae
The Cathedral Singers
Antiphon: Super flumina Babylonis [text/listen], Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)
Antiphon: Quomodo Cantabimus [text] [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Antiphon: Si no proposuero [text], William Byrd                                        
Benedictus: [text/listen], Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Last Supper, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
When the Lord Jesus had given thanks, he broke the bread and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me [NRSV, 1 Cor. 11:24]."
April 13: Maundy Thursday
12:15 pm Chrism Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet
Prelude: Liebster Jesu, BWV 730 [listen],Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Agnus Dei: Missa prima sexti toni [YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)
Motet: O Sacrum convivium [text/YouTube],Giovanni Croce


Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [listen],Johann Sebastian Bach
7:30 pm Choral Eucharist: Liturgy of the Lord's Supper
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: L'Institution de l’Eucharistie from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement [musicMe],Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)  
Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Mass Setting: Missa prima sext toni [YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)
Washing of the Feet: Ubi caritas [text/listen], Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)


Motet: O Sacrum convivium [text/YouTube],Giovanni Croce



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Crucifixion, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. [NRSV, John 19:30].
April 14: Good Friday
12 noon Way of the Cross for All Ages
1:00 pm Music and Meditation
The Cathedral Singers


Motets: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen],Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)


Super flumina Babylonis [text/listen], Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)
Quomodo Cantabimus [text] [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee  [YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)
My Prayer, Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) performed by the Cathedral Dancers.
Miserere mei, Domine [text/listen ], Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)


The Cathedral Singers
The St. John Passion, Patrick Wedd, (b. 1948)
Reproaches [text] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Agnus Dei: Missa prima sexti toni [YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)
Motet: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Three Marys at the Tomb, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified [NRSV, Luke Matthew 28:5].
April 15: Holy Saturday
7:30 pm The Great Vigil of Easter, with the Lighting of the New Fire, the Blessing of the Paschal Candle and the First Eucharist of Easter
The Cathedral Singers
Vigil: Exultet [text] [Fr. Tim Hepburn: listen]
Responsories and Psalms: Plainsong
Go down Moses [text/listen], arr. Wikeley
Sanctus: Missa Octava [Carmeli: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)


Agnus Dei: Missa Octava [Carmeli: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler  
Motets: Alle-psallite cum-luya [text/listen],Worcester Fragments, 13th-14th century


Alleluya psallat [text/listen], Worcester Fragments, 13th-14th century
Postlude: Fugue on O filii et filiae [Kuhlmann:listen], Jean Langlais (1907-91)

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Appearance to Mary Magdalene, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God[NRSV, John 20:17].'"
April 16: Easter Sunday
10:00 am Procession and Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs and Brass Ensemble
Prelude: Carillon [YouTube], Herbert Murrill (1909-52)


Mass Setting: Missa Vitae Novae, Jason Noble (b. 1980)
Introit: Surrexit Christus hodie [text/listen], Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Motets: Now the Green Blade Rises (Love is come again) [text] [YouTube], arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)


This Joyful Eastertide [text/listen], Dutch arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
 
Postlude: Homage to Perotin [listen], Myron Roberts (1912-2004)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), BWV 627 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Ordinaire : Missa secunda [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)


Introït : Christ ist erstanden (Christ, le Ressuscité), Allemand, v. 1100


Motet : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort), Allemand, 1524
Postlude : Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ fut captif de la mort) BWV 625 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach
4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Saraband for Easter Day [listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)


Introit: Jauchzet dem Herren [text][YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)


Preces and Responses: Douglas Mason  (b. 1973)
Psalm: 114, Tonus Peregrinus; 150, Robert Goodenough
Magnificat: Deutsches Magnificat / German Magnificat, SWV 426 [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz
Nunc dimittis: Lumen ad revelationem, Johann Walter (1496-1570)
Anthem: Singet dem Herren [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz

Postlude: Vision of Christ - Phoenix [YouTube], Malcolm Willliamson (1931-2003)