6/4/2017

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

Albrecht Dürer, Descent of the Holy Spirit, British Museum, London, 1511

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place [NRSV, Acts 2:1].

Pentecost / Ordination [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Setting: Mass of the Reconciliation, Tony Hewitt-Jones (1926-89)

Introit: Factus est repente [text] [YouTube], Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628)    

Motet: Veni Sancte Spiritus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude: Le vent de l’Esprit (Messe de la Pentecôte) [musicMe],  Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Ordinaire : Missa spem in alium [BNQ;  BM] (info), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Introït : Factus est repente [texte] [YouTube], Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628)

Motet : Veni Sancte Spiritus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude :  Viens, Créateur, Dieu, BWV 631 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4:00 pm Choral Eucharist: Ordination

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Communion (Messe de la Pentecôte) [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Setting: Mass of the Reconciliation, Tony Hewitt-Jones (1926-89)

Vesting Motet: Holy Spirit, ever dwelling [text] [YouTube],

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

  

Communion Motet: Veni Sancte Spiritus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Postlude: Le vent de l’Esprit (Messe de la Pentecôte) [musicMe],  Olivier Messiaen

May 28, 2017

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

"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven [NRSV, Acts 1:11].”

The Seventh Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  

Setting: Missa Brevis [YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text] [YouTube], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Motet:  O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text/YouTube], John Blow [1649-1708]

Postlude: Fugue in D, BWV 532 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Improvisation, Nicholas Capozzoli

  

Ordinaire :  Missa Brevis [YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)

Introït : O Rex gloriae [texte] [YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1553?-99)

Motet : Veni Creator Spiritus [texte], [musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude : Galliarda [YouTube], Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663)

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 709, [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text] [YouTube], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Preces: William Smith (1603-45)

Psalm: 122, Robert Cooke

Canticles: Short Service,  John Blow [1649-1708]

Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text/YouTube], John Blow

Postlude: Praeludium in D, BWV 532 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach

May 25, 2017

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

Theodore Baierl, The Ascension, private collection, c.1918

As they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight [NRSV, Acts 1:9].

The Ascension [Choir Notes]

12:15pm Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers Quartet

Setting: Missa brevis, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)  

Introit: Jubilate Deo [text] [YouTube], , Hans Leo Hassler  

Motet: Ite in universum mundum [text] [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler