May 21, 2017

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




Duccio di Buoninsegna, Jesus taking leave of his disciples, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11
"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live[NRSV, John 14:19]."
The Sixth Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Sonata No. 3 in A Major: Andante Tranquillo [MusicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Setting: Short Service, Adrian Batten (1590-1637)   
Introit: If ye love me [text/listen], Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)  
Motet: Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace [text], Christopher Tye (1505-73)
Postlude: Sonata no. 2 in C Minor: Allegro maestoso e vivace [MusicMe], Felix Mendelssohn   
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Praeludium b-moll, BWV 867 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Ordinaire :  Missa en la,  Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)
Introït :  Oculi omnium [texte/YouTube], Charles Wood (1866-1926)


Motet :  Jesu dulcis memoria [texte/écoutez], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)


Postlude :  Fuga in b-moll, BWV 867 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Sonata no. 2 in C Minor: Grave, Adagio [MusicMe], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Introit: Non vos relinquam orphanos [text], Charles H. Giffen (b. 1940)  
Preces: Plainsong
Psalm: 24, tone 7.5
Magnificat: Tone 2.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas (17th cent.)
Nunc dimittis: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas
Anthem: Come, Holy Ghost [text/YouTube], Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)

Postlude: Sonata no. 2 in C Minor: Fuga [MusicMe], Felix Mendelssohn