July2, 2017

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

Titian, Sacrifice of Isaac, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1542-44

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ He said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me [NRSV, Genesis 22:11-12].’

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Intermezzo (Five Pieces) [BNQ; BM] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)   

Setting: Missa brevis No. 3, Healey Willan

Introit: Christ, whose glory fills the skies [text][YouTube], Keith Bissell (1912-92)   

Motet: Very bread, good shepherd, tend us [text] [YouTube], Healey Willan

Postlude: Pomp and Circumstance March 5 [YouTube], Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Toi qui viens nous sauver, BWV 599 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

Introït :  Cantate Domino [texte/écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler

Motet :  In te Domine speravi [texte][YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler

Postlude :  Toi qui viens nous sauver, BWV 699, [écoutez],  Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Prière [listen], François Morel (b. 1926)

Introit: Hail, Gladdening Light [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Preces and Responses: Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)

Psalm: 46, Patrick Wedd

Canticles: Service in f, Derek Holman (b. 1931)

Anthem: Before the ending of the day [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)   

Postlude: Sonata Giojoso, Barrie Cabena (b. 1933)

June 25,2017

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

Jacopo Pontormo, Birth of John the Baptist, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, 1526

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

10:00 am Choral Eucharist [Choir Notes]

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Setting: Missa Sine Nomine [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)  

Introit: Canite Tuba [text] [YouTube], Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)   

Motet: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Improvisation by Nicholas Capozzoli   

Ordinaire :  Missa Sine Nomine [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)  

Introït :  Canite Tuba [texte] [YouTube], Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Motet :  Fuit homo missus a Deo [texte] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude :  Postlude : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)  

Preces and Responses: Thomas Ebdon (1738-1811)

Psalm: 29, Thomas Attwood

Canticles: Canticles in F, John Travers (1703-58)

Anthem: This is the record of John [text/listen],Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)  

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

June 18, 2017

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

Dieric Bouts le Vieux, La dernière cène (détail), Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven, 1664-67

‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’  [John 6:51].

Corpus et Sanguis Christi / La Fête-Dieu [Choir Notes]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Deck yourself, my soul), BWV 654, [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  

Mass Setting: Missa Vinum Bonum [BNQ; BM] (info), Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)  

Introit: Ego sum panis vivus [text][YouTube], Juan de Esquivel (1560-1625)   

Motet: Ave verum corpus [text] [YouTube], Orlande de Lassus

Benediction: Tantum ergo [text/listen], Maurice Duruflé(1902-86)

Postlude: Adoro Te (Livre du Saint Sacrement) [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Ton Roi t’invite à la fête (Choralvorspiele “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" Op. 122 N. 5) [YouTube], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Ordinaire :  Missa L’Hora Passa [YouTube], Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627)

Introït :  Ego sum panis vivus [texte][YouTube], Juan de Esquivel (1560-1625)

Motet :  O Sacrum convivium [texte/YouTube], Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

Postlude :  Vater unser im Himmelreich / Our Father in heaven, BWV 683 [listen] [Clavier-Übung III], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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

Prelude: Chorale in b [BNQ; BM] (info), Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Introit: Ave verum corpus [text] [listen],Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Preces: Francis Jackson

Psalm: 34, vv1-10, Walter Parratt

Canticles: Service in G [YouTube], Francis Jackson

Anthem: Evening Hymn [text] [YouTube], H. Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)

Postlude:  Toccata in b [BNQ; BM] (info), Francis Jackson