August 20, 2017

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

The Canaanite Woman, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The Conde Museum, Chantill, 1412-16
Then Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed instantly [NRSV, Matt. 15:28].
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 669 [listen] [Clavier-Übung III], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   
Setting: Missa XI Orbis Factor [YouTube], plainsong, 11th cent.

Introit: Kyrie eleison, Orbis Factor   
Motet: Benedicam Dominum [text], Tone 1
Postlude: Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV 671 [listen]  [Clavier-Übung III], Johann Sebastian Bach   
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Kyrie, Gott Vater, BWV 672 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)    
Ordinaire :  Missa XI Orbis Factor [YouTube], Plain-chant, Xe siècle

Introït :  Kyrie eleison, Orbis Factor

Motet :  Benedicam Dominum [texte], Tone 1
Postlude :  Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV 674 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Aeterna Christi munera, Flor Peeters (1903-96)
Introit: Non vos relinquam orphanos,  [text] [YouTube], plainsong, tone 1
Preces: Plainsong
Psalm: 19; Tone 3.4
Magnificat: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Nunc dimittis: Tone 3.1, fauxbourdons, Healey Willan
Anthem: Christians, to the Paschal victim [text], plainsong, tone 1

Postlude: Aeterna Christi munera [listen], Healey Willan