September 10, 2017

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

Alexander Master, Jesus teaching the Twelve, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven [NRSV, Matt. 18:18]
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Salix (Plymouth Suite) [YouTube], Percy Whitlock (1903-46)
Setting: A Mass for All Saints, Peter Aston (b. 1938)  
Introit: Blessed are the pure in heart [text/YouTube],
H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)  
Motet: O Taste and See [YouTube],  Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Postlude: Toccata (Plymouth Suite) [YouTube], Percy Whitlock
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Kyrie eleison (Messa della Domenica) [YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Ordinaire :  Missa Phrygia, Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)
Introït : Jesu, rex admirabilis [texte] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet :  Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Postlude :  Kyrie eleison (Messa della Domenica) [YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Rosace (Esquisses Byzantines) [YouTube],  Henri Mulet (1878-1967)

Introit: In Manus tuas [text/listen], JohnSheppard (1515-1558)
Preces and Responses: Philip Moore (b. 1943)
Psalm: 23, John Goss
Magnificat: Merton College, Oxford, Ēriks Ešenvalds, (b. 1977)
Nunc Dimittis: Merton College, Oxford [YouTube], Ēriks Ešenvalds
Anthem: Into thy hands [text/YouTube], Jonathan Dove (b.1959)

Postlude: Vitraille [YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)