November 5, 2017

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


October 28, 2017


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Concert
November 10, 2017


November 12, 2017: 15:30



Fra Angelico, All Saints (detail), National Gallery, London, 15th c.


They cried out in a loud voice, saying,
‘Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb
[Revelation 7:10]!

All Saints


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   
Setting: Missa ex machina, Robin Davies (b. 1975)


Introit: Holy is the true light [text] [ YouTube] William Harris (883-1973)   
Motet: Salvator mundi [text] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Postlude: Force et agilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen    


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude :  Praeludium en Ré, BWV 850, [YouTube],  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Ordinaire :  Missa O quam gloriosum [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)    


Introït :  O quam gloriosum [texte] [BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria


Motet :  Salvator mundi [texte] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Postlude :  Fuga en Ré, BWV 850 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach  


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)


Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)    


Introit: Justorum animae [text/musicMe], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)


Preces: Plainsong


Psalm: 149, Richard Woodward


Magnificat: Secundi toni, Orlande de Lassus


Nunc dimittis: Septimi toni, Orlande de Lassus


Anthem: Exsultate justi [text], Orlande de Lassus

Postlude: Aeterna Christi munera (The eternal gifts of Christ the King) [listen], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

October 29, 2017

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


October 28, 2017


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Concert
November 10, 2017


November 12, 2017: 15:30


James Tissot, Jesus and the Pharisees, Brooklyn Museum


When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him [NRSV, Matt. 22:34].


The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Ave Maris Stella [YouTube], Flor Peeters (1903-96)  
Setting: Missa quarti toni [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  


Introit: Ave gratia plena [text] [YouTube], Cornelius Verdonck (1563 – 1625)  
Motet: Ave Maria [text] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude: O Lux Beata Trinitas, Flor Peeters  


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude :  Kyrie eleison de La Messa della Madonna [YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)   
Ordinaire :  Missa quarti toni [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  


Introït :  Ave gratia plena [texte] [YouTube], Cornelius Verdonck (1563 – 1625)  


Motet :  Ave Maria [texte] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria


Postlude :  Kyrie eleison, Girolamo Frescobaldi


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)


Prelude: Incantation and Pastorale from Mariales [YouTube], Naj Hakim, (b. 1955)


Introit: Ave gratia plena [text] [YouTube], Cornelius Verdonck (1563 – 1625)


Preces: Martin Neary (b. 1940)


Psalm: 85, Patrick Wedd


Magnificat: Octavi toni [YouTube], Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630)


Nunc dimittis: [YouTube], Christopher Tye (1505-73)


Anthem:  Ave Maria [text] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  

Postlude: Antienne, Hymne and Danse from Mariales [YouTube], Naj Hakim