December 3, 2017

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's
The annual sing-along Handel’s Messiah:
Christ Church Cathedral, Saturday, December 9, 4:30 pm
Admission free, scores available


"From the fig tree learn its lesson [NRSV, Mark 13:28a].”
The First Sunday of Advent
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Trio super Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
Setting: Missa in Adventu, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)


Introit: Advent Prose [listen & text], Plainsong mode 1
Motet: And I will betroth you [text], Michael Zev Gordon (b. 1963)
Postlude: Fantasia “Lo, he comes,”  William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)  
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :   Veni Emmanuel, James Woodman (né en 1957)
Ordinaire :  Missa in a, Pompeo Cannicciari (1670-1744)


Introït :  Jerusalem Surge [texte] [YouTube], Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)
Motet : Prope est Dominus [texte] [YouTube], Jacob Regnart (1544-99)


Postlude : Veni Emmanuel, James Woodman
Click for 4:00 pm Procession
with Readings and Carols for Advent
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

November 26, 2017

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

Hendrick van Balen, Holy Trinity, Sint-Jacobskerk, Antwerp, 1620s


God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places [NRSV, Eph. 1:20]

The Reign of Christ
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   
Introit: O Rex gloriae [text], Luca Marenzio (1553 ? - 99)


Gloria: Missa Octava [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)  
Sanctus/Benedictus: Missa Octava [YouTube]
Agnus Dei: Missa Octava [YouTube]
  
Motet: In Nomine Jesu [text] [YouTube], Jacob Handl (1550-1643)
Postlude: Toccata en sol [YouTube], Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
                              
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Toccata avanti la Messa degli Apostoli [YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)   
Ordinaire :  Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)
Introït :  O Rex gloriae [texte], Luca Marenzio (1553 ? - 99)


Motet :  In Nomine Jesu [texte] [YouTube], Jacob Handl (1550-1643)
Postlude :  Canzona dopo l’Epistola de la Messa degli Apostoli [YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi    
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)  
Introit: Never weather-beaten sail [text] [YouTube], Charles Wood (1866-1926)    
Preces: Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)
Psalm: 98, Edward Bairstow
Canticles: Service in D [YouTube], Charles Wood


Anthem:   [text] [YouTube], John Joubert (b.1927)  

Postlude: Le Fils, resplendissement de la gloire du Père from Les Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, No. VI [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen

November 19, 2017

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

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Parable of the Talents, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1652
Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours [NRSV, Matthew 25:24-25].'
The 24th Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Adagio from Concerto No. 2 in g [YouTube],
Matthew Camidge (1774-1844)  
Setting: Missa Brevis [YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)  
Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text] [YouTube], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)  
Motet: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text/YouTube], John Blow [1649-1708]  
Postlude: Gavotte from Concerto No. 2 in g [YouTube],
Matthew Camidge

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Improvisation, Robert Hamilton   
Ordinaire :  Missa Brevis [YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)  
Introït : O Rex gloriae [texte] [YouTube], Luca Marenzio (1553?-99)

Motet :  Veni Creator Spiritus [texte], [musicMe], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  
Postlude :  Improvisation, Robert Hamilton

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude:  “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" Op. 122 N. 5) [YouTube], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text] [YouTube], Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)   
Preces: [YouTube] WilliamSmith (1603-45)
Psalm: 122, Robert Cooke
Canticles: Short Service,  John Blow [1649-1708]
Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [text/YouTube], John Blow [   

Postlude: Prelude and fugue in G, BWV 550, YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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