February 2-4, 2018

Concerts at the Cathedral
and at St George's


Patrick Wedd plays
1st Saturday of the month,
Up to June, at 4:30 pm




Master of the Life of the Virgin, The Presentation, National Gallery, London, 1460-75


Then Simeon blessed them
and said to his mother Mary,
"This child is destined for the falling
and the rising of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be opposed
[NRSV, Luke 2:34].


The Presentation of the Lord /Candlemas


Friday, February 2, 12:15 pm
Choral Eucharist
Cathedral Singers Quartet


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


Introit: Senex puerum portabat [for four voices]
[text] [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)


Motet: Senex puerum portabit


Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss
den Himmel auf
Lord God, now open wide Thy Heav'n, BWV 617
[YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  


Sunday, February 4
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin,
BWV 616 (Nunc dimittis) [listen]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   
Setting: Mass for Four Voices
YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)


Introit: Alleluia, senex puerum portabat
[for five voices] [text] [YouTube], William Byrd  
Motet:  Senex puerum portabat
[for four voices] [text] [YouTube], William Byrd
Postlude: Lumen ad revelation
(A light to reveal you to the nations) [YouTube]   
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)


Dimanche, le 4 février
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 1105
[listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Ordinaire :  Mass for Four Voices
[YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)


Introït : Senex puerum portabat
[à 4 voix] [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd
Motet : Senex puerum portabit


Postlude : Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
BWV 1107, [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach


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


Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
(Nunc dimittis), BWV 616,


Introit: Senex puerum portabit


Preces:  Barry Ferguson (b. 1942)


Psalm: 84 Quam dilecta, T.  Tertius Noble


Magnificat: Evening Service in F
[YouTube], George Dyson (1883-1964)


Nunc dimittis:  Evening Service in F
[YouTube], George Dyson


Anthem: Song of Simeon [text],
Walter Deller (b. 1954)

Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss
den Himmel auf
Lord God, now open wide Thy Heav'n
BWV 617 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

January 28, 2018

Concerts at the Cathedral
and at St George's






James Tissot, Man with an unclean spirit in the synagogue, 1886-96


Just then there was in their synagogue
a man with an unclean spirit
[NRSV, Mark 1:23].




Fourth Sunday after Epiphany


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Tierce en taille from the
Gloria of the Missa octavi toni
à l'usage des dames religieuses [listen],
Gaspard Corrette (1671-1733)  
Setting: Missa VII Rex Splendens
[YouTube], plainsong, 10th cent.


Introit: Laetetur cor [text]
[YouTube], plainsong, tone 2
   
Motet: Illumina faciem tuam [text] [
YouTube], plainsong, tone 1
Postlude: Offertoire: Grand Dialogue à trois choeurs  from
La Messe du 8e ton pour l'orgue
à l'usage des dames religieuses
[BNQ; BM] (info) Gaspard Corrette   


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Concert pour les flûtes [BNQ] (info),  
Gaspard Corrette (1671-1733)  
  
Ordinaire : Missa VII Rex Splendens  
[YouTube], plain-chant, 10e siècle


Introït : Laetetur cor [texte]
[YouTube], plain-chant, ton 2


Motet : Illumina faciem tuam [texte]
[YouTube], plain-chant, ton 1


Postlude : Duo [BNQ](info),  Gaspard Corrette


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


Prelude: Dialogue de flûtes [YouTube],
Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)


Introit: Tribus Miraculis [text] [YouTube], plainsong, tone 1


Preces: plainsong


Psalm: 26, tone 6


Magnificat: Tone 4.5; organ verses by
Michel Corrette (1707-95)


Nunc dimittis: tone 6


Anthem: Crudelis Herodes,
Organ Verses, Nicolas de Grigny

Postlude: Offertoire sur le grands jeux
[YouTube], Nicolas de Grigny