February 2-4, 2018

L'Oasis Musicale:

Concerts at the Cathedral

and at St George's

Patrick Wedd plays

Bach at the  Cathedral:

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

[text] [YouTube] Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

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

[texte] [YouTube]
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

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,

[listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Senex puerum portabit

[text] [YouTube]
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

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