February 1, 2009

Giotto di Bondone, The Presentation, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06


When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (NRSV, Luke 2:22).

The Presentation in the Temple [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs


Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

79 Chorales for organ, Op. 28, No. 74, "How beauteous beams the morning star" [Chorale text] [Van Oosten: listen], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Introit: Hodie beata virgo [
text] [Cardinall's Music: listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)
Mass Setting: Gloucester Service,
Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Motet: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Cardinall's Music: listen]; William Byrd

Postlude: 6 Antiphons for Christmastide, Op. 48/6 "Lumen ad revelationem" [
text], [Van Osten: listen], Marcel Dupré

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

79 Chorales for organ, Op. 28, No. 74, "How beauteous beams the morning star" [Chorale text] [Van Oosten: listen], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Introit: Senex puerum portabat [
text] [King's College: listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Preces and Responses: Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

Psalm: 84 (Noble)

Magnificat: Magnificat in G [St. John's:
NML], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Nunc dimittis: Nunc dimittis in G [St. Paul's:
listen], Charles Villiers Stanford

Anthem: Hodie beata virgo [text] [King's College: listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach