June 20, 2010

Briton Rivière, The Miracle of the Gadarene Swine, Tate Collection, 1883

Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. [NRSV, Luke 8:33].

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Sarabande from Partita [Costin: NML] (info), Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: O taste and see [text] [Exeter: YouTube], R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Motet: Heart’s Music [text] R. Vaughan Williams

Postlude: Fanfare [Kane: YouTube] Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Psalm Prelude 1, Op. 32, No. 1 [Sherman: listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Introit: O Lord, the maker of all thing [Worcester: YouTube] William Mundy (1530-91)

Preces and Responses: Herbert Howells

Psalm: 27 (Howells)

Magnificat: Gloucester Service [YouTube], Herbert Howells

Nunc dimittis: Gloucester Service [YouTube], Herbert Howells

Anthem:

O Lord, the maker of all thing [text] [Canzona: YouTube], John Joubert (b. 1927)

Postlude: Intrata from Partita, [Costin: NML] (info), Herbert Howells