Giotto di Bondone, The Presentation, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06
When
the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses,
the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the
Lord [NRSV, Luke 2:22a].
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple [Comments] [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Setting: Mass for Four Voices [Tallis: YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot: YouTube], William Byrd
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Rose: YouTube], William Byrd
Postlude: 6 Antiphons for Christmastide, Op. 48/6 "Lumen ad revelationem" [text], [Berg: YouTube], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Ordinaire : Mass for Four Voices [Tallis : YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Introït : Senex puerum portabat [texte] [Lancelot : YouTube], William Byrd
Motet: Hodie beata virgo [texte] [Rose : YouTube], William Byrd
Postlude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76 [Schauerte : musicMe], Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
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Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Lancelot: YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Preces and Responses: William Byrd
Psalm: 84, T. Tertius Noble
Magnificat: Third Service, William Byrd
Nunc dimittis: Third Service [Merbeke: YouTube], William Byrd
Anthem: When to the temple Mary went [text] [St. Edmundsbury: YouTube], Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf / Lord God, now open wide Thy Heav'n, BWV 617 (text) [Kibbie: listen; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach
