Luca Signorelli, Moses Speaking to Israel (detail), Cappella Sistina, Vatican, 1481-82
I
call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set
before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you
and your descendants may live [NRSV, Deuteronomy 30:19].
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Tiento de 6° Tom [Lernia: NML; BM] (info) Lucas Puxol (17th cent.)
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Tiento de 6° Tom [Lernia: NML; BM] (info) Lucas Puxol (17th cent.)
Setting: Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)
Introit: Pater noster, Giovanni Antonio Grossi
Motet: Caro mea [text], Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
Postlude: Sonata de primer tono [Oelkers: YouTube], José Lidon (1752-1827)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Tiento de 6° Tom [Lernia : NML ; BM] (info) Lucas Puxol (XVIIe s.)
Ordinaire : Messa a quattro voci, Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-84)
Introït : Pater noster, Giovanni Antonio Grossi
Motet : Caro mea [texte], Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
Postlude : Sonata de primer tono [Oelkers : YouTube], José Lidon (1752-1827)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Reprises par interversion (Livre d’Orgue) [Composer himself: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Introit: A New Commandment [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Preces and Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 19, Tone 3.4
Magnificat: Tone 2.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas (16th cent.)
Nunc dimittis: Tone 8.1, fauxbourdons, Carolus Andreas
Anthem: The Birds [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Postlude: Chants d’oiseaux (Livre d’Orgue), [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen