William Blake, Christ ministered to by angels, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1816-20
Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him [NRSV, Matthew 4:11].
First Sunday of Lent [Comments]
First Sunday of Lent [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Partita “Forty days and forty nights,” BWV 745 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Setting: Missa Aedis Christi [CCC Dublin: BNQ; BM (info); New College: CML (info)], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Introit: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Motet: Drop, drop slow tears [text/listen], William Walton (1902-83)
Postlude: Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 690 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa Aeterna Christi munera [London : musicMe], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Introït : Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [Cantus : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Motet : Sicut Cervus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Postlude : Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 691 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastien Bach
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Preludio "Sine nomine" from Six Pieces for Organ [Burchell: CML] (info) [Willis: listen], Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Introit: Like as the hart [text], Noel Rawsthorne (b. 1929)
Preces and Responses: Barry Ferguson (b. 1942)
Psalm: 42, Samuel Wesley
Canticles: St. John's Service [Nethsingha: BNQ; BM] (info), Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Anthem: Like as the hart [text] [Christophers: musicMe], Herbert Howells
Postlude: Saraband in modo elegiaco from Six Pieces for organ [Hereford: listen], Herbert Howells
