January 4, 2015


Dieric Bouts the Elder, The Adoration of the Magi, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 1465
On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh [NRSV, Matthew 2:11].
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Epiphany [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Stella ista [Dupré: BNQ; BM] (info), Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium [Hill: YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introit: Orietur stella [text],  Jacob Handl (1550-91)   
Motet: Magi videntes stellam [text], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)
Postlude: Wie schön leuchtet [YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Stella ista [Dupré : BNQ ; BM] (info), Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Ordinaire : Missa O magnum mysterium [Hill : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introït : Ô Christ, étoile du matin [texte], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)


Motet : Magi videntes stellam [texte], Clemens non Papa  (1510-58)
Postlude : Wie schön leuchtet, BWV 739 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet,  JamesWoodman (b. 1957)
Introit: Orietur stella [text],  Jacob Handl (1550-91)


Preces and Responses: Andrew Millington (b. 1952)
Psalm: 72, verses 1-11, 1921 (George Thalben-Ball)
Magnificat: Service in C [Litchfield: YouTube], George Dyson (1883-1964)
Nunc dimittis: Service in C [Litchfield: YouTube], George Dyson


Anthem: The Three Kings [Winchester: text/YouTube], Peter Cornelius (1824-74)

Postlude:  Wie schön leuchtet, BWV 739 [Kibbie: écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)