March 1, 2015


Annibale Carracci, Domine, Quo Vadis, National Gallery, London, 1602

 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me [NRSV, Mark 8:34].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Second Sunday of Lent [Choir Notes]
Prelude: Meditation [Kane: YouTube], Peter Hurford (b. 1930)
Setting: Missa brevis 13, Holy Cross, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Introit: Benedicite, gentes [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Motet: Domine in auxilium [text], Orlande de Lassus  
Postlude:  Ode [Keene: listen], Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Meditation [Kane : YouTube], Peter Hurford (b. 1930)
Ordinaire : Missa Brevis, Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760)


Introït : Benedicite, gentes [texte], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Motet : Domine in auxilium [texte], Orlande de Lassus  
Postlude : Intermezzo, Christopher Morris (1922-2014)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Berceuse, Ernest Tomlinson (b. 1924)
Introit: Blessed are the pure in heart [Redeemer: text/YouTube],
H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)


Preces and Responses: Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Psalm: 76 (J. Laurence Slater)
Magnificat:  Tone 7.6, fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd
Nunc dimittis: Tone 1.4, fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd
Anthem: Nolo mortem peccatoris [text / 11 versions], Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Postlude:  Passacaglia [Jones: listen], Bryan Kelly (b. 1934)