May 31, 2015


Seraphs surround the divine throne in this illustration from the Petites Heures de Jean de Berry, a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by Jean, Duc de Berry.


And one seraph called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory [NRSV, Isaiah 6:3]."


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Le Mystère de la Sainte-Trinité from Les Corps glorieux [Latry: MusicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Setting: Missa SS. Philippi et Jacobi, Healey Willan (1880-1968)


Introit: O beata Trinitas [text] [Skinner: BNQ
:BM](info), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Motet: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
Postlude: St. Patrick's Breastplate - Allegro maestoso from Sonata Celtica, No. 4 in c, Op. 153 [Payne: BNQ;BM] (info) [YouTube],  Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1942)  


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : In Nomine XI (Gloria tibi Trinitas) [Koopman :  BNQ ; BM](info), John Bull (1562-1628)


Ordinaire : Missa sine nomine, Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627)


Introït : Haec dies [texte], Lodovico Viadana


Motet : Exsultate justi [texte] [Adoremus : YouTube], Lodovico Viadana


Postlude : In Nomine XII (Gloria tibi Trinitas) [YouTube], John Bull


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)


Prelude: Première Pièce en trio from Livre d'orgue [Messiaen himself: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)


Introit: O Trinity, most blessed light [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)


Preces and Responses: E quinque notis, Richard Marlow (b. 1939)


Psalm: 133, 134 Patrick Wedd


Canticles: Lichfield Service, John Sanders (1933-2003)


Anthem: Gloria Deo, per immensa saecula [text], Healey Willan

Postlude: Le Mystère de la Sainte-Trinité from Les Corps glorieux [Latry: MusicMe], Olivier Messiaen