November 1, 2015


Fra Angelico, All Saints (detail), National Gallery, London, 15th c.


"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away [NRSV, Rev. 21:4]."
All Saints [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Battisti: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Setting: Missa Omnes Sancti, Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
Introit: O quam gloriosum [text], Luca Marenzio (1560-99)
Motet: O quam gloriosum [text], Vincenzo Bertulosi (1550-1608)
Postlude:  Force et agilité des corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux [Battisti: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Chorale Prelude, O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, Op. 122, no. 6 (Blessed are ye faithful souls) [Sonnleitner: listen; Vuola: NML ; Oortmerssen: NML] (info) ; Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
Ordinaire : Missa O quam gloriosum [King’s : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introït : O quam gloriosum [texte], Luca Marenzio (1560-99)
Motet : O quam gloriosum [texte] [Summerly: BNQ,BM] (info), Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude : O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122 [Golebiowski : musicMe], Johannes Brahms
4:00 pm All Souls
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Sicilienne [musicMe], Gabriel Fauré (1845-1925)
Setting: Requiem [musicMe], Gabriel Fauré
Introit: Requiem aeternam [text] [musicMe]
Kyrie Eleison: [text]  [musicMe]
Libera me: [text]  [musicMe]
Pie Jesu: [text]  [musicMe]
Offertory: [text]  [musicMe]
Sanctus: [text]  [musicMe]
Agnus Dei: [text]  [musicMe]
In Paradisum: [text]  [musicMe]

Postlude:   Joie et Clarté des Corps Glorieux from Des Corps Glorieux [Latry: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)