March 5, 2017

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's

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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

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Prelude: Partita “Forty days and forty nights,” BWV 745 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   

Setting: Mass for Five Voices [listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)

Introit: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)  

Motet: Miserere mei, Deus [text] [YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude: Fantasia in c minor, BWV 562 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach   

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude :  Praeludium b-moll, BWV 867 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire :  Missa Caça [écoutez], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)

Introït : Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)

Motet :  Sicut Cervus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude :  Fuga in b-moll, BWV 867 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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Prelude: Sonatina (Cantata 106) [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: If thou, O Lord, wilt be extreme [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 130, 131; Tone 4.6

Magnificat: Tone 2.2, fauxbourdons, Healey Willan

Nunc dimittis: Tone 3.4, fauxbourdons, Healey Willan

Anthem: O King all glorious [text] [listen], Healey Willan

Postlude: Largo, BWV 1043 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

March 1, 2017

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's

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Julian Falat, Ash Wednesday

 

Remember, you are dust and unto dust you shall return [Ash Wednesday liturgy].

Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017

12:15 pm Choral Eucharist

Cathedral Singers Quartet

Setting: Missa brevis No. 2 (for lent) [YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Motet: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake [text/YouTube], Richard Farrant (1530-80)

Postlude: Passion Chorale: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 [YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  

7:30 pm Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Setting: Mass for Five Voices [listen],William Byrd (1540-1623)  

Imposition of Ashes: Miserere [text / listen],Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)  

Motet: Miserere mei, Deus [text] [YouTube], William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

Postlude: O Mensch, bewein’, BWV 622 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  

February 26, 2017

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Transfiguration, National Gallery, London, 1308-11

Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him   [NRSV, Matthew 17:3].

Transfiguration Sunday

10:00 am Choral Eucharist

The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)   

Setting: Missa brevis [YouTube], Jonathan Dove (b.1959)

Introit: Resplenduit facies ejus [text] [YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)   

Motet: Hodie in monte [text], Peter Philips (1561-1628)

Postlude: Final: Allegro assai (Sonata 1) [YouTube], Alexandre Guilmant [1837-1911]   

12h45 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, op. post. 122, No.5 [chorale texte] [écoutez], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)   

Ordinaire : Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)

Introït : Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1554)

Motet : Christus Jesus Splendor Patris [texte] [BNQ ; BM] (info) , Luca Marenzio (1553-99)

Postlude : Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern,  BWV 763 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4:00 pm Evensong

The Cathedral Singers

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Prelude: Andante sostenuto (Sonata 8) [YouTube], Alexandre Guilmant [1837-1911]   

   

Introit: O nata lux [text] [YouTube], René Clausen (b. 1953)

Respons: Humphrey Clucas (1941)

Psalm: 99, George Thalben-Ball

Canticles: Three Choirs Service, Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

Anthem: Quicumque christum quaeritis [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Postlude: Introduction et Allegro risoluto from Organ Symphony No. 2 [YouTube], Alexandre Guilmant