Giotto di Bondone, The Presentation, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, 1304-06When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (NRSV, Luke 2:22).
The Presentation in the Temple [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs
Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
79 Chorales for organ, Op. 28, No. 74, "How beauteous beams the morning star" [Chorale text] [Van Oosten: listen], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Introit: Hodie beata virgo [text] [Cardinall's Music: listen], William Byrd (1540-1623)
Mass Setting: Gloucester Service, Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Motet: Senex puerum portabat [text] [Cardinall's Music: listen]; William Byrd
Postlude: 6 Antiphons for Christmastide, Op. 48/6 "Lumen ad revelationem" [text], [Van Osten: listen], Marcel Dupré
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
79 Chorales for organ, Op. 28, No. 74, "How beauteous beams the morning star" [Chorale text] [Van Oosten: listen], Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Introit: Senex puerum portabat [text] [King's College: listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Preces and Responses: Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Psalm: 84 (Noble)
Magnificat: Magnificat in G [St. John's: NML], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Nunc dimittis: Nunc dimittis in G [St. Paul's: listen], Charles Villiers Stanford
Anthem: Hodie beata virgo [text] [King's College: listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Postlude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 [Chorale text] [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
