June 3, 2012


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 Choirs

Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l’essence (The true relation in God is actually identical to the essence) from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity) [van der Steen: listen], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Introit: Duo Seraphim (St. David's: text/listen), Juan Esquivel (1563-1614)

Motet: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)

Postlude: A Festival Toccata [YouTube], Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

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

Prelude: Aria, op. 51 [Metzler: YouTube], Flor Peeters (1903-86)


Motet during vesting: Ubi caritas [Calmelet: text/listen]
Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

 Agnus Dei: Missa Brevis, Jonathan Dove, b. 1959 

Communion Motet: Hymn to the Trinity [text] [St. Louis Cathedral: YouTube], Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)

Postlude: A Festival Toccata [YouTube], Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)