May 3, 2015

Jesus Christ as the True Vine, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, 16th cent.


I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing [NRSV, John 15:5].


Fifth Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Variations “Wondrous Love,”  [listen], Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) 
Setting: Missa brevis [Tallis: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)


Introit: Regina caeli [text] [Sistine: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Postlude:  Præludium in g-moll, LubWV 12 [Ho: YouTube], Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Alle Menschen mussen sterben, BWV 1117 [Fagius : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)



Ordinaire : Missa brevis [Tallis : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)


Introït : Regina caeli [texte] [Sistine : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Motet : Ego sum panis vivus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Postlude : Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Il est vivant), BWV 630 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach


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


Prelude: Surusoitto, Op. 111b [Ericsson: YouTube], Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)


Introit: Regina caeli [text] [Sistine: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)


Preces and Responses: Plainsong


Psalm: 42, Tone 3.4


Magnificat: Primi Toni, faubourdons, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Nunc dimittis: Tertii Toni, faubourdons, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Anthem: Sicut Cervus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude:  Intrada, Op. 111a [Kiviniemi: YouTube], Jean Sibelius