August 30, 2015

José de Ribera, Moses and the Lw, Nuseo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples, 1638.jpg


José de Ribera, Moses and the Law, Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples, 1638


You must observe them diligently, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people [NRSV, Deut. 4:6]!’


Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Canzonetta, Op. 78, No. 2 [Lawford:BNQ; BM]
(info), William Mathias (1934-92)
Setting: Short Service, Adrian Batten (1590-1637)


Introit: Cantabo Domino [text] [MIDI], Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Motet: Ave Maria a 4 voces [text] [Savall: YouTube] , Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Postlude:  Jubilate, William Mathias (1934-92)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Harmony in C (Lydian)  [écoutez], James Woodman (né en 1957)


Ordinaire : Missa Iste confessor, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)


Introït : Cantabo Domino [texte] [MIDI], Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)


Motet : Ave Maria a 4 voces [text] [Hill : écoutez] , Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)


Postlude : Counterpoint in C (Lydian)  [écoutez], James Woodman (né en 1957)


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


Prelude: Preludio "Sine nomine" from Six Pieces for Organ [Burchell: CML] (info),  Herbert Howells (1892-1983)


Introit: O Lord, we beseech thee [text], Joseph Pring (1776-1842)


Preces and Responses: Ian Crabbe (b. 1953)


Psalm: 6, James Nares


Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Caustun (1522-69)


Anthem: To many a well [text], Randall Giles (1950-2010)

Postlude:  Saraband in modo elegiaco [listen], Herbert Howells

August 23, 2015

William Blake, Illustration for the Book of Job: The Comforters, early 19th cent.


Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him, each of them set out from his home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to go and console and comfort him [NRSV, Job 2:11].


13th Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Vater unser [van Beek: YouTube], Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Setting: Missa “Dixit Maria” [Herreweghe:YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)


Introit: Laetatus sum [text] [Occidentalis: YouTube], Heinrich Isaac
Motet: Gustate et Videte [text] [Giltspur: YouTube], Heinrich Isaac
Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in a, [Foccroulle: musicMe] Georg Böhm


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Vater unser [van Beek : YouTube], Georg Böhm (1661-1733)


Ordinaire : Missa “Dixit Maria” [Herreweghe : YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)

Introït :  Laetatus sum [texte] [Occidentalis : YouTube], Heinrich Isaac
Motet : Gustate et Videte [texte] [Giltspur : YouTube], Heinrich Isaac


Postlude : Praeludium en la,  [Foccroulle : musicMe] Georg Böhm


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


Prelude: Aria and Fugue [listen], Healey Willan (1880-1968)


Introit: Hymn (O for a closer walk with God) [text] [Manchester: YouTube], Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)


Preces and Responses: Martin Neary (b. 1940)


Psalm: 19, Turle, Noble


Canticles: Service in f, Derek Holman (b. 1931)


Anthem: O for a closer walk with God [text], Grayston "Bill" Ives (b.1948)

Postlude:  Andante, Fugue and Chorale [YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)

August 16, 2015


Folio 031, Codex Egberti, Stadtbibliothek, Trier, 980


I am the living bread that came down from heaven [NRSV, John 6:51a].


12th Sunday after Pentecost [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Click to go to August 15.


Prelude: Tierce en taille from Messe des paroisses [Crosier: YouTube], François Couperin (1668-1733)
Setting: Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro: YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)


Introit: Caro mea [text] [Petrópolis:YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli
Motet: O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [YouTube] [BNQ; BM] (info), Andrea Gabrieli
Postlude: Offertoire sur les grands jeux from Messe des couvents [YouTube], François Couperin


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale


Prélude : Tierce en taille de Messe des paroisses [Crosier : YouTube], François Couperin (1668-1733)


Ordinaire : Missa Brevis [Voci del Tesoro : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli (1510-86)
Introït : Caro mea [texte] [Petrópolis : YouTube], Andrea Gabrieli


Motet : O Sacrum Convivium [texte] [YouTube] [BNQ ; BM] (info), Andrea Gabrieli
Postlude : Offertoire sur les grands jeux de Messe des couvents [YouTube], François Couperin


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


Prelude: Pastorale in F, BWV 590 [Kibbie: listen ; Richter: YouTube; Koopman: YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Introit: Benedicite, gentes [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)


Preces and Responses: Plainsong


Psalm: 62, Plainsong tone 8.2


Magnificat: Secundi toni à 4, Orlande de Lassus


Nunc dimittis: Primi toni, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)


Anthem: Exaltabo te [text] [Hendrix: YouTube],Orlande de Lassus

Postlude:  Canzona in d, BWV 588 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach