November 22, 2015


Fra Angelico, Christ in Majesty, Cappella di San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto, 1447
I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven [NRSV, Daniel 7:13a].
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension [Trotter: musicMe], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Setting: Service in G,  Francis Jackson (b. 1917)
Introit: Jesu, rex admirabilis [text] [Gardiner:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Motet: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia [text] [Hilliard: YouTube], Josquin des Prés (1450-1521)
Postlude:  Sortie (Psalm 68) (listen), Percy Whitlock (1903-46)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 715 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa Inter Vestibulum, Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
Introït : Jesu, rex admirabilis [texte] [Gardiner : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Motet : Tu solus qui facis mirabilia [texte] [Hilliard : YouTube], Josquin des Prés (1450-1521)


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


Introit: My eyes for beauty pine [text] [Christ Church Oxford: listen; Queen's:listen] Herbert Howells
Preces and Responses:  Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)
Psalm: 99, George Job Elvey
Canticles: Service in F, Peter Aston (b. 1938)
Anthem: Thee will I love [text], Herbert Howells

Postlude:  Fugue, Chorale and Epilogue [YouTube], Herbert Howells