Februart 14, 2016


Sandro Botticelli, Three Temptations of Christ (detail), Cappella Sistina, Vatican, 1481


Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here [NRSV, Luke 4:9]."
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Partita “Forty days and forty nights,” BWV 745 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Setting: Missa brevis No. 2 (for lent) [Bell: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Introit: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Cantus:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Motet: Sicut Cervus [text/listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach  
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Kyrie eleison de la Messa della Domenica (Fiori Musicali) [Oliveria: YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Ordinaire : Missa Caça [St. Clement : écoutez], Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)

Introït : Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [Cantus : YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Offertoire : Sicut Cervus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude : Christe eleison de la Messa della Domenica (Fiori Musicali) [Oliveria: YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Postlude : Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620
[Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Introit: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Cantus: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: O Mensch, bewein’, BWV 622 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)