February 2, 2017

A pair of turtledoves, St Michael's Church, Malton., North Yorkshire

And they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons [NRSV, Luke 2:24]."

February 2, 2017

Candlemas: The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

12h15 Eucharistie chantée

Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Ordinaire : Missa secunda [YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Introït : Senex puerum portabat [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

(1543-1623)

Nunc dimittis : [texte], Plain-chant

Motet : Hodie beata virgo [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude : Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 [écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)