February 19, 2017

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's


El Greco, St Martin and the Beggar, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1597-99

Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you [NRSV, Matthew 5:42].

The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Prelude “Old Hundredth” [YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)  
Setting: Service in G, Clifford Harker (1912-1999)   

Introit: Almighty, God, which hast me brought [text] [YouTube], Thomas Ford (1580-1648)  
Motet: Cantique de Jean Racine [YouTube/text], Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Postlude: Prelude “Old Hundredth,” Healey Willan (1880-1968)

11:45 Vestry Meeting
Pas de Eucharistie chantée    

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

Prelude: “Aberystwyth,” [BNQ; BM] (info), Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Introit: Jesu, lead my footsteps ever (Christmas Oratorio) [text], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  

Responses:  [YouTube] Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)

Psalm: 85, Patrick Wedd

Canticles: Service in C, Stanley Wilson (1899-1953)

Anthem: Jesu, joy of our desiring, Chorale from Part 2, Cantata 147 [text/YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach

Postlude: Prelude on “Slane” [YouTube], Healey Willan