August 13, 2013

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

Bazzi Rahib, Ilyas Basim Khuri. Jesus Walks on Water, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN
Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, ‘You of little faith, why did you doubt?’ When they got into the boat, the wind ceased [NRSV, Matt. 14:31-32.
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Les oiseaux et les sources (Messe de la Pentecôte) [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)          
Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)   
Introit: I will go unto the altar [text], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  
Motet: Very bread, good shepherd, tend us [text], Healey Willan
Postlude: Saga VI [YouTube], Jean Guillou (b. 1930]
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :  Les oiseaux et les sources (Messe de la Pentecôte) [YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Ordinaire :  Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)   
Introït :  I will go unto the altar [texte], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Motet :  Very bread, good shepherd, tend us  [texte], Healey Willan
Postlude :  Saga VI [YouTube], Jean Guillou (b. 1930]


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Prélude [YouTube], Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

Introit: Christ rising again [text], Michael Wise (1648-87)
Preces: Norwich Use

Psalm: 100, William Boyce

Canticles: Service in F, Michael Wise

Anthem: Prepare ye the way of the Lord [text], Michael Wise

Postlude: Petit Canon et Improvisation [YouTube], Nadia Boulanger