January 25, 2009


Duccio di Buoninsegna, Calling of Peter and Andrew, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fish for people (NRSV, Mark 1:17)."



10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: Sehr langsam from Organ Sonata No.1 [Noehren: NML], Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Otche nash (The Lord’s Prayer) [Austin College:
[listen], Anton Arensky (1861-1906) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Mass Setting: Missa ad imitationem moduli Vinum bonum [
listen], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Motet: Pater noster [Cambridge Singers:
NML BOD], Jacob Handl (1550-91) [NML]

Postlude: Phantasie from Organ Sonata No. 1 [Noehren: NML], Paul Hindemith

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers Octet

Prelude: Voluntary in G, John Reading (1685/6-1764)

Introit: Be still and know that I am God [text], Antony Baldwin (b.1957)

Preces and Responses: Cathedral, Alan Wilson, b. 1947

Psalm: 76 (Slater)

Magnificat: Octavi toni [Renaissance Singers: Video] Andrea Gabrieli (1545-1607) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Nunc dimittis: Walter Deller(b. 1954)

Anthem: Into thy hands [New College: NML] [text], Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)

Postlude: Voluntary in C, John Barrett (1674-1735)

January 18, 2009


Sir David Wilkie, Samuel in the Temple, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1839

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli (NRSV, 1 Samuel 3:1a)."


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Adagio, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No 2 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Jesu, Rex admirabilis [text & listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Mass Setting: Missa sine nomine [listen:NML] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text & listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude: Fuga, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Finale: Andante,Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 6 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Den Herren lobt mit Freuden [listen: Canterino Choir], Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Preces and Responses: John Reading (1645-92)

Psalm: 133, 134 (Wedd)

Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Caustun (1522-69)

Anthem: Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum [text & listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Postlude: Fuga, Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 6 [Tharp: NML], Felix Mendelssohn

January 10, 2009

Dieric Bouts the Elder (Younger?), The Adoration of the Magi, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, c. 1465

On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. [NRSV, Matthew 2:11].

Epiphany of the Lord [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: How brightly shines the morning star [Payne: YouTube], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Introit: Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger Domsingknaben: YouTube] Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Mass Setting: Missa Conditor alme siderum [MIDI], Giovanni Animuccia (1520-1571)

Motet: Videntes stellam [text] [New College: CML] (info), Orlande de Lassus (1532 [30?]-1592)

Postlude: How brightly shines the morning star [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4:00 pm A Festival of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: How brightly shines the morning star [Sykes: listen], James Woodman (b. 1957)

Carols: Omnes de Saba venient [text] [Phillips: YouTube; Kights Round Table: WE7], Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)

Susanni from Five Carols [text] [Musica Intima: NML] (info), Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

The Christ-Child Lay [text], John Joubert (b. 1927)

So said the angel [text], Peter Skellern (b. 1947)

Videntes stellam [text][New College: CML](info), Orlande de Lassus (1532 [30?]-1592)

The Band of children [text], French, arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

The Birds [text], Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998)

Tribus miraculis [text], Claudio Merulo (1533-1404)

Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger Domsingknaben: YouTube], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Postlude: How brightly shines the morning star, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)

January 11, 2009

Giovanni Bellini, Baptism of Christ, Santa Corona, Vicenza, 1500-02

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan (NRSV, Mark 1:9).

January 11, 2009: The Baptism of the Lord [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam / When Jesus went to Jordan’s stream, BWV 684 [Hans Fagius: NML], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: When Jesus went to Jordan’s stream [text], 16th cent. German

Mass Setting: Messa à 4, Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1610)

Motet: Tribus miraculis [text], Luca Marenzio (c.1553-99) [BNQ] [NML]

Postlude: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam / When Jesus went to Jordan’s stream [virtual: listen], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 685 [Fagius: NML], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Christ, when for us you were baptized [text], R. R. Terry (1865-1938) [NML]

Preces and Responses: Plainsong

Psalm: 147 (Tone 8.1)

Magnificat: Secundi Toni, Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Nunc Dimittis: Tone 3.5

Anthem: Tribus miraculis [text],Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ] [NML][CML]

Postlude: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BuxWV 180 [Bønnerup: listen]
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

January 4, 2009

Dieric Bouts the Younger, The Adoration of the Magi, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, c. 1470

On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (NRSV, Matthew 2:11).

The Epiphany of Our Lord [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: How brightly shines the morning star [Joseph Payne: NML], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Introit: Christus est stella [text] [Chicago a Cappella: NML], Richard Proulx
(b. 1937) [NML]

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis No. 4 ("Corde natus ex parentis"), in E, [listen], Healey Willan (1880-1968) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Motet: Christus est stella [text] [Vasari singers: NML], Will Todd (b. 1970) [NML]

Postlude: How brightly shines the morning star [Hans Fagius: NML], BWV 739, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

4:00 pm A Festival of Lessons and Carols for Epiphany
The Cathedral Choirs

Prelude: How Bright Appears the Morning Star, James Woodman (b. 1957)

Introit: How bright appears the morning star, Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)

Carols:

Omnes de Saba venient, [text] [SMAM: NML], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Christus est stella [text] [Chicago a Cappella: NML], Richard Proulx (b. 1937) [NML]

Some children see him [text] [Sixpence None the Richer: NML], Alfred Burt (1920-1954) [NML]

No small wonder [text] [Ex Cathedra: CML], Paul Edwards (b. 1956)

Magi videntes [text], Blasius Amon (1560-1590)

Coventry Carol [text], Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) [NML] [CML]

The Birds [text], Richard Shephard (b. 1949) [NML]

Christus est stella [text] [Vasari Singers: NML], Will Todd (b. 1970) [NML]

Tribus miraculis [text], Claudio Merulo (1533-1604) [NML] [CML]

Surge, illuminare Jerusalem [text] [Tallis Scholars: NML], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]

Postlude: How Bright Appears the Morning Star, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)
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