January 10, 2010

Sassetta, Adoration of the Magi, Chigi-Saracini Collection (Monte dei Paschi), Siena, c. 1435

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)