August 15, 2010


Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The glorification of the Virgin, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1490-95

The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name [NRSV, Luke 1:49].

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
St Mary the Virgin


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Tierce en taille from Messe des paroisses [Crosier: YouTube],
François Couperin (1668-1733)

Introit: Ave Maria [text] [King's Singers: YouTube], Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Mass Setting: Mass of St Thomas, Robert Fleming (1921-76)

Motet: Ave Maria a 4 voces [text] [Hill: listen] , Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Postlude: Offertoire sur les grands jeux from Messe des paroisses [Latry:listen], François Couperin

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Tierce en taille, Louis-Antoine Dornel (1680-1765)

Introit: O Holy spirit, Lord of grace [text] [Exeter: YouTube], Christopher Tye (1505-72)

Preces and Responses: Thomas Ebdon (1738-1811)

Psalm: 138 (Hopkins)

Canticles: Short Service, Thomas Caustun (d. 1569)

Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing [text], [Hilliard: YouTube], William Mundy (1530-91)

Postlude: Grand jeu, Louis-Antoine Dornel