March 1, 2015


Annibale Carracci, Domine, Quo Vadis, National Gallery, London, 1602

 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me [NRSV, Mark 8:34].

10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Second Sunday of Lent [Choir Notes]
Prelude: Meditation [Kane: YouTube], Peter Hurford (b. 1930)
Setting: Missa brevis 13, Holy Cross, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Introit: Benedicite, gentes [text], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Motet: Domine in auxilium [text], Orlande de Lassus  
Postlude:  Ode [Keene: listen], Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Meditation [Kane : YouTube], Peter Hurford (b. 1930)
Ordinaire : Missa Brevis, Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760)


Introït : Benedicite, gentes [texte], Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Motet : Domine in auxilium [texte], Orlande de Lassus  
Postlude : Intermezzo, Christopher Morris (1922-2014)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Berceuse, Ernest Tomlinson (b. 1924)
Introit: Blessed are the pure in heart [Redeemer: text/YouTube],
H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)


Preces and Responses: Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Psalm: 76 (J. Laurence Slater)
Magnificat:  Tone 7.6, fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd
Nunc dimittis: Tone 1.4, fauxbourdons, Patrick Wedd
Anthem: Nolo mortem peccatoris [text / 11 versions], Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Postlude:  Passacaglia [Jones: listen], Bryan Kelly (b. 1934)

February 22, 2015


Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Temptation of Christ, 
Frick Collection, New York, 1308-11
He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him [NRSV, Mark 1:13].
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
First Sunday of Lent [Choir Notes]
Prelude: Partita “Forty days and forty nights,” BWV 745 [listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Setting: Missa brevis No. 5 [Bell: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Introit: O nata lux [Tallis: text/YouTube], Thomas Tallis (1505-85)
Motet: Miserere mei, Deus [text] [Worcester: YouTube], William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Postlude:  Fantasia in c, BWV 562 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 690 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  
Ordinaire : Missa Aeterna Christi munera [London : musicMe], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Introït : Adoramus te, Christe [texte] [Cantus :YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Motet : Sicut Cervus [texte/écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Postlude : Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 691 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastien Bach


4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Miserere 1 [MB 66] and 2 [MB 67] [MB 67: MusicMe] [midi MB 66,67:listen], William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Introit: Hear my prayer, O Lord [text] [Clare: YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Preces and Responses: John Holmes (1580-1629)


Psalm: 26, William Smith (1603-45)


Magnificat: Second Service [Magdalen: YouTube], William Byrd
Nunc dimittis: Second Service [Magdalen: YouTube], William Byrd


Anthem: In jejunio et fletu [Hilliard/Taverner: YouTube], Thomas Tallis

Postlude:  Lesson "Two parts in one" [Taylor: BNQ; BM] (info),  Thomas Tallis

February 15 and 18, 2015

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Christ leading Peter, James and John to the High Mountain for the Transfiguration,
The Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1770-80s
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves  [NRSV, Mark 9:2a].

 Scroll down for Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Transfiguration Sunday [Choir Notes]
February 15, 2015
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Deck yourself, my soul), BWV 654, [Koopman:YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Setting: Missa Sine Nomine [listen], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Introit: Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1545)
Motet: Christus Jesus Splendor Patris [text] [Monaco: BNQ; BM] (info), Luca Marenzio (1553-99)
Postlude: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus, Healey Willan (1880-1968)


12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, op. post. 122, No.5 [chorale text] [Jacob : écoutez], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
Ordinaire : Missa Sine Nomine [écoutez], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Introït : Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1545)
Motet : Christus Jesus Splendor Patris [texte] [Monaco : BNQ ; BM] (info) , Luca Marenzio (1553-99)
Postlude : Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern,  BWV 763 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
                                                  
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ (l’Ascension) [Litaize: YouTube], Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Introit: Alleluia, John Taverner (1480-1545)
Preces and Responses: Ian Crabbe (b. 1953)


Psalm: 99 (George Thalben-Ball)
Canticles: Service in G, Ben Parry (b. 1965)
Anthem: Christus Jesus Splendor Patris [text] [Monaco: BNQ; BM] (info), Luca Marenzio (1553-99)

Postlude:  Le Fils, resplendissement de la gloire du Père from Les Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, No. VI [van der Steen: listen], Olivier Messiaen
El Greco, St. Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death, National Gallery, of Canada, Ottawa, 1600-02
Remember, you are dust and unto dust you shall return [Ash Wednesday liturgy].
February 18, 2015
12:15 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet
Setting: Missa brevis No. 2 (for lent) [Bell: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
 
Motet: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake [Berkeley: text/YouTube], Richard Farrant (1530-80)
Postlude:  Passion Chorale: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 [Guarino : YouTube], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
7:30 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Setting: Missa brevis No. 5 [Bell: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Imposition of Ashes: Miserere [text / listen], Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Motet: Hear my prayer, O Lord [text] [Clare: YouTube], Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Postlude: O Mensch, bewein’, BWV 622 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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