April 26, 2015


 The Good Shepherd (detail), Galla Placidia mausoleum, Ravenna, 5th c.
"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me [NRSV, John 10:14]."

Fourth Sunday of Easter [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Brother James' Air [Murray: listen],Searle Wright (1918-2004)
Setting: Communion Service in D, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)

Introit: The Lord my shepherd is [text], Thomas Firth (18th cent.)
Motet: Brother James’ Air [text][Canterbury:YouTube] [Yorkminster Baptist: BNQ; BM] (info),arr. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
Postlude:  Paean [Hills: YouTube], Kenneth Leighton
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Allein Gott, BWV 676 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ordinaire : Missa Tertia [St. Clement : écoutez], Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Introït : Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, SWV 120 [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)
Motet : L’Éternel seul est mon Berger, William Gardiner (1770-1853)
Postlude : Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629 [Kibbie : écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Praeludium in a, BWV 543 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
                        
Introit: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, SWV 120 [text] [YouTube], Heinrich Schütz (1582-1672)
Preces and Responses: Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Psalm: 23 (Hylton Stewart)
Canticles: Service in A, Herbert Sumsion
Anthem: Der Herr ist mein Hirt [text] [Ulm: YouTube], Bernhard Kelin (1793-1832)

Postlude:  Fuga in a, BWV 543 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach