June 24, 2015

Domenico Girlandaio, Birth of John the Baptist detail, Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1486-90.jpg

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Birth of John the Baptist (detail)
Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1486-90


After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she remained in seclusion. She said, ’This is what the Lord has done for me when he looked favourably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people [NRSV, Luke 1:24-25].’


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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
12:15 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet


Setting: Missa Sine Nomine [listen] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)


Introit: Adoramus te, Christe [text] [Cantus :YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Motet: Fuit homo missus a Deo [text] [organ/violin:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Postlude:  Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 [Kibbie: listen; Stockmeier: YouTube],  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)