December 11, 2016

L'Oasis Musicale: Concerts at the Cathedral and at St George's

Handel, Messiah, Saturday, December 10, 4:30 pm

Paolo Veronese, St. John the Baptist Preaching, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1562

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet[NRSV, Matthew 11:9].


10:00 am Choral Eucharist
Women of the Cathedral Singers

Prelude: Lo, how a rose (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen) [listen], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)  
Setting: Messe basse [musicMe], Gabriel Fauré, (1845-1924)

Introit: Lo, how a rose [text] [YouTube], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)   
Motet: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [text] [musicMe], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)  
Postlude: “When the King shall come again,” William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)

12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale

Prélude : Un rejeton fidèle (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen) [écoutez], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)  
Ordinaire : Messe basse [musicMe], Gabriel Fauré, (1845-1924)

Introït : Un rejeton fidèle [texte] [YouTube], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Motet : Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [text] [musicMe], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)  

Postlude : Un rejeton fidèle, Albert Thate (1903-82)

4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)

Prelude: O Antiphon Preludes,  Nico Muhly (b. 1981)

Introit: Lo, how a rose [text] [YouTube], Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Responses: Harold Darke (1888-1976)

Psalm: 76, J. Laurence Slater

Canticles: [YouTube], Robert J. Powell (b. 1932)

Anthem: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [text] [musicMe], Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)

Postlude: O Antiphon Preludes,  Nico Muhly