September 24, 2017

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


Laborers in the Vineyard, Codex Aureus of Echternach,

For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard
[NRSV, Matt. 20:1].


The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Cantique [musicMe], Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Setting: Mass for four voices [YouTube], Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Introit: Sacerdotes Domini [text] [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)   
Motet: Ego sum panis vivus [text][YouTube], William Byrd
Postlude: Saga VI [YouTube], Jean Guillou (b. 1930]  
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude :   Kyrie eleison from La Messa della Madonna [YouTube], Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Ordinaire :  Messe à quatre voix [YouTube], Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Introït :  Sacerdotes Domini [texte] [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Motet :  Ego sum panis vivus [texte][YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude :  Kyrie eleison, Girolamo Frescobaldi
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury [YouTube], William Byrd (1543-1623)
Introit: I have longed for thy saving health [text] [YouTube],  William Byrd
Preces: Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

Psalm: 31: 1-9; 22-28
Magnificat: Short Service [YouTube], Thomas Tallis
Nunc dimittis: Short Service, Thomas Tallis
Anthem: In manus tuas [text] [YouTube], William Byrd

Postlude: A voluntrary  for my Lady Nevell [YouTube], William Byrd