Lord Frederic Leighton, Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1863-4The LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there (NRSV, Deuteronomy 34:4)."
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Click to go directly to the home page of the Christ Church Cathedral Music Programme.
Click to go to the Music Calendar for this Sunday’s Choral Eucharist and Evensong.
Click to go to this month’s Cathedral Concert Calendar.
Jean Langlais2007 was the centenary of the birth of Jean Langlais, the composer of the Mass setting and all four organ voluntaries this coming Sunday, October 26.
Click to read about Jean Langlais and listen to a wide selection of his organ and choral music.
Da pacem, Domine, in plainsong, is the introit for Choral Eucharist this Sunday, October 26.
Click to hear the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos and watch an interesting 10-minute video with views of monks and monasteries.
Olivier MessiaenContinuing the Christ Church Cathedral Music Programme celebration of the Messiaen centenary:
Patrick Wedd will continue his reprise of the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen on the Wilhelm organ of Christ Church Cathedral this Saturday, October 25, at 5:00 pm, with a performance of L'Ascension and Messe de la Pentecôte. Free admission / voluntary contribution.
For preparation, click to go to the following online performances:
Patrick Wedd will continue his reprise of the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen on the Wilhelm organ of Christ Church Cathedral this Saturday, October 25, at 5:00 pm, with a performance of L'Ascension and Messe de la Pentecôte. Free admission / voluntary contribution.
For preparation, click to go to the following online performances:
L’Ascension - Jennifer Bate, Olivier Latry, Dame Gillian Weir
Messe de la Pentecôte - Jennifer Bate, Olivier Latry, Dame Gillian Weir
Free performance by the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal ; Louise Bessette, piano; Estelle Lemire, ondes Martenot; Raffi Armenian and Louis Lavigueur directing: Olivier Messiaen: Sept Haïkaï, Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine, on Monday, October 27, at 7:30 pm, at the Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau, 300, boul. de Maisonneuve Est (Métro : Berri-UQAM).
For preparation, click to go to the following online performances:
Harawi, Song of Love and Death, by Yumi Nara, soprano, and Jay Gottlieb, piano.
Two performances of Les Trois Petites Liturgies, by the Bath Festival with the Britten Sinfonia; Joanna MacGregor, piano; Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot; Bath Camerata and the Wells Cathedral School Chamber Choir; and a second performance by l'Ensemble instrumental de Grenoble; l'Ensemble vocal de Grenoble; Yvonne Loriod, piano; Jeanne Loriod, ondes Martenot.
St. John the Divine organClick to read in the New York Times of the rebuilding of the organ of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.
The Canadian International Organ Competition here in Montreal went from Wednesday, October 8, to Sunday, October 19.
Vincent Van gogh, The Sower, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, 1889 Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening and Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata 181, Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister / Scatterbrained frivolous people, performed by Boy Soprano: Alexander Raymann (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Leonhardt conducting.