Albert Bouts, Transfiguration, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c. 1500The Last Sunday after Epiphany (Transfiguration Sunday)
February 22, 2009
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar.
On the last Sunday of Advent 2008, the music at Choral Eucharist was all taken from Gaspard Corrette, La Messe du 8ème ton pour l'orgue à l'usage des dames religieuses (1703). Of course, because it was Advent, the Gloria was not played. This coming Sunday, the last before Lent, will be the final singing of the Gloria until Maundy Thursday. Julien Tribuot organ, St Martin, Suerre
Click to learn about the French baroque organ Mass and listen to Gaspard Corrette, Gloria, from La Messe du 8ème ton pour l'orgue à l'usage des dames religieuses, performed by the Chantres du Roy alternating verses with Yves Préfontaine playing the 1699 Julien Tribuot organ of l'église de St-Martin, Seurre (France). Yves Préfontaine is the titular of the 1990 Guilbault-Thérien organ of the Grand Séminaire de Montréal.
O Nata Lux de Lumine, O Light begotten of Light, is a hymn from the Office of the Feast of the Transfiguration.
Click to go to versions by Peter the Venerable, Thomas Tallis and Morten Lauridsen.
Fra Angelico, Transfiguration, Convento di San Marco, Florence, 1440-
Click to go to Peter the Venerable, Chants for the Office of the Transfiguration, read about the Transfiguration, Peter the Venerable and listen to the recording by the Ensemble Venance Fortunat, Anne-Marie Deschamps, conducting.
The Abbot of Cluny (Peter the Venerable?) with the Virgin and Child
All of the organ voluntaries this coming Sunday, February 22, are by Olivier Messiaen. The theme of the liturgy is the Transfiguration so it is also the moment to revisit Olivier Messiaen's La Transfiguration.
Click to read about Olivier Messiaen, La Transfiguration, including Nigel Simeone's account of the work's creation, and listen to a performance, with Latin text and translation, by the Westminster Symphonic Choir and the National Symphony Orchestra (Yvonne Loriod, piano), Anatol Dorati conducting.
Johann Sebastian Bach did not compose a cantata for the Transfiguration but Cantata 22 makes allusion to Mt. Tabor and the Transfiguration.Click to go to Cantata 22 performed by Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt conducting.
Gerard David, Transfiguration, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Bruges, Belgium
McGill Autumn Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free
Fridays from January 30 to March 20 at 12:30 pm
Friday, February 20: Michael Dierks, organist of St. Gertrudes Kirche (German Church) in Stockholm.
Friday, February 27: No Recital Announced