March 15, 2009

Philippe de Champagne, Moses Presenting the Tablets of the Law, Milwaukee Art Museum, 1648.

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Third Sunday of Lent
March 15, 2009


Click to go immediately to:

1) The
Music Programme Homepage

2) The
Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.

Voices of the East is the second concert of the the season of Musica Orbium, directed by Patrick Wedd, to be held on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 pm, at St. George's Anglican Church, 1101 Stanley Street, Montreal (Bonaventure Metro). Choral Music by Pårt, Vasks, Kreek, Sandström and Kodaly. Click for complete information and the possibility to purchase tickets online.

Click to hear Arvo Pårt, Which was the son of . . ., performed by Polyphony, Stephen Layton conducting.

Click to hear Pēteris Vasks, Dona nobis pacem, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier conducting.

Click to hear Sven-David Sandström, Hear my prayer, performed by the Komorni zbor Krog (Krog Chamber Choir) (Slovenia), Primož Malavašič conducting (begins at 3:50 after Ronde by Ravel). Be sure to click on HD.

Performance of Cyrillus Kreek, Psalms of David, by the King's Singers [NML] (info).

Performance of Cyrillus Kreek, Psalms of David, by the
Estonian National Opera, Arvo Volmer conducting [NML] (info).

Performance of
Zoltán Kodály, Missa Brevis, by the Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman conducting. [NML] (info).

Click to open the Chandos sleevenotes (go to p. 5).

Performance of Zoltán Kodály, Missa Brevis, by the
Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, János Ferencsik conducting [NML] (info).

Performance of Zoltán Kodály, Missa Brevis, by the
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell conducting; Andrew Reid, organ [CML] (info).




Click (then click on small loudspeakers) to listen to Louise Bessette's new Analekta recording, Olivier Messiaen, Les Oiseaux, including Cantéyodjayâ, Prélude (1954), Les Petites Esquisses d’oiseaux and La Fauvette des jardins.

Click to watch a brief video of Louise Bessette discussing the recording.



2009 Commemoration: 200th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)


Click to listen to Joseph Haydn, Stabat Mater, performed by Patricia Rozario, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann, The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock conducting.

Josse Lieferinxe, Crucifixion, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1500-05




McGill Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free


Fridays from January 30 to March 27 at 12:30 pm

Friday, March 13: Jordan de Souza

Friday, March 13 at 3:30 pm: Matthew Provost, doctoral recital (admission free)

Friday, March 20: Federico Andreoni