Joos van Cleve, The Last Supper, Musée du Louvre, ParisChrist Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Corpus Christi
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
Corpus Christi is a feast day celebrated by the Church of England (as well as the Roman Catholic Church) and by numerous parishes throughout the Anglican Church of Canada, on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or the following Sunday. Click to read about Corpus Christi in Wikipedia.
The Pange Lingua, hymn for Corpus Christi, is attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas. Bob Chilcott's version is the Communion motet at Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, June 14. Click to read about Pange Lingua and for the Latin text and an English translation. Chilcott's Pange Lingua is available online for those who, like cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, have access to the Naxos Music Library. [NML] (info)
Click to read about and listen to Kenneth Gilbert perform the Pange Lingua from Le Livre d’orgue de Montréal on the Wolff organ of Redpath Hall, McGill University..
Click to go to Nicolas de Grigny, Pange Lingua, performed by Olivier Vernet on the 1625 Astruc / 1748 Scherrer / 1992 Aubertin organ of l' Église abbatiale in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (Isère) alternating verses with the Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Jean-Yves Hameline conducting.
The two organ voluntaries for Evensong on Corpus Christi are selections from Jean-Adam Guilain, Suite on the Second Tone for the Magnificat. Click to read about Guilain and to listen to the entire suite with organist Laurent Beyhurst alternating verses of the Magnificat with Les Chantres du Roy.
Finish the observance of Corpus Christi with Olivier Messiaen by listening to his Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement (versions by Jennifer Bate (scroll down), Olivier Latry or Dame Gillian Weir).
2009 Commemoration: 200th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Corpus Christi
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
Corpus Christi is a feast day celebrated by the Church of England (as well as the Roman Catholic Church) and by numerous parishes throughout the Anglican Church of Canada, on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or the following Sunday. Click to read about Corpus Christi in Wikipedia. The Pange Lingua, hymn for Corpus Christi, is attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas. Bob Chilcott's version is the Communion motet at Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, June 14. Click to read about Pange Lingua and for the Latin text and an English translation. Chilcott's Pange Lingua is available online for those who, like cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, have access to the Naxos Music Library. [NML] (info)
Click to read about and listen to Kenneth Gilbert perform the Pange Lingua from Le Livre d’orgue de Montréal on the Wolff organ of Redpath Hall, McGill University..
Click to go to Nicolas de Grigny, Pange Lingua, performed by Olivier Vernet on the 1625 Astruc / 1748 Scherrer / 1992 Aubertin organ of l' Église abbatiale in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (Isère) alternating verses with the Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Jean-Yves Hameline conducting.
The two organ voluntaries for Evensong on Corpus Christi are selections from Jean-Adam Guilain, Suite on the Second Tone for the Magnificat. Click to read about Guilain and to listen to the entire suite with organist Laurent Beyhurst alternating verses of the Magnificat with Les Chantres du Roy.Finish the observance of Corpus Christi with Olivier Messiaen by listening to his Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement (versions by Jennifer Bate (scroll down), Olivier Latry or Dame Gillian Weir).
2009 Commemoration: 200th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Click to go to Joseph Haydn: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kleine Orgelmesse / Little Organ Mass), Hob. XXII:7, Mass in B-flat Major; to read about it; and to listen to a choice of four versions (Marriner, Hickok, Hill, Conte).
Pedro de Raxis, St. John of God, 16th cent.
Click to listen to Antonín Dvořák, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by Edith Mathis, soprano; Anna Reynolds, alto; Wieslaw Ochman, tenor; John Shirley-Quirk, bass; Elmar Schloter, organ; Bavarian Radio Chorus, Josef Schmidhuber, chorus master; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Kubelík conducting.
Click for performance of Cantata 54 by Counter-tenor: Drew Minter; American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas conducting.