June 28, 2009

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, David and Jonathan, National Gallery, London, 1505-10

Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

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Olivier Latry, one of three titulars of the 1887 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, will give a free concert, co-sponsored by the McGill Summer Organ Academy and Les Concerts Lachine, on Thursday, July 16, on the 1920/2002 Casavant organ of Sts-Anges-Gardiens in Lachine, at 8:00 pm. Works by Saint-Saëns, Franck, Widor, Vierne, Messiaen, Escaich, Guillou; along with improvisation.

Click to listen to three of this coming Sunday's organ voluntaries interpreted by Olivier Latry: Olivier Messiaen: Institution de l’Eucharistie and Les Ressuscités et la lumière de vie from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement and Nicolas de Grigny, Récit de tierce en taille from Le Livre d'orgue.

Giuseppe Pitoni, Cantate Domino [text], introit for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, June 28, is a favorite among choral groups. Click to go to a YouTube playlist of a dozen entries to make your listening choice.





Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival.

Click for the June-July calendar of organ recitals, most of which are free admission/voluntary contribution.





2009 Commemoration: 350th Anniversay of the Birth of Henry Purcell (1659-95)


Click to read about Henry Purcell and Queen Mary II and listen to a performance of Henry Purcell's complete music for the funeral of Queen Mary sung by the Winchester Cathedral Choir with the Brandenburg Consort and the Baroque Brass of London, David Hill, conducting.


Click for a performance of Peter Cornelius, Stabat Mater dolorosa; Danielle Borst, soprano; Jacqueline Majeur, alto; Jean-Luc Viala, tenor; Frédéric Vassar, bass; Choeur régional de Cannes-Provence-Alpes; Orchestre Régional de Cannes-Provence-Alpes; Michel Piquemal conducting.


Leonardo de Vinci and Andrea del Verocchio, The Baptism of Christ, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, 1473-78

Click to hear Cantata 7 for the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist performed by Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Alto: Wilke te Brummelstroete; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Dietrich Henschel; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting.