Francesco Salviati, David Dancing before the Ark, Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome, 1552-54As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart (NRSV, 2 Samuel 6:16).
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
The Mass setting, Missa Cantate, and the Communion motet, Pange Lingua, [BBC Singers: NML] (info), for this Sunday are by Bob Chilcott. Listen to his Pie Jesu from Fauré's Requiem, sung when he was 12, [CML] (info) and the Kyrie and Gloria from his Little Jazz Mass (Wan Fang Senior High School: YouTube).
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 learn about choir auditions for children 8-16: The Trebles Choir under the direction of Patrick Wedd.
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: 200th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Click to go to Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung / The Creation; performance by Lucia Popp, Gabriel; Werner Hollweg, Uriel; Kurt Moll, Raphael; Helena Dose, Eve; Benjamin Luxon, Adam; Brighton Festival Chorus (Laszio Heltay, Chorus master); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Antal Doráti, harpsicord; David Strange, cello; Jack McCormack, double bass Antal Doráti conducting.
Click to go to the complete Johann Sebastian Bach, Clavier-Übung III (The German Organ Mass) played by Marie-Claire Alain on the Schnitger organ in Martinikerk (Groningen), along with that previously posted of Bernard Lagacé on the 1961 Beckerath organ of l’Église de l’Immaculée-Conception, Montreal. Programme notes by Marc-André Doran.
Click to go to a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 39, by Soprano: Agnès Mellon; Tenor: Howard Crook, Bass: Peter Kooy; Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Recorded at Minderbroederskerk, Ghent, Belgium.