Jerusalem, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built (NRSV, 1 Kings 8:27)!
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
3) The Concert Calendar
Sacerdotes Domini and Ave verum corpus, motets for this Sunday, are two by William Byrd that treat directly of the Eucharist. Click to go to a performance of William Byrd, Mass for five voices, by the Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill conducting, set within the context of the Latin liturgy for the Feast of Corpus Christi with a number of other related motets by Byrd.
Click for the calendar of organ recitals, all of which are free admission/voluntary contribution.
2009 Commemoration: 200th anniversay of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Click to go to Felix Mendelssohn, Organ Pieces, performed by Alain Bouvet on the 1885 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Abbey Church of Saint-Étienne in Caen.
Click to go to Fedele Fenaroli, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by the Corelli Chamber Orchestra, Manfredo Dorindo di Crescenzo conducting.
Click to go to a performance of Cantata 180 by Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Trudeliese Schmidt; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München.