August 30, 2009

Edward Burne-Jones, antique photo of a cartoon for a glass painting, Songs of Songs, for Darley Dale Church, about 1862

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice (Song of Solomon 2:9).

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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3) The Concert Calendar


Arthur Wills, Missa brevis, is the Mass setting for this coming Sunday. Click to read about Arthur Wills and listen to a wide variety of his choral and organ music, including the Missa brevis.




Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

Click for the calendar of organ recitals, all of which are free admission/voluntary contribution.







2009 Commemoration: the 350th anniversary of the birth of Henry Purcell (1659-1695).

Click to go to the Analekta disc, Henry Purcell: Here let my Life, with a variety of Purcell music, including The Moor's Revenge, as well as Matthias Maute, Concerto pour la mort de Henry Purcell. Performance by James Bowman, Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music. Complete text available.






Click to go to Vladimir Godár, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by Iva Bittová, alto, and the ensemble Solamente Naturali, Marek Štryncl conducting.





Click to go to a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 38, 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.