Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, The Prodigal Son, The Bührle Collection, Zurich, 1879He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything [NRSV, Luke 15:16].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir NotesFourth Sunday of Lent
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
Relive the Christ Church Cathedral Choirs concert that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the cathedral: music composed by cathedral musicians and music composed for the cathedral. Click for more information and learn how to purchase your own CD of the Banquet céleste. Your contribution supports music at the cathedral.
The Mass setting for this coming Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, is Benjamin Britten, Missa brevis in D, Op. 63. Click to go to a number of performances.
Benjamin Britten
2010 is the 75th year of the birth of Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
To read about Arvo Pårt and listen to Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, performed by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, click here, then to listen scroll down and click on small loudspeaker.
To read about Arvo Pårt and listen to Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, performed by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, click here, then to listen scroll down and click on small loudspeaker.
Click to read a lengthy article by Dharmacari Jayarava.
Performance by Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Dennis Russell Davies conducting
[listen]Performance by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt conducting [listen]
To listen to Parts II & III, George Frideric Handel, Messiah, performed by Susan Gritton, soprano; Cornelia Horak, soprano; Bejun Mehta, countertenor; Richard Croft, tenor; Florian Boesch, bass; Ensemble Matheus; Arnold Schönberg Chor; Jean-Christoph Spinosi conducting, while following the English text, right-click here, then left-click on "Open in New Window," then click here. Arrange windows.
To listen to Parts II & III, George Frideric Handel, Messiah, performed by Susan Gritton, soprano; Cornelia Horak, soprano; Bejun Mehta, countertenor; Richard Croft, tenor; Florian Boesch, bass; Ensemble Matheus; Arnold Schönberg Chor; Jean-Christoph Spinosi conducting, while following the English text, right-click here, then left-click on "Open in New Window," then click here. Arrange windows.
Ibrahim and Uhanna the Armenian, The Christ, Alexandria Library, 1464
To listen to Johann Sebastian Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, performed by Ian Bostridge, Franz Josef Selig, Sybilla Rubens, Andreas Scholl, Wener Güra, Dietrich Henschel; Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting; click here. For the German and English text, click on "more info."
Jacques Blanchard, Flagellation, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, c. 1630
To watch Johann Sebastian Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, performed by Peter Schreier, Evangelist; Ernst Gerold Schramm, Jesus; Siegmund Nimsgern, Judas & Pilatus; Helen Donath, soprano; Julia Hamari, alto; Horst R. Laubenthal, tenor; Walter Berry, bass; Münchener Bach Orchester, Chor & Chorbuben, Karl Richter conducting, with English subtitles, click here. For the German text, click on "more info."
Francesco Bacchiacca, Flagellation of Christ, National Gallery of Art, Washington, c. 1512-15
To watch Johann Sebastian Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman conducting, while following the text in both German and English, right-click here, the left-click on "Open in New Window," then click here. Arrange windows.
Nicolas Maes, Mocking of Christ, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 1650s
Click to go to Henryk Górecki, Miserere, Op. 44, performance by the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, John Nelson conducting.
Click to go to the Stabat Mater in Gregorian chant by the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, Bethlehem, Connecticut.
After Albrecht Altdorfer, Crucifixion, Musée du Louvre, Paris