Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, St. John the Evangelist at Patmos, National Gallery, c. 1618John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne [NRSV, Revelation 1:4].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Second Sunday of Easter
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
Johann Sebastian Bach, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654, is the organ prelude for evensong this coming Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter. It is one of the Leipzig Chorales, the 18 Great Chorales. It has it's source in a text by Johann Franck put to music by Johannes Crüger.
Lass die dunkle Sündenhöhle,
Komm ans helle Licht gegangen,
Fange herrlich an zu prangen!
Denn der Herr, voll Heil und Gnaden,
Der den Himmel kann verwalten,
Will jetzt Herberg in dir halten.
--Johann Franck, 1649
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness,
Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness
Come into the daylight's splendor,
There with joy Thy praises render
Unto him whose grace unbounded
Hath this wondrous banquet founded,
High o'er all the heab'ns He reigneth,
Yet to dwell with thee He deigneth.
--Catherine Winkworth
Performance of James Kibbie on the 1755 Gottfried Silbermann/Zacharias Hildebrandt organ, Kathedrale, Dresden, Germany [listen]
Performance of Ton Koopman on the 1714 Silbermann organ of the St. Mary Cathedral in Freiberg, Saxony [YouTube]
Performance by Nuno Oliveira on the 2005 Machado organ in Nossa Senhora do Cabo Church, Lisbon [YouTube]
In February Ryan Enright, former assistant organist at Christ Church Cathedral (2002-2005), now preparing for his doctorate at the Eastman School of Music, took part in a three day organ festival in Rochester, New York. This past Sunday, a work that he performed on the 2008 GoART Casparini organ of Christ Church Episcopal, Samuel Adler's Festival Proclamation, was featured on Pipedreams. To listen, click here, then click on "1014 Hour 2," then hold button and slide to 86:10 (86 minutes and 10 seconds).
Ryan Enright
2010 is the 250 anniversary of the birth of Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Click to go to Luigi Cherubini, Messe solennelle in A-major for the coronation of Charles X, performance by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Riccardo Muti conducting.
Charles X by François Gérard
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 67, performance by Ingeborg Danz, alto; James Taylor, tenor; Michael Volle, bass; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Bach-Kollegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling, conductor.
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Doubting Thomas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11