Albrecht Dürer, St. John and the Twenty-four Elders in Heaven, woodcut, c.1496-98Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands [NRSV, Revelation 5:11].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir NotesThird 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
The introit for evensong this coming Sunday, the Third of Easter, is a choral version of O filii et filiae. The organ voluntaries are both organ interpretations. Click to read about O filii et filiae and listen to a number of choral and organ versions.
Il Baciccio, The Women at the Tomb, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c.1685
The spring concert of Musica Orbium, Patrick Wedd directing, Sunday, April 25, 7:30 pm, at Christ Church Cathedral, celebrates the Earth. Click for information about the programme and tickets, as well as about the composers and free online performances.
2010 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of André Campra (1660-1774)
Performance of André Campra, Insere Domino, by Rodrigo del Pozo [YouTube]. Click on chevrons for Latin text and translation and names of musicians.
Performance of André Campra, Insere Domino, by Rodrigo del Pozo [YouTube]. Click on chevrons for Latin text and translation and names of musicians.
André Campra
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 85, performance by Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Tölzer Knabenchor(Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) /Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.
Eric Gill, Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, London, 1926