May 23, 2010

Masolino da Panicale, St. Peter preaching, Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1426-27

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. [NRSV, Acts 2:12].


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Pentecost Sunday

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar



The Mass setting for Pentecost Sunday will be Louis Vierne, Messe solennelle, with the Gloria in excelsis Deo being sung in place of the prelude. Click to hear the entire Mass sung by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral.

Louis Vierne




Hilary Punnett, the assistant organist, will perform her McGill master's degree recital on Tuesday, June 8, at 8:00 pm, on the 1915-16 Casavant organ of the Church of St-Jean-Baptiste, at Rachel and Henri-Julien (Mt Royal Metro). Among other works she will perform the entire Louis Vierne, Symphonie No. 1. She will perform the Final from Symphonie No. 1 as the postlude at Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, Pentecost.

Click to hear Ben van Oosten perform the Final.

Click to hear Ben van Oosten perform the entire Symphonie No. 1.



Both motets, the preces and responses, and the canticles for Pentecost evensong are by Orlando Gibbons.
Much of Orlando Gibbons' music is available for online listening free through the Classical Music Library and the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian.

Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Philip Ledger conducting; includes the Short Service canticles [CML] (info).

Gibbons: Anthems / complete Organ Works by the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge; Christopher Robinson conducting; Philip Scriven and Robert Wooley, organ; includes So God loved the world [NML] (info).



Click to go to Olivier Messiaen performing his Messe de la Pentecôte / Pentecost Mass on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Church of the Sainte-Trinité, Paris.


Click to go to Dame Gillian Weir performing
Olivier Messiaen,
Messe de la Pentecôte / Pentecost Mass
on the 1929 Frobenius organ of Århus Cathedral.




Click to go to a two-hour programme of Pentecost organ and choral music from Pipedreams, Minnesota Public Radio, featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Praetorius, Krebs, Ahrens, Buxtehude, Nystedt, Speller, Demessieux, Childs, and Duruflé.

1950 Holtkamp organ in Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College, Syracuse University


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach,Cantata 172, a p

erformance by Alto: René Jacobs; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) &Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master:Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort;Gustav Leonhardt conducting.


Anthony Van Dyck, Descent of the Holy Spirit, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, c. 1620