Modern mosaic, Vision Telling Paul to Come Over to Macedonia, Veroia, Ancient Berea, GreeceDuring the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us [NRSV, Acts 16:9]."
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Sixth 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
This coming Sunday, the Sixth of Easter, evensong will be replaced at Christ Church Cathedral by organ vespers. The term organ vespers can refer today to any early evening service in which the organ predominates. Organ vespers in this instance at Christ Church Cathedral will follow the structure of traditional Anglican evensong. Anglican evensong has its roots in a combination of the Roman Catholic offices of vespers (evening prayer) and compline (night prayer). While the structure of this particular organ vespers will be Anglican, the organ music, and in particular the alternation of verses played by the organ and verses chanted by a cantor, has its inspiration in Catholic liturgical practice in 17th and 18th-century France. (This alternation of organ and chant was ended in the Roman Catholic Church in 1903 by Pius X's instruction on sacred music, Tra le Sollecitudini.) Note that the underlying musical theme of this Sunday's organ vespers will be variations on the 8th-century vespers hymn, Ave maris stella. Click to hear Ave maris stella chanted in Gregorian by the Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis, Giovanni Vianini conducting.William McNichols, Ave maris stella, private collection
Nikolas Fehr, former assistant organist at Christ church cathedral, is finishing his doctoral studies at McGill. He will give an organ lecture/recital at the Church of St-Jean-Baptiste (1914 Casavant organ), rue Rachel and avenue Henri-Julien (Mt-Royal Metro), on Tuesday, May 11, at 8 pm. Nikolas will discuss and perform selections from Louis Vierne, 24 Pièces en style libre for organ or harmonium, op. 31. Click for background information on Nikolas' lecture and recital.
Selections from Louis Vierne, 24 Pièces en style libre for organ or harmonium, op. 31, with the possibility of listening to online recordings by Ben van Oosten on the Cavaillé-Coll-Organ of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris:
Divertissement in F-major [YouTube]
Lied in A♭-major [YouTube])
Marche funèbre in G♯-minor [YouTube]
Canon in D-minor [YouTube]
Scherzetto in F♯-minor [YouTube]
Postlude in B-minor [YouTube])
Arabesque in G-major [YouTube]
2010 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Louis Bourgeois (1510-1561).
The popular Old Hundredth tune is attributed to Louis Bourgeois. Click here to go to a programme of Pipedreams dedicated to fantasies on the Old Hundredth, beginning with a singing of the hymn by the choir of Norwich Cathedral, David Dunnett, conducting; Katherine Dienes performing on the 1942 Hill, Norman & Beard organ. Right-click here, then left-click on "Open in New Window," to follow along with the words by William Kethe.Chorister of Norwich Cathedral
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 87, p
erformance of Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Ruud van der Meer;
Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
And p
erformance of
Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto:Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar;
James Tissot, The voice from on High, Brooklyn Museum, 1886-94