July 4, 2010

William Blake, The Fall of Satan, Morgan Library, New York, 1805-06

Jesus said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.. [NRSV, Luke 10:18].


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Click to go immediately to:

1) The
Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar


July 1st is Canada Day. All of the music for this coming Sunday will be works by Canadian composers. Click to go to a Pipedreams programme honoring Canadian composers, performers and instruments (including a couple of pieces performed by Patrick Wedd).



Healey Willan is the dean of Canadian composers.
Click to go to a Pipedreams programme honouring his work, performed by John Tuttle on the 1928 Welte-1964 Möller-1983 Gould & Schultz organ of the Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Mark, Minneapolis, MN, and the Elmer Iseler Singers, Elmer Iseler conducting.




Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

Click for free organ recitals in Montreal during the summer months.


Click to go to a performance of Bach Cantata 93 by Soprano:Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: WilliamTowers; Tenor: Kobievan Rensburg; Bass:Peter Harvey;Monteverdi Choir /English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardinerconducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Blasiuskirche, Mühlhausen, Germany.

Performance of Soprano: Agnès Mellon; Alto: Charles Brett; Tenor: Howard Crook; Bass: Peter Kooy; Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Recorded at Minderbroederskerk, Ghent, Belgium.

Performance of Soprano: Hana Blažíková; Counter-tenor: Damien Guillon; Tenor: Hans Jörg Mammel; Bass: Peter Kooy; Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Second half of a concert recorded at l'Abbaye aux Dames in Saintes, France.

Performance by

Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar;

Holland Boys Choir /Netherlands Bach Collegium;

Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.