Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
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Patrick Wedd will perform Olivier Messiaen, La Nativité du Seigneur, on the 1980 Wilhelm organ of Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, December 18, at 5:00 pm. Admission free / voluntary contribution.
Click to listen to Olivier Messiaen himself perform La Nativité du Seigneur at the Cavaillé-Coll grand organ of Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, of which he was titular, 1931-92.
Click to listen to Timothy Byram-Wigfield perform La Nativité du Seigneur at the Harrisons organ of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Click to listen to Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur from Pipedreams, Minnesota PBS, each movement performed by a different organist.
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Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck
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On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, the version of Creator of the Stars at Night, the quintessential Advent hymn, is that of Malcolm Archer, the anthem at evensong.
Sano di Pietro, God creating the stars
Sano di Pietro, God creating the stars
Click to read about Conditor alme siderum and to listen to a wide selection of choral and organ arrangements.
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The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral will join with the McGill Chamber Orchestra and Suzie Leblanc, soprano; Daniel Taylor, counter-tenor; Rufus Müller, tenor; Alexander Dobson, bass; with Boris Brott conducting; to perform George Frideric Handel, Messiah, at Christ Church Cathedral on Monday, December 20, at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $45-$10.
Click to read about Messiah and access a wide variety of performances including three complete video performances by the Trinity Church (Wall Street) choir conducted by Andrew Megill (2008), Jane Glover (2009) or Julian Wachner (December 13, 2010).
Over 6,000,000 viewers have already watched this random act of culture: The Opera Company of Philadelphia and 650 choristers accompanied by the Wanamaker organ, the world's largest, suddenly bursting out with the Hallelujah Chorus in Macy's Department Store, Philadelphia. Click to watch.
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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 62, performed by John Eliot Gardiner and Pieter Jan Leusink.