Edouard Léon Louis Edy-Legrand, Sermon on the Mount, from François Amiot's and Robert Tamisier's Bible, edited 1950
Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [NRSV, Matthew 5:2-3].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
The organ and choral music of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck is featured at both Choral Eucharist and evensong this coming sunday, January 30.
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Adriaan Engels on the Marcussen organ of the Grote or Sint-Laurentskerk in Rotterdam performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasy on: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La performed by [listen]
Adriaan Engels on the Witte organ of the Grote or Sint-Jacobskerk in The Hague performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck:
Echo-fantasy [listen]
Variations on Psalm 116 [listen]
Fantasy on: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (2) [listen]
Variations on Our Father who art in heaven [listen]
Toccata in a minor [listen]
Geert Bierling on the Slegel organ of the Grote or Sint-Andreaskerk in Hattem performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck:
Variations on "My young life has an end" [listen]
The granduke's ball [listen]
Chromatic fantasy in d minor [listen]
Dirk Janszoon Zwart on the Vater organ of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck:
Fantasy (Ionian) [listen]
Variations on "Allein Got in der Höh' sei Ehr" [listen]
Bert Matter on the Bader organ of the Sint-Walburgiskerk in Zutphen performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Two variations on "Ich ruf'zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ" [listen]
Jan Jongepier on the Freytag organ of the St.-Pancras- or Zuiderkerk in Enkhuizen performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Nun komm'der Heiden Heiland [listen]
Jan Jansen on the Van Vulpen organ of the Grote or Sint-Nicolaaskerk in Brouwershaven performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck,"My young life has an end" (variations on I.iii No. 6) [listen]
Johan Beeftink on the Schnitger organ of the Der Aa-kerk in Groningen performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Choral partita "O Mensch bewein'dein Sünde gross"
- verse 1 cantus firmus in soprano
- verse 2 cantus firmus in tenor
- verse 3 cantus firmus in bass [listen]
Lambert Erné on the Marcussen organ of the Nicolaïkerk in Utrecht performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck:
Fantasy in D [listen]
Variations on Dies sind die Heil'gen Zehngebot [listen]
Choral prelude 'Nun freut euch lieben Christengemein'
[listen]
Klaas Bolt on the Arend & Bruzema organ of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Echo fantasy [listen]
Dorthy de Rooij on the Kiespenning organ of the Grote Kerk in Wijk bij Duurstede performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Echo fantasy [listen]
Ton Koopman on the Schnitger organ in the Grote or Sint-Michaelskerk in Zwolle performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Chromatic fantasy in d minor / Puer nobis nascitur [listen]
Remy Syrier on a private home organ in Utrecht performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein [listen]
Pieter Dirksen on the 1787 Great Buergy Organ in the Bad Homburg Castle Church (Germany) performs Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck:
We All Believe In One True God / Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott [listen]
Fantasia in C Major [listen]
James Christie on the Fisk organ of Wellesley College performs Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck:
Toccata in C [listen]
Ballo del Gran Duca (doubtful; probably by Samuel Scheidt)
[listen]
Malle Sijmen (doubtful) [listen]
Onder een line groen [listen]
Poolsche Dans [listen]
The Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra, Dennis Keene conducting, perform Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck:
Tu as esté, Seigneur, nostre retraicte (Psalm 90) for 4
Tu as esté, Seigneur, nostre retraicte (Psalm 90) for 4
voices [listen]
Chantez à Dieu chanson nouvelle, chantez, ô terre
(Psalm 96), for 4 voices [listen]
Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 5 voices & continuo
(Cantiones Sacrae No. 13) [listen]
The Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss conducting, performs Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck:
Resveillez vous, chascun fidele [listen]
Qui en la garde du haut Dieu [listen]
Du fonds de ma pensée [listen]
De profundis clamavi ad te Domine [listen]
Magnificat [listen]
Beati pauperes spiritu [listen]
A Dieu ma voix j'ay haussée [listen]
Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire à 8 [listen]
Sus mon ame, qu'on benie le Souverain [listen]
Te Deum laudamus [listen]
The King's Singers perform Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck:
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February 2nd is the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple, for centuries know as the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Below are 15 versions of Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 82, Ich habe genug, composed for the occasion, here presented for free online listening. The feast will be celebrated in Christ Church Cathedral next Sunday, February 6.
Rembrandt van Rijn, Presentation in the Temple, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam, c. 1630
Performance by Baritone: Hans Hotter; Oboe: Sidney Sutcliffe; Organ: Geraint Jones; Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Bernard conducting. Recorded on March 22, 24, 1950, at Kingsway, London, England; digitally remastered in 2004. [text/listen]
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Performance by Tenor: Ian Bostridge; Flute: Lorenzo Cavasanti; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (Director & Violin). [text/listen]
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Performance of Counter-tenor: Jakub Burzyński; La Tempesta Ensemble. [text/listen]
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Performance of Bass: Peter Harvey; Oboe: Michael Niesemann (?); English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Church, UK. [text/listen]
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Performance by Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Oboe: Jürg Schäftlein; Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting. [text/listen]
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Performance by Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Flute: Lisa Beznosiuk; Ensemble Sonnerie, Monica Huggett, conducting. [text/listen]
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Performance of Klaus Mertens; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman conducting. Only the recitative and aria. [text/listen]
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Performance by Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Oboe: Peter Frankenberg ; Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolas Church, Elburg, Holland. [text/listen]
Performance by Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Transverse Flute: Doretthe Janssens; Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolas Church, Elburg, Holland. [text/listen]
Performance by Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker; Oboe: Michael Dobson; Bath Festival Orchestra;Yehudi Menuhin, conducting. Recorded in July 1966 at Anney Road Studios, London, England; digitally re-mastered in 2001. [text/listen]
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Performance of William Bennett, Philip Setzer, Erin Keefe, Paul Neubauer, Colin Carr, Daxun Zhang, Kenneth Cooper, Christòpheren Nomura. [text/listen]
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Performance by Baritone: Sanford Sylvan; Sarasa Ensemble. [text/listen]
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Performance by Soprano: Barbara Hendricks; Flute: Eckhart Haupt; Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Peter Schreier conducting. Recorded in July 1989 at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany. [text/listen]
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Performance by Mezzo-Soprano: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Oboe d'amore: Peggy Pearson; Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith, conducting. [text/listen]
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Performance by Countertenor: Matthew White; Les Voix baroques. [text/listen]