February 13, 2011

 Sir Edward Poynter, Paul and Apollos, Tate Collection, 1872

I [Paul] planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth [NRSV, 1 Cor. 3:6].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
 
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany


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John Stanley

The organ voluntaries for evensong this coming Sunday are by John StanleyNaxos Music Library makes available for online listening recordings of selected organ voluntaries by John Stanley performed by Richard Marlow on the 1708 Father Willis organ of Trinity College, Cambridge, [NML] (info) and by Ton Koopman on the 1800 England & Russell organ of St. Mary's, Rotherhithe [NML] (info) Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online, need only click on the appropriate underlined [NML]. 
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Jehan Alain in 1938

Jehan Alain, a Centenary Tribute: though he did not live to be thirty, in the hundred years since his birth, Alain’s remarkable and original works have achieved world-renown. 

Click to go to a two-hour programme of his works on Pipedreams

There are also two archived Pipedreams programmes featuring commentary by Jehan Alain’s sister, Marie-Claire Alain, the universally acclaimed recitalist, recording artist and teacher, through whose determined artistry her brother’s composition have become universally known…Alain on Alain (Part 1) devoted to the Alain family and the particular accomplishments of Marie-Claire Alain; and Alain On Alain (Part 2) featuring more of the works of Jehan Alain.
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Gustave Doré, The Sermon on the Mount, private collection, mid-19th cent.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantatas for Matthew 5: 20-26:

Performances of Cantata 9, conducted by  John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]

Performances of Cantata 170 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Gustav Leonhardt, and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]