May 15, 2011

Masaccio, Distribution of Alms (detail), Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, 1426-27
They would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need [NRSV, Acts 2:45].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
May 15, 2011

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Musica Orbium is sponsoring a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K 626, sing-along, with orchestra, Patrick Wedd conducting, at Christ Church Cathedral, on Saturday, May 28, at 5:00pm.  $15 Suggested Donation.  Scores available.

Start practicing now by following the score on YouTube: Performance of Sibylla Rubens, soprano; Annette Markert, alto; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass baritone; La Chapelle RoyaleCollegium Vocale Gent; Champs-Élysées Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. [YouTube]

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All four organ voluntaries this coming Sunday are the work of  Georg Böhm, teacher of Johann Sebastian Bach.  Click to go to a wide selection of online keyboard music by Böhm.

1553 Niehoff / 1953 Beckerath organ, Johanniskirche, Lüneburg



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2011 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Click to go to performances of the Mass and motets below with texts in Latin and English by Musica Ficta, Raúl Mallavibarrena conducting:


Regina coeli, antiphon for 8 voices & organ

Cum beatus Ignatius, motet for 5 voices

Salve regina, antiphon for 6 voices

Missa Gaudeamus, for 6 voices

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen / Weeping, lamenting, worry, apprehension, Cantata 12, with performances by Cleobury, Gardiner, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, Rilling, Suzuki and Thomas.
 
Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns