May 22, 2011



 Bernardo Daddi, Martyrdom of St. Stephen (detail), Santa Croce, Florence, 1524

While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit [NRSV, Acts 7:59]."

The Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 22, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.

 
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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 of the music at evensong this coming Sunday is the work of Thomas Tallis.
The complete works of Thomas Tallis by La Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon conducting, are available for online listening through the Naxos Music Library (check with your librarian); by joining free the "Beethoven on Demand" programme of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, or by subscribing to the hard-copy edition of La Scena Musicale. (info)  Card-holders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online when prompted, need only click [NML].  Click to go to the 75-page liner notes for the complete works of Thomas Tallis.

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

Performance of Tomás Luis de Victoria, Salve Regina, by Hespèrion XXI / Capella Reial [YouTube]

Diego Velázquez, Immaculate Conception, National Gallery, London, 1618-19

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe / It is good for you that I should go away, Cantata108, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, God the Father sending the Holy Spirit, 1779