May 29, 2011

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Jesus taking leave of his disciples, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live [NRSV, John 14:19]."

The Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 29, 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 Royale; Collegium Vocale Gent; Champs-Élysées Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. [YouTube]

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Last Sunday at evensong all of the music (voluntaries, motets, psalm, responses, canticles and hymns) was composed by Thomas Tallis.  This Sunday his If you love me, Tallis's most popular work, with words taken from the Gospel lesson, is the introit for Choral Eucharist.  Click to access 23 different performances of If ye love me.
 

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

Click to go to 5 different performances of Tomás Luis de Victoria's Alma redemptoris mater.

Raphael, The Small Cowper Madonna, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1504-05

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wahrlich, Wahrich, ich sage euch / Truly, truly, I say to you, Cantata 86, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.

Unknown, Jesus Teaches his Disciples, Pitt Theological Library, Emory University, 16th cent.