July 17, 2011

 

Marc Chagall, Jacob's Dream, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, 1954-67

And Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it [NRSV, Genesis 28:12]. 

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
July 17, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.

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The prelude for Choral Eucharist this Sunday is by Johann Pachelbel.

Johann Pachelbel's complete organ works are made available for online listening by the Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québéc (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online, need only click on the appropriate [NML].

Performance of Joseph Payne on a number of different organs [NML] (info)


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Georg Muffat's toccatas are featured for the third week this coming Sunday.
Two CDs of his organ works performed by Martin Haselböck are available for online listening by the Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québéc (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online, need only click on the appropriate [NML].

The First Eight Toccatas performed on the Freundt organ of Klosterneuburg Monastery [NML] (info)

Toccatas 9-12, Ciacona, Passacaglia and Nova Cyclopeias Harmonica on the Egedacher organ of the Zwettl Collegiate Church [NML]  (info)








Click [YouTube] to go to Georg Muffat, 12 toccatas, performed by Elisabeth Ullmann at the Egedacher organ of the Zwettl Collegiate Church.


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Summer is an Organ Festival in Montreal.
Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Saints-Anges, Lachine, for the Summer 2011, Wednesdays at 7:30 pm




Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Tuesdays at
12:30 pm.
Free organ recitals at St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal; Philippe Bélanger, organist; Sundays at 3:30 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.



Click to go the McGill Summer Organ Academy Concerts, July 12-21 (tickets: $15/10 unless otherwise indicated)








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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe / Merciful heart of eternal love, Cantata 185, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt and Leusink.

Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind, Museo Nazionale di Capomonte, Naples, 1568