July 24, 2011

Sir John Everett Millais, The Pearl of Great Price, Tate Collections, 1864

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it [NRSV, Genesis 13:45-46]."

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

July 24, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.

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 Magdalen College Choir

John Sheppard, responsible for the introit and anthem for this Sunday's evensong, was one of the more significant church composers of the Tudor era.  He served as Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford, and as a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.

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Performance of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers conducting: Laudate pueri dominum; Libera nos, salva nos ; Jesu, salvator saeculi, verbum; Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis.

Performance of The Hilliard Ensemble: Aeterne rex altissime.

Performance of the Clerkes of Oxenford: Verbum caro factum est; Laudem dicite Deo; Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria virgo; In pace.

Multiple versions of In Manus Tuas.

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Georg Muffat's toccatas are featured for the fourth 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.

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden / See, I shall send out , Cantata 88, with performances by Gardiner and Leusink.

Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fish, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1515-16