Good Shepherd, Museo Epigrafico, Rome, 4th cent.
"I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd [NRSV, Ezekiel 34:23]."
The Reign of Christ / Dedication Festival
November 20, 2011
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes ; laudate eum, omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in æternum. Gloria Patri…
Praise the Lord, all nations; praise him, all peoples. Certain is his love and mercy for us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.Glory be to the Father… (Psalm 117)
Performance by Greta de Reyghere, soprano; the Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Patrick Peire conducting [YouTube]
Performance by Joshua Bell, violin; Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Stern conducting [YouTube]
Performance by Cecilia Bartoli; the Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roberto Gabbiani, director; and the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung directing. [YouTube]
Performance by Cecilia Bartoli; the Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roberto Gabbiani, director; and the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung directing. [YouTube]
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Charles-Marie Widor
The organ voluntaries for Choral Eucharist last Sunday were from Charles-Marie Widor,Organ Symphony No. 4. This coming Sunday they are from Organ Symphony No. 5. The 10 organ symphonies by Widor performed by Hans Ole Thers on the 1879-1986 Olsen / Marcussen and Søn organ of the Helligåndskirken, Copenhagen, are available for free online listening by the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian. Cardholders of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, ready to open their account online, click here: [BNQ]; cardholders of theBibliothèque de Montréal click here: [BM].
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Christmas Rose
Advent Carol Service
Sunday, November 27, 2011, at 4:00 pm
Preludes:
Es ist ein' ros’, Johannes Brahms [info/listen]
Advent Responsory: I look from afar, Patrick Wedd [text]
Machet die Tore weit, Andreas Hammerschmidt [text/listen]
Lo, how a rose, trad.; harm. Praetorius; arr. Phil Mattson [info/listen]
Postlude:
Fantasy “Lo, he comes," Kenneth Leighton
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The 5th Anniversary of the Bach Festival Montreal will take place from November 8 to November 20, 2011.
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Bach Cantatas for the Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity:
Follower of Rembrandt, The Unmerciful Servant, The Wallace Collection, London, c.1660
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? / What am I to make of you , Ephraim?, Cantata 89, with performances by Leonhardt, Leusink and Suzuki.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit / Make yourself ready, my spirit, Cantata 115, with performances by Coin, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Richter and Rilling.