December 11, 2011

Anton Raphael Mengs, St. John the Baptist, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1774

John said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said [NRSV, John 1:23].

The Third Sunday of Advent

December 11, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.

3) The Concert Calendar

The incipit for the Gregorian chant introit from which Gaudete Sunday gets its name.

This coming Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, has traditionally been known as Gaudete Sunday, after the introit of the Latin Mass.  It will be chanted at Choral Eucharist. Rose vestments are sometimes worn and a rose candle is often lit on the Advent Wreath.

Gaudéte in Dómino semper: íterum dico, gaudéte. Modéstia vestra nota sit ómnibus homínibus: Dóminus enim prope est. Nihil solíciti sitis: sed in omni oratióne petitiónes vestræ innotéscant apud Deum. Benedixísti Dómine terram suam: avertísti captivitátem Jacob. 

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice; let your forbearance be known to all, for the Lord is near at hand; have no anxiety about anything, but in all things, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God.(Philippians 4:4-6).

Giovanni Vianini, Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis, Milano, Gaudete in Domino,Tone 1 [YouTube] (preceded by BWV 722) 

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The Annual Handel's Messiah Sing-Along will take place at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, December 10, at 5 pm, with the Cathedral Singers and orchestra, Patrick Wedd directing. Scores are available. Free admission / voluntary contribution.

A free live (and on-demand) performance of Handel's Messiah by the Trinity Church (Wall Street) Choir with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Julian Wachner, conductor, will be webcast on Sunday, December 11, from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Program and text available.  Click here just before it is scheduled to begin.  

Click to read about Messiah with access to a number of free online performances.

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Edward Burne-Jones / William Morris, Nativity, Trinity Church, Saugerties, New York

Patrick Wedd will perform, Olivier Messiaen,La Nativité du Seigneur, on the Wilhelm organ ofChrist Church Cathedral, on Saturday, December 17, at 5:00 pm.  Free admission / voluntary contribution.

Listen to La Nativité du Seigneur online performed by Messiaen himself, Jennifer Bate, Olivier Latry, and Simon Preston (click on name).

Click to listen to Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur from Pipedreams, Minnesota PBS, each movement performed by a different organist.

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1730 Trost organ of the stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany

Click to go to Advent organ music programmes archived by Pipedreams: 2009 - 2006 - 2004 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1998. 

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Click here to go to Heinrich Schütz, History of the Joyful and Merciful Birth of the Son of God and Mary, Jesus Christ, our only Mediator, Redeemer and Saviour (Die Weihnachtshistorien / The Christmas Story), performed by Franz-Josef Selig, Michael Volle, Peter Kooy, Thomas Herberich, Andrea Egeler, et al; Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata Köln, Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra; Frieder Bernius conducting