Hans Memling, Presentation in the Temple, Museo del Prado, Madrid, c. 1470
Simeon took him in his arms and praised God [NRSV, Luke 2:28].
The Presentation of the Lord / Candlemas
February 5, 2012
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Marcel Dupré
Traditionally the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord brings to a close the Christmas season.
Marcel Dupré composed the Six Antiennes pour le temps de Noël, Op. 48 (Six Antiphons for the Christmas Season) in 1952.
Ecce Dominus veniet,
et omnes sancti ejus cum eo: et erit in die illa lux magna, alleluia / Lo the Lord shall come, and all his saints
with him: and there shall be on that day great light, alleluia. (1st
Sunday Advent)
Omnipotens sermo tuus,
domine, a regalibus sedibus veniet, Alleluia. / Thy all-powerful word, Lord,
shall come from the abodes of kings, alleluia. (4th Sunday Advent)
Tecum principium, in
die virtutis tuae in splendoribus sanctorum, ex utero ante luciferum genuit
te. / Thine is the princedom in the day of thy virtue, amid the splendours of
the saints, from the womb before dawn I engendered thee. (Christmas Day)
Germinavit radix
Jesse: orta est stella ex Jacob: Virgo peperit Salvatorem: te laudamus, Deus noster. / The root of Jesse
has had seed: the star of Jacob has risen: the virgin has brought forth the Saviour:
we praise thee, our God. (Circumcision)
Stella ista sicut
flamma coruscate, et Regem Regum Deum demonstrat: Magi eam viderunt et magno
Regi munera obtulerunt. / That star shines as a flame, and shows God, the King
of Kings: wise men saw it and offered gifts to the great king. (Epiphany)
Lumen ad revelationem
gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel. / A light to lighten the gentiles, and
the glory of thy people Israel.
(Presentation)
Click to hear Marcel Dupré, 6 Antiennes
pour le Temps de Noél, Opus 48, performed by Ben van Oosten at the 1915 Casavant Frères organ of the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal. Michael Barone of Pipedreams gives a brief
commentary after the first antiphon.
Performance by George Baker at the Aeolian-Skinner/Schudi/J-FDupont organ (2000) of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas [BNQ;
BM]
Marcel Dupré improvises
on Lumen Ad Revelationem. Recorded in concert February 2,
1964 at the organ of Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse. [YouTube]
Marcel Dupré, Lumen ad
revelationem, performed by Rick Berg at the organ of Notre Dame Cathedral, Dax,
France [YouTube]
February 10: Kevin Komisaruk
February 17: Jean-Willy Kunz
March 2: Matthew Provost
March 9: William Porter
March 16: John Grew
March 23: Hans-Ola Ericsson
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Bach Cantatas for The Presentation of the Lord:
Laurentius, presbiter de Antwerpia, Presentation in the Temple, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hagure, c. 1350-60
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach,
Ich habe genug / I have enough, Cantata 82, with thirteen different performances.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde / Joyful time in the new covenant, Cantata 83, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt and Leusink.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach,
Komm, du süße Todesstunde / Come, sweet hour of death, Cantata 161, with eight different performances.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Bekennen will ich seinen Namen / I want to acknowledge his name, Cantata 200, with eight different performances.