Theophanes the Greek, Transfiguration, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow,1408
The Last Sunday after Epiphany /Transfiguration Sunday,
February 19, 2012,
and Ash Wednesday,
February 22, 2012
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Olivier Messiaen, Alléluias seriens, the 2nd movement of L'Ascension, is the prelude this coming Sunday for Choral Eucharist.
Garofalo, The Ascension of Christ, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, 1510-20
Olivier Latry performs
L'Ascension / The Ascension
on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris
1) Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire a son Père (Majesty of Christ Praying that His Father should glorify Him) [YouTube]
2) Alléluias sereins d'une ame qui désire le ciel (Serene Alleluias from a Soul Longing for Heaven) [YouTube]
3) Transports de joie d'une ame devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne (Transports of Joy from a Soul before the Glory of Christ which is its Own Glory) [YouTube]
4) Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (Prayer of Christ Ascending towards His Father) [YouTube]
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The Choir of St. Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia, rehearsing O bone Jesu in St. Peter's Square on a recent trip to Italy.
O Bone Jesu is a short hymn of supplication and thanksgiving for the
bitter passion Christ suffered for us.
The communion motet for Ash Wednesday is a version by Louis Halsey.
O bone Jesu,
miserere nobis,
quia tu creasti nos,
tu redemisti nos
sanguine tuo praetiosissimo.
O good Jesus,
Have mercy on us,
Because you created us,
You have redeemed us
With your most precious blood.
miserere nobis,
quia tu creasti nos,
tu redemisti nos
sanguine tuo praetiosissimo.
O good Jesus,
Have mercy on us,
Because you created us,
You have redeemed us
With your most precious blood.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, O bone Jesu, by the Choir
of Santo Stefano (Mozzanica
-BG- Italy), Mariuccia Morbini conducting [YouTube]
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, O bone Jesu, by the student Choir of
Conservatoire Brno, Czech Republic, František Lavička conducting. [YouTube]
Richard Dering, O bone Jesu, sung by Paul Dutton and Tom
Hunt, trebles. [YouTube]
Johannes Brahms, O bone Jesu, by the North German Figural
Choir, Jorg Straube conducting. [BNQ;
BM] (info)
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The postlude for Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist,, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß / O world, bemoan your grievous sin, BWV 622, is taken from the lenten section of Johann Sebastian Bach, Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book).
Click to read about the Orgelbüchlein.
Click to listen to the entire Orgelbüchlein byJames Kibbie at the 1717 Trost organ, St. Walpurgis, Großengottern, Germany
Performance by Ullrich Böhme at the Bach Organ of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. [musicMe]
Performance by Bernard Lagacé at the 1961 Beckerath organ of the Immaculée-Conception Church in Montreal [BNQ; BM]
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McGill free Friday organ recitals at 12:30 pm on the Wolff organ of Redpath Hall:
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 Estomihi, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday:
Unknown Catalan Master, Christ and the Twelve, Barcelona, c. 1100
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe / Jesus took the twelve to himself, Cantata 22 with performances by Gardiner, Koopman, Leonhardt and Leusink.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn / You true God and son of David,
Cantata 23, with performances by Gardiner, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, and Richter.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott / Lord Jesus Christ, true God and man, Cantata 127, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt and Leusink.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem / See! We are going up to Jerusalem, Cantata 159, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt and Leusink.
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Bach Cantatas for Sexagesima Sunday, second Sunday before Ash Wednesday:
Vincent Van Gogh, Enclosed Field with a Sower in the Rain, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 1890
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt / Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven, Cantata 18, with performances by Gardiner, Jürgens, Koopman, Leusink and Thomas.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort / Preserve us, Lord, with your word, Cantata 126, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Richter and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister / Scatterbrained frivolous people,
Cantata 181, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt and Leusink.