February 26, 2012


William Blake, The Baptism of Jesus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1816-20


In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan [NRSV, Mark 1:9].

The First Sunday of Lent 
February 26, 2012

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

The organ voluntaries during Lent will be the work of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.
Click to go to a collection of virtual performances of Sweelinck's work created by James Pressler.

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The Comunion motet for this coming Sunday is Cristóbal de MoralesPeccantem me quotidie.



Fra Angelico, Penitent St. Jerome. Princeton University, c.1424

Peccantem me quotidie
et non penitentem,
Timor mortis conturbat me.

I sin every day
and am not penitent;
the fear of death upsets me:

Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio. 
Miserere mei, Deus, et salva me.

Because in hell there is no redemption.
Have mercy upon me, O God, and save me.

[Deus, in nomine tuo salvum me fac,
et in virtute tua libera me.

O God, save me for Thy name's sake
and deliver me in Thy strength.]


William Byrd: Performance by The Deller consort [YouTube]

William Byrd: Performance by AlamireDavid Skinner conducting [BNQ; BM] (info) [YouTube]

William Byrd: Performance by the Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood conducting [Grooveshark]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Performance by the Westminster Cathedral Choir, Stephen Cleobury conducting [musicMe]

Carlo Gesualdo: Performance by the Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly conducting. [YouTube]

Carlo Gesualdo: Performance by the Empire Brass (transcribed for winds by Peter Maxwell Davies) [Grooveshark]

Carlo Gesualdo: Performance by Chanticleer [Grooveshark]

Gregorian chant: [YouTube]

Gregorian chant: Performance by the Voices of Tranquility [Grooveshark]

Martín Gorostidi: Performance by La Escolanía del Escorial, Gustavo Sánchez conducting [YouTube] (begins at 1:45)

Cristóbal de Morales: Performance of the Coro Averroes [YouTube]

Tómas Luis de Victoria: Performance of the Hilliard Ensemble [YouTube]

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McGill free Friday organ recitals at 12:30 pm on the Wolff organ of Redpath Hall:


March 2: Matthew Provost
March 9: William Porter
March 16: John Grew
March 23: Hans-Ola Ericsson
 




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Master of the Parlement de Paris, Crucifixion, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los  Angeles, 1490s

Arvo Pärt : Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (Passio)

Click to read about Arvo Pärt.

Click to read about Passio.

Text in Latin with an English translation: John 18John 19.

Performance by Michael George (Bass), David James (Countertenor), John Potter (Tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (Tenor), Gordon Jones (Baritone), Elizabeth Layton (Violin), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (Organ), Mary Seers (Soprano), Melinda Maxwell (Oboe), Elisabeth Wilson (Cello), Catherine Duckett (Bassoon);  Hilliard Ensemble,  Western Wind Chamber Choir; Paul Hillier conducting.  [YouTube]

Performance by  Mark Anderson (Tenor), Robert MacDonald (Bass), Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts conducting [BNQBM] (info)  Booklet: [BNQBM] (info)

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Click to read about  Arvo Pårt, Stabat Mater, and access performances by  Christopher JacksonDag JanssonKristjan JärviGidon KremerAndrew Parrott.

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Arvo Pårt, Miserere, performed by Hilliard Ensemble,  Western Wind Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier conducting. [text] [Grooveshark]