April 22, 2012

  Christopher Slatoff, Saint Peter Preaching at Pentecost

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Third Sunday of Easter
April 22, 2012

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1) The Music Programme Homepage


2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar. 


Orlande de Lassus

The Mass setting and all four motets this coming Sunday are the work of Orlande de Lassus

Complete discs of de Lassus music for free online listening are available from musicMe.  Click on the appropriate title.

Lassus: La Chambre musicale d'Albert le magnifique, performed by the ensemble L'Échelle.

Lassus - Lamentationes Jeremiæ Prophetæ by Collegium Regale, Stephen Cleobury conducting.

Roland de Lassus: Magnum opus musicum by the Choeur de chambre de Namur and La Fenice, Jean Tubery conducting.

Roland de Lassus : Biographie musicale, vol. 1. Années de jeunesse by Ludus Modalis, Bruno Boterf conducting.


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Shawn Potter, organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral, will perform his final recital for a Master’s degree in organ performance from McGill University this coming Saturday, April 21, at the 1961 Beckerath organ in l’Église Immaculée-Conception, 1855 rue Rachel est (directions), at 1pm.  Admission free.



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Programme:
 
Jacob Praetorius, Vater unser im Himmelreich (7 versets / 7 verses)


Heinrich Scheidemann, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (4 versets / 4 verses)


Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ricercar del nono tono


Matthias Weckmann, Es ist das Heyl uns kommen her (7 versets / 7 verses)
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To prepare, listen free online:


Jacob Praetorius, Vater unser im Himmelreich (7 versets / 7 verses), performed by William Porter at the North German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka, Gothenburg, Sweden. [BNQ;BM] (info)


Heinrich Scheidemann, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (4 versets / 4 verses), performed by William Porter at the North German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka, Gothenburg, Sweden. [BNQ;BM] (info)


Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ricercar del nono tono, performed by James David Christie at the 1984 Fritts-Richards organ in St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church, Seattle, Washington.  To listen click here, then click on “listen to the program,” then hold button and slide to 17:23 (17 minutes and 23 seconds).  A brief commentary by Michael Barone begins at 16:03.


Matthias Weckmann, Es ist das Heyl uns kommen her (7 versets / 7 verses), performed by Wolfgang Zerer at the Sherer/Fritsche/Schnitger(1693)/Ahrend(1993) organ in the St. Jacobi Church, Hamburg, Germany. [BNQ; BM] (info)

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Music Orbium, directed by Patrick Wedd, will perform Johann Sebastian Bach, Mass in B-minor, on Sunday, April 22, at 7:30 pm, at l'Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre, 1201, rue de la Visitation, Montréal.

Hélène Brunet, soprano; Stéphanie Manias, soprano; Claudine Ledoux, mezzo-soprano; Philippe Gagné, tenor; Normand Richard, bass; and the Ensemble Caprice.

Click for more information and the possibility of purchasing tickets online.
 
Get ready by listening and watching on YouTube from the Marienmünster in Diessen am Ammersee, Bavaria, a complete performance of the Bach B-minor Mass by Gundula Janowitz, soprano; Hertha Töpper, alto; Horst R. Laubenthal, tenor; Hermann Prey, bass; Münchener Bach Orchester und Chor; Karl Richter conducting. [YouTube] [text]

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Rachelle Choi, assistant organist at Christ Church Cathedral, will perform her final recital for a Master’s degree in organ performance from McGill University on Friday, April 27, at the Casavant organ of L’Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, corner of rue Rachel and rue Drolet (Mount Royal Metro) at 8:00 pm.  Admission free.
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Programme:
 
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Allegro from Symphonie No. 6, Op. 42, No. 2 

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Les Bergers (The Shepherds), Les Anges (the Angels), Les Mages (The Magi) from La Nativité du Seigneur

César Franck (1822-1890), Cantabile en Si Majeur / in B major


Johannes Brahms  (1833-1897), Fugue in As moll WoO 8 / in A-flat minor  
            
Max Reger (1873-1916), Fantasie und Fugue d-moll, Op. 135b / Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
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To prepare, listen free online:
 
Charles-Marie Widor, Allegro from Symphonie No. 6, Op. 42 No. 2, performed by Ben van Oosten at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Ouen Church, Rouen [YouTube]    
                 
Olivier Messiaen, Les Bergers (The Shepherds) [musicMe], Les Anges (the Angels)[musicMe],Les Mages (The Magi)[musicMe], from La Nativité du Seigneur, performed by Olivier Latry at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
                                                                                                                                                   
César Franck, Cantabile en Si Majeur / in B major, performed by Michael Murray at the Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Basilica of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France. [YouTube]

Johannes Brahms, Fugue in As moll WoO 8 / in A-flat minor, performed by Daryl Robinson at the Martin Pasi Op. 19 organ, Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston, Texas. [YouTube]  
        
Max Reger, Fantasie und Fugue d-moll, Op. 135b / Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, performed by Paolo Crivellaro at the Masconi organ of the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, Gallarate, Italy [YouTube: Part 1; Part II]

                                                                                                                                                                                  

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 Eric Gill, Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, London, 1926

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich bin ein guter Hirt / I am a good shepherd, Cantata 85, with performances by Coin, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Huggett, Leusink and Rilling.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian BachDu Hirte Israel, höre / You Shepherd of Israel, Listen, Cantata 104, with performances by Gardiner, Koopman, Leusink, Richter, Rilling and Suzuki.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my faithful shepherd, Cantata 112, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rotzsch.