James Tissot, The Good Shepherd, Brooklyn Museum, 1986-94
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 29, 2012
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar.
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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
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]
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
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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
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]
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Thomas Tomkins, Funeral Sentences by the Oxford Camerata; Laurence Cummings, organ; Jeremy Summerly conducting. [YouTube]
Thomas Tomkins, Magnificat from The Fifth Service by the Oxford Camerata; Laurence Cummings, organ; Jeremy Summerly conducting. [YouTube]
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Good Shepherd, Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome,
2nd-3rd century
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Te Deum [NML] (info)
Jubilate [NML] (info)
Magnificat [NML] (info)
Nunc dimittis [NML] (info)
To the shady woods
See, see the sheperd's Queen
O let me live for true love
O let me die for true love
Oyez! Has any found a lad?
Weep no more, thou sorry Boy
Yet again, as soon revived
Was ever wretch tormented?
Music divine
It is my well-beloved's voice
Cloris, when as I woo
Too much I once lamented
Woe is me
Turn unto the ord
When David heard
Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers
Fusca, in thy starry eyes
When I observe
Oft did I marie
liner notes with lyrics [ CML] (info)
Third Service "Great": Jubilate
Third Service "Great": Magnificat
Voluntary for Keyboard in G major
Third Service "Great": Nunc dimittis
Voluntary for Keyboard in C major
Know you not
Voluntary for Keyboard in A minor
O Lord, let me know mine end
O that the salvation were given
The music of Thomas Tomkins is featured at evensong this coming Sunday.
St. Mary's Gate, Worcester, (later known as Edgar
Tower)
Through which Tomkins would have walked on his frequent
trips to London
Thomas Tomkins
(1572-1656)
Click to read about Thomas
Tomkins in Wikipedia.
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Thomas Tomkins, See, see, the shepherd's
queen [text], performed by The Virtual Wylbye Consort (single Japanese male voice). [Listen]
Performance by The MacKay Choral Society [YouTube]
Performance by The MacKay Choral Society [YouTube]
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Michiel van der Borch, Death of Absalom,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1332
Click to read about and listen to several versions of Thomas Tomkins, When
David heard.
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Thomas Tomkins, Funeral Sentences by the Oxford Camerata; Laurence Cummings, organ; Jeremy Summerly conducting. [YouTube]
Thomas Tomkins, Magnificat from The Fifth Service by the Oxford Camerata; Laurence Cummings, organ; Jeremy Summerly conducting. [YouTube]
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Too much I once lamented, While love my heart
tormented, Fa la la ... Alas and Ay me sat I wringing; Now chanting go, and
singing. Fa la la ...
Thomas Tomkins, Too much I once
lamented, by The King's Singers
[YouTube]
Performance by Anna Molnár and Viktor Magyaróvári [YouTube]
Performance by
Belle a
Cappella [YouTube]
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Thomas Tomkins, My
shepherd is the living Lord [text], by the Worcester Cathedral choir; Raymond Johnston, organist; Donald Hunt conducting.
[YouTube]
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Thomas Tomkins, A Fancy for Two to
Play. [YouTube]
Thomas Tomkins, In Nomine, by
Margaret Fabrizio on the Fisk Organ at Stanford University.
[YouTube]
Thomas Tomkins, Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times, by Kevin
Gray. [YouTube]
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Click to go to works by Thomas Tomkins performed by Rostislaw Wygranienko: A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times; The Hunting
Galliard; Voluntary in C (Ferrara); Voluntary in C
(Breitenburg).
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Works of Thomas
Tomkins performed by the Tallis Scholars,
Peter Phillips conducting:
Third or "Great"
Service:
Te Deum [NML] (info)
Jubilate [NML] (info)
Magnificat [NML] (info)
Nunc dimittis [NML] (info)
Anthems:
Then David mourned [NML] (info)
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom [NML] (info)
Woe is me that I am constrained [NML] (info)
Be strong and of a good courage [NML] (info)
O sing unto the Lord a new song [NML] (info)
O God, the proud are risen against me [NML] (info)
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom [NML] (info)
Woe is me that I am constrained [NML] (info)
Be strong and of a good courage [NML] (info)
O sing unto the Lord a new song [NML] (info)
O God, the proud are risen against me [NML] (info)
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Thomas Tomkins, Songs, performed by the Budapest Tomkins Vocal Ensemble; Janos Dobra
conducting [NML] (info)
The fauns and satyrs tripping
Phyllis, now cease to move me
Phyllis, yet see him dying
Come, shepherds, sing with me Phyllis, now cease to move me
Phyllis, yet see him dying
To the shady woods
See, see the sheperd's Queen
O let me live for true love
O let me die for true love
Oyez! Has any found a lad?
Weep no more, thou sorry Boy
Yet again, as soon revived
Was ever wretch tormented?
Music divine
It is my well-beloved's voice
Cloris, when as I woo
Too much I once lamented
Woe is me
Turn unto the ord
When David heard
Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers
Fusca, in thy starry eyes
When I observe
Oft did I marie
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Tomkins: Third Service, Anthems and Voluntaries
performed by the Choir of New College, Oxford; David Burchell organ;
Edward Higginbottom conducting [CML] (info)
liner notes with lyrics [ CML] (info)
Third Service "Great": Te Deum
In nomine Third Service "Great": Jubilate
Third Service "Great": Magnificat
Voluntary for Keyboard in G major
Third Service "Great": Nunc dimittis
Voluntary for Keyboard in C major
Know you not
Voluntary for Keyboard in A minor
O Lord, let me know mine end
O that the salvation were given
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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ihr werdet weinen und heulen / You will weep and howl, Cantata 103, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal / We must enter through much sorrow, Cantata 146, with performances by Fasolis, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.
Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns
Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns