May 13, 2012


 Masolino da Panicale, St. Peter preaching, Brancacci Chapel, Florence, 1426-27

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word [NRSV, Acts 10:44].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 13, 2012

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This coming Sunday the music of Claudio Monteverdi is featured at evensong.

 Claudio Monteverdi



Performance in the Basilica di San Marco, Venice, by
Sopranos: Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi
Countertenor: Michael Chance
Tenors: Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, Sandro Naglia
Basses: Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles
The Monterverdi Choir
The London Oratory Junior Choir
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner conducting [Click here]


Performance at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, September 10, 2010 by
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
The London Oratory Junior Choir & The Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting [Click here]


Performance of soprano: Margaret Marshall; mezzo-soprano: Felicity Palmer; 
tenors: Kurt Equiluz, Philip Langridge; baritone: Thomas Hampson; 
bass: Arthur Korn; 
Concentus Musicus Wien; Tölzer Knabenchor (director: Arnold Schönberg); Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.  [Click here]


Performance by Taverner Consort, Choir & Players; Soloists: Emma Kirkby, Rogers Covey-Crump,Nigel Rogers, David Thomas; Andrew Parrott conducting. [Click here]


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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle de Pâques, Op. 56: No. 22. 

Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 4-manual 1890 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the former Abbey of Saint-Ouen, Rouen

Prelude for the Introit of the Mass on the 5th Sunday after Easter (6th Sunday of Easter) [YouTube]

The 'Offertoire'  [YouTube]

The 'Élévation' [YouTube] 

The 'Communion' [YouTube]

Grave, Fugue Libre et Postlude  [YouTube]

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 Unknown, Jesus Teaches his Disciples, Pitt Theological Library, Emory University, 16th cent.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch /Truly, truly, I say to you, Cantata 86, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen / Until now you have asked nothing in my name,  Cantata 87, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt and Leusink.