May 20, 2012


Workshop of Simone Martini, Saint Matthias, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1317-19


Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers [NRSV, Psalm 1:1].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 20, 2012

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3) The Concerts Cathédrale Calendar.

The Mass setting for this coming Sunday is William Byrd, Mass for five voices.
 


William Byrd


William Byrd composed three Masses: one for three, four and five voices.

Performance of the three Masses by the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, David Hill conducting. [musicMe]

Performance of the three Masses by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks conducting. [musicMe]

Performance of the Mass for four voices by the Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [YouTube]

Performance of the Mass for four voices by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus / Benedictus; Agnus Dei

Performance of the Mass for four voices by the Vassar College Choir, Christine Howlett conducting. [YouTube]

Performance of the Mass for five voices by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger conducting. [musicMe]
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The Virtual Byrd Choir is the sacred music unit of the Virtual Wilbye Consort.  Both activities, founded in Tokyo in 2001, rely on one Japanese male voice.

Click to hear Byrd, Mass for Four Voices (KyrieGloria, CredoSanctusBenedictusAgnus Dei), performed by the Virtual Byrd Choir.

Click to hear Byrd, Mass for Three Voices (KyrieGloriaCredoSanctusBenedictusAgnus Dei), performed by the Virtual Byrd Choir.

Click to hear Byrd, Mass for Five Voices (KyrieGloriaCredoSanctusBenedictusAgnus Dei), performed by the Virtual Byrd Choir.
 
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 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Von Biber

Click  to hear The Ascension from Heinrich Ignaz Franz Von Biber, The Rosary Sonatas, performed by John Holloway, Davitt Moroney and TragicomediaClick to go to the entire work.

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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Easter Cycle, Op. 56: No. 24
 
Mass for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Postlude  [YouTube]

Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.


 C.B. Fisk Opus 116

Performance of Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Easter Cycle, Op. 56: No. 24, by J. Melvin Butler at the Fisk organ of Finney Chapel, Oberlin College

This unusual recording features the new Aristide Cavaillé-Coll-style Fisk organ as it sounds in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College, and also as it might sound if it were in Chartres Cathedral. New recording technology makes it possible to create a mathematical model of a room's acoustics from measurements taken in the room itself. With sufficient computing power, a program can then place any sound (in this case, the sound of the Fisk organ at Oberlin) in the modelled acoustics.

Finney Chapel: [BNQ; BM (info)

Chartres Cathedral: [BNQ; BM (info)

Liner Notes: [BNQ; BM] (info)

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Johann Sebastian Bach cantatas for the 6th Sunday after Easter:


 Anthony Van Dyck, Descent of the Holy Spirit, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 1620
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun / They will banish you, Cantata 44, with performances by Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun / They will put you under a ban, Cantata 183, with performances by Coin Harnoncourt and Leusink.