All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
[NRSV, Acts 2:4a].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Pentecost
May 27, 2012
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
3) The Concerts Cathédrale Calendar.
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The 18th Century Louis XIII Gallery Organcase of Rheims Cathedral Installed while Nicolas de Grigny was Organist.
The organ voluntaries for evensong on Pentecost are Nicolas de Grigny's versets on Veni Creator.
Click to go to James Pressler's virtual performance of de Grigny, Premier Livre d'orgue (First Organ Book) which includes Veni Creator. The entire work can be streamed or individual movements played by clicking on the "notes."
Performance of Nicolas de Grigny, Premier Livre d'orgue (including the versets of Veni Creator Spiritus) by John Grew on the 1981 Wolff organ of Redpath Hall, McGill University) [BNQ; BM] (info).
Performance of Michel Chapuis at the 1750 Valtrin / 1848 Callinet / 1971 Schwenkedel organ of the Cathedral of Saint Christopher, Belfort [YouTube]
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Anonymous medieval:
Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos [YouTube then click on 54:09)]
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John Rutter by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury conducting [YouTube]
Arvo Pårt, Veni Sancte Spiritus from the Berliner Messe, by the Academy of Choral Art Choir, Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
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Emil Nolde, Pentecost, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1909
Click to go to Olivier Messiaen, Messe de Pentecôte, performed by Olivier Latry on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris.
Versions on the Naxos Music Library (info): Erik Bostrom [BNQ; BM] Tim Byram-Wigfield [BNQ; BM] Catherine Crozier [BNQ; BM] Hans-Ola Ericsson [BNQ; BM] Christian Praestholm [NML; BM].
Corrado Giaquinto, The Holy Spirit, Private Collection, 1750s
Veni, Creator Spiritus
Click for text in Latin and English.
Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos [Grooveshark]
Recorded in Taizé [Grooveshark]
Rabanus Maurus performed by the Coro Paer [listen]
Magnus Perotinus by the Hilliard Ensemble [Grooveshark] (info)
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Josquin Desprez, Veni Sancte Spiritus, by The Hilliard Ensemble [YouTube]
Josquin des Prez, Veni Creator Spiritus, sung by the boys of Chavagnes International School [YouTube]
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Easter Cycle, Op. 56: No. 25
Performance on the 4-manual 1890 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the former Abbey of Saint-Ouen, Rouen, by Georges Delvallée
Offertory [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Fantasy - Choral [YouTube]
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Four Bach Cantatas for Whitsuntide.
Four Bach Cantatas for Whitsuntide.
Anthony Van Dyck, Descent of the Holy Spirit, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 1620
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach,Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten / Who loves me will keep my word, Cantata 59, with performances by Gardiner (2), Harnoncourt, Leusink and Schröder.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten / Whoever loves me will keep my word, Cantata 74, with performances by Gardiner (2), Leonhardt and Leusink.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! /Ring out, you songs, resound, you strings!,Cantata 172, with performances by Gardiner (2), Leonhardt and Leusink.