Jean-Pierre Houel, The Cedar of Lebanon in the Jardin des Plantes, Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet
On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, in order that it may
produce boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar. Under it every
kind of bird will live; in the shade of its branches will nest winged
creatures of every kind [NRSV: Ezekiel 17:23].
Third
Sunday after Pentecost
June 17, 2012
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
All four organ voluntaries this coming Sunday, June 17, by Felix Mendelssohn are from his organ sonatas.
Click to read about Felix Mendelssohn in Wikipedia.Click to go to a two-hour programme of Mendelssohn organ music on Pipedreams. Notice the access to three other programmes as well.
Peter Hurford, Mendelsohn Organ Works, performed at the 1978 Rieger Organ in Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany, is available for free online listening [musicMe]
Those with access to Naxos Music Library, cardholders of la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, la Bibliothèque de Montréal and members of "Beethoven on Demand" among others (info) may listen online to Felix Mendelssohn, Organ Sonatas, Op. 65, performed by Stephen Tharp. [BNQ; BM] [info]; or performed by Michael Dudman [BNQ; BM] (info).
There is, in addition, a wide selection of Mendelssohn organ music available for online listening on the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian. Cardholders of la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec and la Bibliothèque de Montréal, ready to open their dossier (account) online, click here: [BNQ] [BM] (info).
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Jonathan Bailey, flute; and David Henkelman, piano; will give a concert at Christ Church Cathedral, on Saturday, June 23, at 4:30 pm. Admission free / donation suggested.
By way of preparation, you are invited to click on each piece to go to an online performance by a variety of artists. Click on the composer's name for a brief biography.
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937):
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Gabriel Fauré:
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Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012.
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chartres organ
Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique, does not have a selection for the Third Sunday after Pentecost. Listen instead to his improvisation of Victimae paschali laudes, transcribed by Maurice Duruflé, performed by Philippe Lefevre at the 1971 Danion-Gonzalez / 1996 Cicchero organ
of Chartres Cathedral. (YouTube)
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Peter Breugel, Peasant Wedding, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, c. 1567
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein / Ah God, look down from heaven,
Cantata 2, with performances by Harnoncourt and Leusink.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes / The heavens declare the glory of God,Cantata 76, with performances by Harnoncourt, Leusink, Richter, Rilling and Scherchen.