Domenico Ghirlandaio, The Birth of John the Baptist, Tournabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1486-90
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son [NRSV: Luke 1:57].
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
June 24, 2012
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
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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This
is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not, and
said plainly: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What art thou
then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And
he answered: no. then said they unto him: What art thou? That we may
give and answer unto them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? And
he said: I am the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Make
straight the way of the Lord. (John 19-23)
Performance of:
The Choir of Magdalen College [YouTube]
Saint Mary Magdalene Choir [YouTube]
Kampen Boys Choir [YouTube]
Boyce2Gibbons [YouTube]
Choir of King's College, Cambridge [YouTube]
Saint Mary Magdalene Choir [YouTube]
Kampen Boys Choir [YouTube]
Boyce2Gibbons [YouTube]
Choir of King's College, Cambridge [YouTube]
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge [musicMe]
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Much of Orlando Gibbons' music is available for online listening free through the Classical Music Library and the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian.
Gibbons: Choral and Organ Music contains the Second Service canticles performed by the Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info).
Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge; David Willcocks conducting; includes the Short Service canticles [BNQ; BM] (info).
Gibbons: Choral and Organ Music contains the Second Service canticles performed by the Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info).
Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge; David Willcocks conducting; includes the Short Service canticles [BNQ; BM] (info).
Gibbons: Anthems / complete Organ Works by the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge; Christopher Robinson conducting; Philip Scriven and Robert Wooley, organ [BNQ; BM] (info).
Mass of the 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 29
Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Bach Cantatas for the Third Sunday after Trinity:
Domenico Feti, Parable of the Lost Drachma, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, 1618-22
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis in meinem Herzen / I had much affliction in my heart,Cantata 21, with performances by Fasolis, Gardiner, Goebel, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Koopman, Kuijken, Leonhardt, Leusink and Richter.