June 7, 2012


Joos van Cleve, The Last Supper, Musée du Louvre, Paris


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Corpus Christi

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Corpus Christi is a feast day celebrated by the Church of England (as well as the Roman Catholic Church) and by numerous parishes throughout the Anglican Church of Canada, on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or the following Sunday. Click to read about Corpus Christi in Wikipedia.



The Pange Lingua, hymn for Corpus Christi, is attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas. Click to read about Pange Lingua and for the Latin text and an English translation.

Performance of the Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey [musicMe

Performance of the Monks of the Abbey of Liguge [musicMe] 

Bob Chilcott's version performed by the BBC Singers [musicMe]  

Click to read about and listen to Kenneth Gilbert perform the Pange Lingua from Le Livre d’orgue de Montréal on the Wolff organ of Redpath Hall, McGill University.

Nicolas de Grigny, Pange Lingua, performed by Michel Chapuis at the organ of the Cathedral of Belfort [YouTube]

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Olivier Latry performs Olivier Messiaen, Livre du Saint-Sacrement / Book of the Blessed Sacrement on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris [musicMe]
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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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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 27
 
Mass of Corpus Christi

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

Communion [YouTube]

Fantasy Paraphrase  [YouTube]

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