July 29, 2012




Multiplication of loaves and fish, detail from the back of throne of Archbishop Maximian, Ravenna, 6th cent.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted [NRSV, John 6:11].

Church Cathedral Choir Notes

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
 
Click to go immediately to: 


1) The Music Programme Homepage 


2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
 

3) The Concert Calendar


Hans Leo Hassler
 
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) is featured this coming Sunday at Choral Eucharist.  Here is some of his music for online listerning.

Messa super Dixit Maria [Herreweghe: YouTube],

Missa Secunda [Stairwell: YouTube]

Missa Tertia [St. Clement's: listen]

Missa Octava [Augsburg: BNQ; BM] (info)

Laudem dicite [Currende: text/listen]

Laetentur caeli [text] [Mosteiro Grijo: YouTube]

Cantate Domino [text/listen]

Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger: YouTube]

Dixit Maria [text/listen]

Ave maris stella [King's: text/YouTube]

Click to go to the Naxos Music Library and a double CD of Hassler's sacred and secular music [BNQ; BM] (info)

A CD of Hassler's music by the Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info)

And a CD by the Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir, Reinhold Kammler conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info)

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Léon Boëllmann



The organ voluntaries for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday are the Prélude pastoral and Final-marche, both from Léon Boëllmann, Deuxième Suite.

Click to hear the entire Deuxième Suite (Prélude pastoral, Allegretto con moto, Andantino, Final-marche) performed by Piet van der Steen at the 1972 Schreurs organ of the Allemanskerk (Sint-Martinskerk), Ouskarspel.

Performance by Philippe Lefebre at the 1890 Debierre organ of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port, Saint-Louis de Nantes [BNQ; BM] (info).

Intermezzo and Carillon from Douze Pièces, Op. 16 (1890) performed by Piet van der Steen at the 1972 Schreurs organ of the Allemanskerk (Sint-Martinskerk), Ouskarspel [listen]

Suite gothique, Op. 25 (1895) performed by Michael Pohl at the 2000 Woehl organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig [Grooveshark]

Suite gothique, movements I, II, and IV, performed by Marie-Claire Alain at the 1862 Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Sulpice, Paris. [YouTube]

Fantaisie, performed by Piet van der Steen at the 1972 Schreurs organ of the Allemanskerk (Sint-Martinskerk), Ouskarspel. [listen]

Les Heures mystiques, Op. 29-30, is composed of 8 Masses with 50 individual pieces [click here].  There are a scattering for listening to be found on YouTube but without order. [YouTube]
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Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.



Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012, Tuesdays at 12:30 pm.


Click to go to the Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm. Entrance: $5


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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 34

Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
 
Mass of the 9th Sunday after Pentecost

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Supplication and Modal Fugue  [YouTube]
 
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Bach Cantatas for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity:


 Alexander Master, Jesus heals the crippled woman; The parable of the barren fig-tree, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch / You have been told, mankind, Cantata 45, with performances by Leonhardt, Leusink and Richter.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz / Search me, God, and know my heart, Cantata 136, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt,  Koopman, Leusink, and Suzuki.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält / If the Lord God does not stay with us, Cantata 178, with performances by Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.