August 12, 2012


  Peter Paul Rubens,The Prophet Elijah and the Angel, Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, 1625-28

Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat [NRSV, 1 Kings 19:5]."

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost



 

The organ voluntaries and Introit for evensong this coming Sunday will be the work of Samuel Sebastian Wesley.

Click to go to a selection of Samuel Sebastian Wesley's compositions on YouTube.

Below are selections available for listening online from the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian. (info)
 
Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Organ Works, performed by James McVinnie on the Father Henry Willis organ of St Michael and All Angels, Tenbury Wells.
 
Extensive programme notes including description of the organ [BNQ; BM] (info)

Listen to all [BNQ; BM](info)

Introduction and Fugue in C sharp minor (revised version 1869) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Larghetto in F sharp minor from Three pieces for a chamber organ, II (1842-43) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Voluntary (Grave in D minor - Andante in F major) (1872) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Andante cantabile in G major (1864) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Andante in F major from Three pieces for a chamber organ, I (1842) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Andante in E flat major from Three pieces for a chamber organ, II (1842-43) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Andante in C major (1871) from The Musical Standard [BNQ; BM] (info)

Andante in E minor (1877) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Holsworthy Church Bells, Air with Variations [BNQ; BM] (info)

Choral Song from Three pieces for a chamber organ, I (1842) [BNQ; BM] (info)


Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Anthems, performed by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson conducting; James McVinnie, organist and Senior Organ Scholar; Tim Harper, Junior Organ Scholar.

Extensive programme notes including lyrics [NML; BM] (info)

Listen to all [BNQ; BM] (info)

Ascribe unto the Lord [BNQ; BM] (info)

O give thanks unto the Lord (Soprano: Philippa Boyle) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace [BNQ; BM] (info)

Wash me throughly (Soprano: Emilia Hughes) [BNQ; BM] (info)

O God, whose nature [BNQ; BM](info)

Let us lift up our heart [BNQ; BM] (info)

Be not very sore, O Lord [BNQ; BM] (info)

Thou, O Lord God (Baritone: George Humpreys) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Thou Judge of quick and dead [BNQ; BM] (info)

O may we thus insure [BNQ; BM] (info)

Blessed be the God and Father (Soprano: Philippa Boyle) [BNQ; BM] (info)

Cast me not away from thy presence: Cast me not away [BNQ; BM] (info)

The wilderness and the solitary place [BNQ; BM] (info)

Say to them of a fearful heart (Baritone: George Humpreys) [BNQ; BM]
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Then shall the lame man [BNQ; BM] (info)

And the ransomed of the Lord [BNQ; BM] (info)

 And sorrow and sighing [BNQ; BM] (info)


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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. 37

Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
 
Mass of the 11th Sunday after Pentecost

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Choral No. 2  [YouTube]
 
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Bach Cantatas for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity: 



James Tissot, Jesus Weeping over Jerusalem, Brooklyn Museum, 1886-96


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Schauet doch und sehet / Behold and see, Cantata 46, with performances by Koopman, Leonhardt and Leusink.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott / Take from us, you faithful God, Cantata 101, with performances by Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben! / Lord, your eyes look for faith!, Cantata 102, with performances by Harnoncourt,  Leusink, Richter, and Rilling.