Luca Signorelli, The Elect (detail), Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto, 1499-1502
And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints (NRSV, 1 Thessalonians, 3:13)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
First Sunday of Advent
December 2, 2012
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Choral Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar.
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Choral Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar.
L’Avent à l’orgue / Organ for Advent
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
December 1, 2012, 4:30 pm
free admission / voluntary donation
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Prelude, BWV 645 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Toccata, Joseph Ahrens (1904-97)
Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen
Prelude [Binnerup: BNQ; BM] (info), Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
Partita, Joseph Ahrens
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Prelude, BWV 599 [Kibbie: listen], J. S. Bach
Prelude, BuxWV 211 [Danby: YouTube], Dietrich Buxtehude
(1637-1707)
a 2 Clav. e Pedale, BWV 659 [Kibbie: listen], J. S. Bach
a due Bassi e Canto fermo, BWV 660 [Kibbie: listen], J. S. Bach
in Organo pleno, BWV 661 [Kibbie: listen], J. S. Bach
Veni Emmanuel
A little Partita, James Woodman (b. 1957)
Fantasy on Helmsley (“Lo, he comes”), Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
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George Frideric Handel, Messiah
The Annual Handel's Messiah Sing-along will take place at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, December 15, 5:00 pm, with the Cathedral Singers and orchestra, Patrick Wedd directing. Soloists: Dayna Lamothe, soprano; Charlotte Cumberbirch, alto; Nils Brown, tenor; and Edmund Milly, baritone. Scores will be available. Free admission / voluntary contribution.
Free video performances of Handel's Messiah by the Trinity Church (Wall Street) Choir with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Julian Wachner conductor, are available for online viewing: December 13, 2010 and December 12, 2011. Program and text available.
Click to read about Messiah with access to a number of free online performances.
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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free
Fridays from November 2 to December 7 at 12:30 pm
Friday, November 30: Hans-Ola Ericsson
Friday, December 7: John Grew
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Nativity Cycle, Op. 56: No. 2
Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 1880 Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Cathedral of Saint-Croix, Orléans
Mass of the Roman Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8
Mass of the Roman Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8
Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Postlude [YouTube]
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Bach Cantatas for the First Sunday of Advent:
Netherlandish Miniaturist, Entry into Jerusalem
Très Belles Heures de Notre Dame de Jean de Berry
Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Madama, Turin, 1409
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Schwingt freudig euch empor / Soar in your joy, Cantata 36, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Kuijken, Leusink and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Now come, Saviour of the Gentile, Cantata 61, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Richter and Thomas.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Now come, saviour of the gentiles, Cantata 56, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Kamp and Leusink.