Salvador Dali, Et tu, puer, prophetia altissimi, Biblia Sacra, 1964-67
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me [NRSV, Malachi 3:1a].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Second Sunday of Advent
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
3) The Concert Calendar.
The organ prelude for Choral Eucharist, December 9, is Sleepers Awake by Johann Sebastian Bach. Click for a number of different interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Sleepers Awake).
1972 Vierdag organ, Bethlehemkerk, The Hague
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El Greco, Annunciation, Colección Santander Central Hispano, Madrid, 1608-14
Click to read about the Advent Prose to be sung at both Choral Eucharist and evensong this Sunday, December 9, as well as read about the Introit of the Roman Mass for the 4th Sunday of Advent and listen to a number of musical selections.
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Conditor Alme Siderum
(Creator of the Stars of Night) is the quintessential advent hymn.
During advent it is always sung at Roman Catholic vespers. The prelude and postlude at evensong this Sunday, December 9, are organ versions of the hymn by Jehan Titelouze.Jehan Titelouze, Conditor alme siderum, performed by Yves-G. Préfontaine on the 1699 Tribout organ of the Church of St. Martin, Seurre, France with Les Chantres du Roy [BNQ] [BM] (info)
Click to read about Conditor alme siderum and to listen to a number of choral and organ arrangements.
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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, 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,
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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The music is lost for the only Bach Cantata for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70a. Click for the text and other information.