January 27, 2013

  Julius Schnorr, Esdras preaches the law, 1860
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up [NRSV, Nehemiah 8:5].



Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes 
3nd Sunday after Epiphany

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist

3) The Concert Calendar

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 Dieterich Buxtehude

The organ voluntaries for Choral Eucharist last Sunday and this coming Sunday are the work of Dietrich Buxtehude.

Click to go to the complete organ works of  Dietrich Buxtehude performed by Bernard Foccroulle.

CD IV: Stockholm, St. Getruds Gemeinde, Gronlunds Organ




Click to go to the complete organ works of Dietrich Buxtehude performed by Ton Koopman.

Vol I: BuxWV 139, 141, 146, 156, 160, 162, 169, 178, 197, 210, 213, 220 - Coci/Klapmeyer organ, Altenbruch 

Vol II: BuxWV 157, 161, 163, 164, 170, 173-175, 177, 180-182, 184, 188, 211, 217, 223 - Wilde/Schnitger organ, Lüdingworth 

Vol III: BuxWV 149, 179, 225, 140, 185, 159, 148, 187, 176, 145, 183, 213-5, 137, 193, 200 - Schnitger organ, Hamburg 

Vol IV: BuxWV 138, 199, 172, 202, 224, 147, 196, 171, 219, 203, 144, 212, 201, 167, 186, 198, 190, 207, 189 - Gercke/Herbst organ, Basedow 

Vol V (parts 1 and 2): BuxWV 142, 209, 218, 136, 222, 155, 221, 151, 152, 191, 158, 204, 205, 150, 153, 194, 192, 143, 206, 208 and preludes in e (2) and G and a chorale prelude on "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" by Nicolaus Bruhns - Bielfeldt organ, Stade

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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall

Admission Free

Fridays at 12:30 pm

 
January 25 - Jonathan Oldengarm

February 1 - Patrick Wedd

February 8 - John Grew

February 15 - Jean-Willy Kunz

March 22  - Alexandra Fol

April 5 -
João Segurado

April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson

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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Nativity Cycle, Op. 56: Nos. 10 and 12.






Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 1880 Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Cathedral of Saint-Croix, Orléans
 
Mass of the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany:

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

Postlude and Free Modal Fugue  [YouTube]

Mass of Septuagesima:

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube] 
Communion [YouTube] 
Clameurs and Choral  [YouTube]
  
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée. 
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
 
Bach Cantatas for Septuagesima Sunday:

Sir John Everett Millais, The Labourers in the Vineyard,  Tate Online, 1864

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke / I am content with my luck,
Cantata 84, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Leusink, and Scherchen.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich habe in Gottes Herz und Sinn / I have surrendered to God's heart and mind, Cantata 92, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink, and Richter.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin / Take what is yours and go on your way, Cantata 144, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink, Marriner, and Suzuki.


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Click to go to Stabat Mater for Online Listening. 


Gerard David, Crucifixion, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, c.1515

New Stabat Maters: 
 
Click to go to John Browne, Stabat Mater, by the Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott conducting.

Click to go to  Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Stabat Mater, by  Musica Sonora of Tucson, Arizona, Joel Schwindt conducting.