Altar mosaic, Church of Dominus Flevit, Jerusalem, 1954
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing [NRSV, Luke 4:3]!
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
2nd Sunday of Lent
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist
3) The Concert Calendar
Queen Mary II
The Introit for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, Henry Purcell, Thou knowest Lord, is from the Funeral Music for Queen Mary.
Click to go to Henry Purcell's complete music for the funeral of Queen Mary.
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Giralomo Fescobaldi redefined the passacaglia.
Giralomo Fescobaldi redefined the passacaglia.
Organ
postludes in Lent will be passacaglias, also called chaconnes or grounds. Their
regularly repeating bass melodies provide a perfect vehicle for meditation.
Click to go to this week's two-hour Public Radio programme of Pipedreams dealing with the organ passacaglia with a commentrary by Michael Barone.
Click to go to a second, 2007 programme of Pipedreams also dedicated to the organ passacaglia.
Click to read about the passacaglia in Wikipedia.
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Fridays at 12:30 pm
March 22 - Alexandra Fol
April 5 - João Segurado
April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
There are no Bach Cantatas assigned for the 2nd Sunday of Lent.
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Gerard Segers, Repentance of Peter, Louvre, Paris, 1624-29
New Miserere:
Click to go a performance of Francisco António de Almeida: Miserere Mei, Deus, by the Bristol University Singers, Steven Kings conducting.
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Click to go to a performance of Philippe de Monte, Miserere mei, Deus by Countertenor: Terry Wey, Jakob Huppmann; Tenors: Thomas Künne, Tore Tom Denys; Baritone: Tim Scott Whiteley; Bass: Ulfried Staber; Cinquecento; Renaissance Vokal Vienna.
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Click to go to Stabat Mater for Online Listening.
Pietro Perugino, Crucifixion with Mary and John, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1482
New Stabat Mater:
Click to go to Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, Stabat Mater, by the Coro Easo Abesbatza, Xalbador Rallo (director); Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa; Cristian Mandeal conducting.
Click to go to Franz Schubert, Stabat Mater, D383, by the Lausanne Vocal Ensemble and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Philippe Corboz and Michel Corboz conducting.