William Blake, Christ tempted by Satan to turn stones to
bread, from Illustrations for John Milton, Paradise Regained, 1819
Fridays at 12:30 pm
February 15 - Jean-Willy Kunz (programme)
March 22 - Alexandra Fol
April 5 - João Segurado
April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson
The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread [NRSV, Luke 4:3]."
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
1at Sunday of Lent
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist
3) The Concert Calendar
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
1at Sunday of Lent
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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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 a 2007 two-hour Public Radio programme of Pipedreams dealing with organ passacaglias with a commentrary by Michael Barone.
Organ passacaglias will also be the subject of a second programme on Pipedreams this coming week. Check back here.
Click to read about the passacaglia in Wikipedia.
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The Introit for choral Eucharist on this 1st Sunday of Lent is Cristóbal de Morales, Peccantem me quotidie / I sin every day.
Click to go to performances by a number of composers.
Christian Dare: The Publican
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Fridays at 12:30 pm
February 15 - Jean-Willy Kunz (programme)
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 First Sunday of Lent.
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New Miserere:
Performance of Fabrizio Dentice, Miserere mei Deus, by Le Poème Harmonique , Vincent Dumestre conducting.
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Performance of Arvo Pärt, Miserere mei Deus, by the Hilliard Ensemble and the Western Wind Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier conducting. Recorded at St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London.
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For the music, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window." Arrange windows.
For the text, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window."
For the music, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window." Arrange windows.
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Click to go to Stabat Mater for Online Listening.
Rogier van der Weyden, Christ on the Cross with Mary and John
Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial, c.1460
New Stabat Mater:
Click to go to Virgil Thomson, Stabat Mater, by Dora Ohrenstein, soprano, and the Cassatt String Quartet.