Alexander Master, Jesus heals the crippled woman; The parable of the barren fig-tree,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430
So the man said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil [NRSV, Luke 13:7]?'
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
3rd Sunday of Lent
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist,
Eucharistie chantée and Choral Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
Anonymous artist, François Couperin, Collection of the Château de Versailles.
The prelude for the 10 am Choral Eucharist and the 12h45
Eucharistie chantée is the Tierce en taille from the Messe pour les couvents by
François Couperin.
Click here (and scroll down to “organ”) to
read about Couperin’s two organ Masses.
François Couperin, Messe pour les paroisses & Messe pour les couvents performed by
Marie-Claire Alain at the Moucherei-Formentelli organ of the Cathedral of Saint Cecilia in Albi [musicMe]
François Couperin, Messe pour les couvents performed by
André Marchal at the Great Organ of the Prytanée Militaire de la Flèche, France [musicMe]
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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.
Cantata 54 is assigned to Oculi Sunday, the Third Sunday of Lent (Oculi is the first word of the traditional introit).
Alexander Master, Jesus heals the Geresene, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Widerstehe doch der Sünde / Stand firm against sin, Cantata 54, with performances by Gardiner, Gould, Herreweghe, Koopman, Lamon, Leonhardt, Lesne, Leusink, Scherchen, Thomas.
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Georges Rouault, Out of the Depths, Miserere mei engraving, plate 47, 1922-27
New Miserere:
Click to go a performance of Francesco Scarlatti: Miserere Mei, Deus, performed by the Armonico Consort, the Concerto Gallese, the English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, director Christopher Monks, Emma Kirkby soprano solo.
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Click to go to Stabat Mater for Online Listening.
Cosimo Rosetti, Crucifixion
New Stabat Mater:
Click to go to Antonio Caldara, Stabat Mater, with performances by Clemencic, Christophers, Kollar and Rovatkay.