April 28, 2013

 
Christ, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 6th cent.

Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. [NRSV, Revelation 21:6].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fifth Sunday of Easter


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Three of the organ voluntaries this coming Sunday are the work of Herbert Howells.
Read about Herbert Howells in Wikipedia.

Click to listen to an hour and half program on Pipedreams, Minnesota Public Radio, of Herbert Howells' organ and choir music, featuring the Aeolian-Skinner organ of Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, and the Willis-Mander organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

Click to listen to another Pipedreams programme: Hindemith, Howells and Hanson.

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The two organ voluntaries at Eucharistie chantée this Sunday are the work of Johann Pachelbel.

Click to read about Pachelbel in Wikipedia.


Performance of the complete organ works of Johann Pachelbel by Joseph Payne on a number of different organs. [BNQ; BM] (info)


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 Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Easter Cycle, Op. 56: Nos. 21



Performance on the 4-manual 1890 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the former Abbey of Saint-Ouen, Rouen 

Mass of the 4th Sunday after Easter


Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]

Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]

Alleluiatic Fresco [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 Cantate [Fifth Sunday of Easter]:





Anthony van Dyck, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Academy of Arts, Petrograd, c.1620


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe / It is good for you that I should go away, Cantata 108, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink and Richter.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wo gehest du hin? / Where are you going? Cantata 166, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink and Suzuki.

April 21, 2013




Illustrator of the Bamberg Apocalypse, Reichenau, The Lamb on Mount Zion, Staats Bibliotheek, Bamberg, 1000-20

For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes [NRSV, Revelation 7:17].


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fourth Sunday of Easter

Click to go immediately to:

1) The
Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.



Good Shepherd Mausoleum of Galla Placida, Ravenna

In addition to the music to be sung on this Good Shepherd Sunday, here are other works in the repertoire of the Cathedral Singers: 

Gott ist mein Hirt [text] [Ecco Voces: YouTube], Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 

Der Herr ist mein Hirt (The Lord is my Shepherd) [text] [Maria Laach: YouTube], Bernhard Klein (1793-1832) 

The Lord is my shepherd [text] [Magdalen: YouTube] Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1912) 

The Lamb [text] [Sixteen: listen], words by William Blake (1757-1827) and music by John Tavener (b. 1944) 

My shepherd is the living Lord [text] [Worcester: YouTube] Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening. 

 Bach Cantatas with the theme of the Good Shepherd:


Eric Gill, The Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, 1927

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich bin ein guter Hirt / I am a good shepherd, Canata 85, with performances by Coin, Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink and Rilling.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Du Hirte Israel, höre / You Shepherd of Israel, Listen, Cantata 104, with performances by Gardiner, Koopman, Leusink, Richter, Rilling, and Suzuki.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my faithful shepherd, Cantata 112, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink, and Rotzsch.
 
 

Bach Cantatas for Jubilate [Fourth Sunday of Easter]:




 

Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen / Weeping, lamenting, worry, apprehension, Cantata 12, with performances by Cleobury, Gardiner, Herreweghe, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, RichterRifkin, Rilling and Thomas.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ihr werdet weinen und heulen / You will weep and howl, Cantata 103, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink and Rilling.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen / We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God, Cantata 146, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink and Rilling.

April 14, 2013

Albrecht Dürer, St. John and the Twenty-four Elders in Heaven, woodcut, c.1496-98

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands [NRSV, Revelation 5:11].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Third Sunday of Easter


Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.





Percy Whitlock 1903-1946

Click to read about Percy Whitlock in Wikipedia.

Click to go to the Percy Whitlock Trust.

The two organ voluntaries and the anthem at evensong this coming sunday are the work of Percy Whitlock.  The Classical Music Library and the Naxos Music Library offer free online listening to some of Whitlock’s music.  Check with your librarian.  Click on any [info] for more information.

The following works of Percy Whitlock are performed by Robert Gower at the Hill organ of Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire.

Five Short Pieces (info)
Alllegretto [CML]
Folk Tune [CML]
Andante tranquillo [CML]
Scherzo [CML]
Paean [CML]

Organ Sonata (info)
Grave - animato [CML]
Canzona CML]
Scherzetto CML]
Choral CML]

Reflections (Three Quiet Pieces) (info)
After an old French air [CML]
Pazienza [CML]
Dolcezza [CML]

From The Wessex Suite (info)
March: Rustic Cavalry [CML]

Plymouth Suite is performed by Donald Hunt at the Bradford Computing Organ in Worcester Cathedral:

Plymouth Suite (info)
Allegro Resoluto [BNQ; BM]
Lantana [BNQ; BM]
Chanty [BNQ; BM]
Salix [BNQ; BM]
Toccata [BNQ; BM]

Click to go to an hour and a half programme of Percy Whitlock's organ music on Pipedreams.


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The spring concert of Musica Orbium, Patrick Wedd directing, celebrates Poulenc and Broadway. 


    


Kerry-Anne Kutz, soprano
Anne-Marie Denoncourt, piano 
Pamela Reimer, piano

Sunday April 14, 7:30 pm

Christ Church Cathedral
635, Sainte-Catherine West
Montréal (Québec) H3A 2B8
Metro McGill

Regular ticket: $25
Senior, Student, Unemployed: $15
 
Click to order your ticket through PayPal.
By way of preparation, click to hear Francis Poulenc, Gloria, performed by Kathleen Battle (Soprano), the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa conducting.


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


Fridays at 12:30 pm

April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson (programme)

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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening. 

Bach Cantatas for Misericordias Domini [Third Sunday of Easter]:


Eric Gill, The Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, 1927

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich bin ein guter Hirt / I am a good shepherd, Canata 85, with performances by Coin, Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink and Rilling.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Du Hirte Israel, höre / You Shepherd of Israel, Listen, Cantata 104, with performances by Gardiner, Koopman, Leusink, Richter, Rilling, and Suzuki.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my faithful shepherd, Cantata 112, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink, and Rotzsch.
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