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
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar.
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar.
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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]
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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.