Transfiguration
But for you who revere my
name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings [Malachi 4:2a].
Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Regina caeli by Gregor Aichinger is the Communion motet for Choral Eucharist and La Eucharistie chantée this coming Sunday.
Gentile da Fabriano, Coronation of the Virgin, Getty Museum, 1420
Click to read about Regina Caeli.
V. Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia.
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
R. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.
For he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia.
V. Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.
Has risen as he said, alleluia.
R. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Gregorian Chant:
Performed by the Monks of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, [musicMe]
Performed by Sinéad O'Connor [YouTube]
Performed by Sacris Concentum Cantores [musicMe]
Performed by Chanticleer [musicMe]
Henricus Isaac (c.1450-1517), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [CML] (info)
Henricus Isaac, performed by the London Cornett and Sacbut Ensemble and the London Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner conducting [musicMe]
Francisco Guerrero (1528-99), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [CML] (info)
Hernando Franco (1532-85), performed by the Cappella Cervantina, Horacio Franco conducting [musicMe]
Orlande de Lassus (1532-94), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [CML] (info)
Robert White (c.1538-74), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Philips conducting [CML] (info)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), performed by La Grande Chapelle, Albert Recasens conducting [musicMe]
Francesco Soriano (c.1548-1621), performed by the Maria Choir, Bror Samuelson conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info)
Philippe Rogier(1561-96), performed by the Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh conducting [musicMe]
Gregor Aichinger (1565-1628) performed by LaMaîtrise des hauts de France [YouTube]
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), performed by Le Concert spirituel, Hervé Niquet conducting [BNQ; BM ] (info)
George Frideric Handel (1685-59): performed by the Scholars Baroque ensemble, conducted by David van Asch [BNQ; BM] (info)
Éric Lebrun (b. 1967), performed by Bayard-musique [musicMe]
Andrew Smith (b. 1970, performed by Trio Mediaeval [musicMe]
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Come hear our fellow parishioner, Gabriel Mairson, perform Benjamin Britten this Saturday, October 16, 4:30pm, at Christ Church Cathedral. L'Oasis Musicale. Admission free.
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Serenade
Flute Sonata (1927) Allegro moderato, Aria Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Ondine (1908) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Winter Pastorale (1925) Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
4 Pieces H104 (1912) (selections) Frank Bridge
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op 31 (1943)
Ondine (1908) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Winter Pastorale (1925) Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
4 Pieces H104 (1912) (selections) Frank Bridge
Linda Brady, piano
Shayna Palevsky, flute
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op 31 (1943)
1. Prologue
2. Pastoral, de/from The Evening Quatrains, Charles Cotton (1630–1687)
3. Nocturne, Blow, bugle, blow by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
4. Elegy, The Sick Rose by William Blake (1757–1827)
5. Dirge, the anonymous Lyke-Wake Dirge (fifteenth century).
6. Hymn, Hymn to Diana by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
7. Sonnet, To Sleep by John Keats (1795–1821)
8. Epilogue
Kevin Myers, tenor; Gabriel Mairson, horn
Chamber Music Without Borders String Ensemble,
John Wiens conductor/ directeur
By way of preparation, listen online to:
Erwin Schuloff, Flute Sonata, performed by Katelyn Kaiser, flute; and Yoonsook Song, piano [YouTube]
Maurice Ravel, Ondine, performed by Lazar Berman [musicMe]
Frank Bridge, Winter Pastorale, performed by Peter Jacobs [YouTube]
Benjamin Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, performed by Barry Tuckwell, horn; Peter Pears, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten conducting [musicMe]
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The Autumn Concert of Musica Orbium, directed by Patrick Wedd, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten:
Gloriana Dances
Five Flower Songs
Five Flower Songs
A Boy was Born
with the assistance of Concerto della Donna, directed by Iwan Edwards
Erik Reinart, organist
Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm.
St. George Anglican Church
1101 Stanley Street
Montreal (Metro Bonaventure)
Click here for more information and the opportunity of purchasing tickets online.
Prepare for the concert by reading about the pieces, checking out the texts and by listening to a number of online performances:
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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free
Fridays from November 1 to December 6 at 12:30 pm
November 15: Jan Jarcyk, Improvisation - Coversations
November 22: William Porter
November 29: Mark Macdonald
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
The Sack of Jerusalem, Arch of Titus, Rome, 82 CE
Bach Cantata 90 for the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity:
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es reifet euch ein schrecklich Ende /A dreadful end carries you away, Cantata 90, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink, Schröder and Werner.