March 9, 2014

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Temptation on the Mountian, Frick Collection, New York 1308-11

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor [Matthew 4:8].


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
First Sunday in Lent

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



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Jonathan Bailey - David Henkelman



Donald Pistolesi


L’Oasis musicale presents Jonathan Bailey, flute; David Henkelman, harpsichord; and Donald Pistolesi, piano; in The Bach Family and the Flute at Christ Church Cathedral, Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 4:30 pm.  Voluntary donation.


Programme:


Flute sonata in g minor BWV 1020, Allegro – Adagio – Allegro, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)


Partita for solo flute in a minor BWV 1013, Allemande, Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in b minor from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 869, Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in F major, Adagio – Allegretto – Allegro, Johann Christian Bach (1735 – 1782, ‘The London Bach)


Sonata No.2 in G major, Wf VIII 3:2   Vivace, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 – 1795, ‘The Bückeberg Bach’)


Sonata in a minor for solo flute, Adagio, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788, ‘The Berlin Bach’)
                           
Hamburger Sonata in G major, Wq 133, Allegretto – Rondo presto, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach



The Bach Family


By way of preparation, listen free online to:


JS Bach: Flute sonata in g minor, BMV 1020, performed by Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord [musicMe]


JS Bach: Partita for solo flute in a minor, BMV 1013, performed by Aurèle Nicolet, flute [musicMe]


JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in b minor from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 869, performed by Gary Cooper, harpsicord [musicMe]


JC Bach: Sonata in F major, performed by Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute; Ewald Demeyere, cembalo [YouTube]


CPE Bach: Sonata in a minor for solo flute, performed by Nancy Hadden, flute  [musicMe]


CPE Bach: Hamburger Sonata in G major, Wq 133, performed by Vaclav Kunt, flute; Frantisek Slama, cello; Petr Adamec, harpsicord [musicMe]
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Mass setting for the 12h45 Eucharistie chantée this coming Sunday is Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Missa aeterna Christi munera. Listen to a performance by the Pro Cantione Antiqua of London, Bruno Turner conducting [musicMe]


Other Palestrina Masses:


Missa Assumpta est Maria:
Performance of La Chapelle Royale, Phillip Herreweghe conducting [musicMe]


Missa Dum Complerentur:
Performance of Regensburger Domchor, Hans Schrems conducting. [musicMe]
Motet [text] - Performance of Regensburger Domchor, Hans Schrems conducting. [musicMe]


Missa Papae Marcelli:
Click to read about the Missa Papae Marcelli.
Performance of the Westminster Abbey Choir directed by Simon Preston  [musicMe]
Performance of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks [musicMe]
Click to watch and listen to Pope John XXIII intone the Gloria which the Cappella Sistina sings from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli followed by Pope John singing the collect (much ambient noise).


Missa pro defunctis:
Performance of Chanticleer [musicMe]


Missa Sine Nomine:
Performance of the Coro della Radio Svizzera, Diego Fasolis conducting [musicMe]
Performance of the London Choir of the Carmelite Priory, John McCarthy conducting [musicMe]


Missa Tu es Petrus:
Performance of Regensburger Domchor, Hans Schrems conducting. [musicMe]
Motet [text] - Performance of Regensburger Domchor, Hans Schrems conducting. [musicMe]


Missa Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la [Hexacord Mass):
Performance of the Choeur du Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson conducting. [musicMe]


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Herbert Howells
(1892-1983)


Evensong this coming Sunday features the music of Herbert Howells.  Listen to some of his organ and choir music presented on Pipedreams.

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.

Click to hear a performance of Herbert Howells, Saraband for the Morning of Easter, by Richard Webster on the 1921 Skinner organ of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois.  Then click on Listen to Program.  Hold button and slide to 9:20 (9 minutes and 20 seconds).

Click to hear Howells' Master Tallis's Testament from Six Pieces played by Huw Williamson the 2002 Mander organ of the Peachtree United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.  Then click on Listen to Program. Then hold button and slide bar to 9:30 (9 minutes and 30 seconds).