Caravaggio, The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, 1601
Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’ 5He asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The reply came, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting [NRSV, Acts 9:4-5].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
3) The Concert Calendar.
All four organ voluntaries this coming Sunday, June 29, are by Felix Mendelssohn, movements from the Organ Sonata, No. 4, in B-Flat Major.
Click to read about Felix Mendelssohn in Wikipedia.
Click to go to a two-hour programme of Mendelssohn organ music on Pipedreams. Notice the access to three other programmes as well.
Peter Hurford, Mendelssohn Organ Works, performed at the 1978 Rieger Organ in Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany [musicMe]
Marie-Claire Alain, Mendelssohn organ works, performed at the 20th cent. Andersen organ of St. Bendt’s, Ringsted, Denmark [musicMe]
Those with access to Naxos Music Library, cardholders of la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, la Bibliothèque de Montréal and members of "Beethoven on Demand" among others (info) may listen online to Felix Mendelssohn, Organ Sonatas, Op. 65, performed by Stephen Tharp. [BNQ; BM] [info]; or performed by Michael Dudman [BNQ; BM] (info).
There is, in addition, a wide selection of Mendelssohn organ music available for online listening on the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian. Cardholders of la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec and la Bibliothèque de Montréal, ready to open their dossier (account) online, click here: [BNQ] [BM] (info).
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Celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul by listening to music in their honour.
Sir Anthony van Dyke, Penitent Apostle Peter, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 1617-18
Performance with text by the Ensemble Vocal Europeen, Philippe Herreweghe conducting. [YouTube]
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Manuscript image of St. Paul, from the Abbey of St. Gallen, Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, early 9th cent.
Read about Felix Mendelssohn and Paulus, op. 36.
Click to go to the liner notes for the Hickox performance on Chandos Records which contain the entire libretto in German and English.
Felix Mendelssohn, Paulus, op.36, performance by Juliane Banse (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Alto), Michael Schade (Tenor) & Andreas Schmidt (Bass), Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Prager Kammerchor & Tschechische Philharmonie, Helmuth Rilling conducting. [CML](info)
Felix Mendelssohn, Paulus, op.36, performance by Gerlinde Sämann (Soprano), Theresa Holzhasuser (alto), Maximilian Kiener (Tenor), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Bass), UniversitätsChor München, Johannes Kleinjung conducting, [YouTube]
Felix Mendelssohn, Paulus, op.36, performance by from the Katharinensaal of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock; Gregorz Sobczak (Paul), Emanuel Jessel (Stephen), Philipp Franke (Recitative), Claudia Rock (Soprano), Hitomi Kawai (Alto), Karo Khachatryan (Tenor), Yuji Natsume (Bass Baritone, Bass), Hochschulchor, Kammerchor “Vocalisti Rostochienses,” Chor des Goethegymnasiums Schwerin, Orchester der HMT-Rostock, Beatrice Holzer-Graf (Solo-Cello), Christfried Göckeritz conducting. [YouTube]
Felix Mendelssohn, Paulus, op.36, performance by Annette Markert (Alto), Melanie Diener (Soprano), James Taylor (Tenor), Matthias Gorne (Bass), Ghent Collegium Vocale, Champs-Élysées Orchestra, La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe conducting. [YouTube] [Despite visual reference to Hickox, this is a performance by Herreweghe.]
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
Peter Breugel, Peasant Wedding, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, c. 1567
Bach Cantatas for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity:
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein / Ah God, look down from heaven, Cantata 2, with performances by Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Koopman, Leusink and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes / The heavens declare the glory of God, Cantata 76, with performances by Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink , Richter, Rilling and Scherchen.