Jerome Nadal, Jesus heals the deaf mute, 16th cent.
They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him [NRSV, Mark 7:32].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
15th Sunday after Pentecost
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
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1631 organ of the Church of Saint-Michel
The organ voluntaries for evensong this coming Sunday are from Jean Titelouze, Magnificat Primi Toni. The complete organ works of Titelouze including all 8 tones of the Magnificat are performed by Robert Bates at the 1631 organ of the Church of Saint-Michel, Bolbec, France.
Ad cœnam Agni providi (12:30)
Magnificat I (12:37)
Veni Creator Spiritus (10:39)
Magnificat II (11:02)
Pange lingua gloriosi (9:20)
Magnificat III (12:37)
Ut queant laxis (8:24)
Magnificat IV (11:53)
Ave maris stella (10:00)
Magnificat V (10:35)
Conditor alme siderum (5:45)
Magnificat VI (10:07)
A solis ortus cardine (8:44)
Magnificat VII (10:25)
Exsultet cœlum laudibus (7:53)
Magnificat VIII (11:35)
Annue Christe sæculorum Domine (8:51)
Sanctorum meritis inclita gaudia (9:46)
Iste confessor Domini (9:29)
Urbs Jerusalem beata (10:01).
The Bates recording of the complete organ works of Jean Titelouze is available for free online listening by the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian. Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Montréal), ready to opening their account (dosier) online will go directly to the recording by clicking here [BNQ] (info). Cardholders of Les Bibliothèques de Montréal, ready to opening their account (dosier) online will go directly to the recording by clicking here [BM] (info). Liner notes are available.
The Bates recording is avail to borrow from La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. Click for availability.
The Bates recording is avail to borrow from La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. Click for availability.
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Time & Date: Beginning Friday, September 4, at 6:00 p.m., and ending September 5 at 6:30 a.m.
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, Montréal; 635 rue Sainte-Catherine O (métro McGill)
On September 4–5, Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Montréal will present an all-night concert in celebration of the life and legacy of American composer John Cage. The concert is titled Organ2/ASLSP, after the composer’s infamous 1987 work for organ, which is intended to be played literally “As SLow aS Possible.” The work will be performed by the Cathedral organists, Patrick Wedd, Adrian Foster, and Alex Ross, while other Cage compositions, are performed simultaneously in the church. The performers will use a stopwatch, and the timing of each note has been precisely calculated and written in the score. In a twelve-hour performance, the first note sounds exactly four minutes and thirty-three seconds after the start of the piece.
Cage’s work ORGAN2/ASLSP has gained considerable attention in recent years, in light of an ongoing performance, set to last 639 years, in Halberstadt, Germany. This 12-hour performance on Christ Church Cathedral’s majestic pipe organ marks the composer’s birthday and will be among the longest continuous performances of the work.
Other works that will be featured throughout the evening include the Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonata for Clarinet, Aria for Solo Voice, Composed Improvisation for Single-Headed Drums, and more. The idea to perform other pieces simultaneously with the organ stems from Cage’s philosophy and performance instructions from many of his compositions.
There will be a pre-concert talk at 6 p.m. on September 4th, and the concert will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase until 10 p.m., and the end of the concert will be marked by a complimentary breakfast in the cathedral baptistry.
The concert is free (freewill donations will support the musicians), and all are welcome to enter and leave at any point in the night. In addition to highlighting Cage’s birthday, the concert marks the month of the annual Journées de la culture in Montréal, anticipating the many events and activities that will take place at the Cathedral from September 25–27.
Everything we do is music - John Cage
To help prepare:
Organ2/ASLSP, performed by Gary Verkade at the 1971 Grönlunds Organ of Nederluleå Church, Gammelstad, Sweden, is available for free online listening to subscribers to The Classical Music Library. Check with your librarian. Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, (Montréal) ready to open their account (dossier) online, will go directly to Organ2/ASLSP by clicking on [CML] (info). Organ2/ASLSP is track 16 of John Cage: The Works for Organ. Liner notes are available. The length here of Organ2/ASLSP is 32 minutes, 48 seconds.
The Halberstadt Organ
Click for enlarged pictures of the Halberstadt Organ and St. Burchardi Church. (There are 16 pictures. Click on the arrow in the upper right to go from one to the next.)
A performance parallel to the Halberstadt Organ of one minute duration by keyboard, baritone sax, alto sax, violin and recorder (December 13, 2008 from 5:27:21 pm to 5:28:21 pm) [YouTube]
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four.
If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two.
Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.
- John Cage
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Click to go to free organ recitals at Saint Joseph Oratory (Sundays at 3:30pm).
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56: No. 41
Mass of the 15th Sunday after Pentecost
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From Petrus eComestor's Bible Historiale, One leper returns, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1372
Bach Cantatas for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity:
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wer Dankopfert, der preiset mich / Who gives thanks praises me, Cantata 17, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, and Richter.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe / There is nothing healthy in my body, Cantata 25, with performances by Gardiner, Geiser, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink and Suzuki.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, der du meine Seele / Jesus, by whom my soul, Cantata 78, with performances by Comparone, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Koopman, Leusink, Reinhart, Richter, Sondeckis, and Thomas.