January 24, 2016



 
Julius Schnorr, Esdras preaches the law, 1860

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up [NRSV, Nehemiah 8:5].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
3rd Sunday after Epiphany

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Choral Evensong

2) The Concert Calendar (L’Oasis Musicale)

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The organ voluntaries for this Sunday’s Eucharist are by Girolamo Frescobaldi.

Click to read about the Fiori Musicali.  

Performance of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Fiori Musicali by Sergio Vartolo, organ; the Nova Schola Gregoriana directed by Alberto Turco; and the Cappella Musicale di San Petronio; is available for free online listening by the Classical Music Library and Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, ready to open their account (dossier) online, click here.  Then for liner notes in Italian, English and French, click here.

Performance of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Fiori Musicali by  Roberto Loreggian, organ; and the Schola Gregoriana Scriptoria directed by Nicola Bellinazzo [YouTube] [Notes / Reviews] [tracking]

The complete works of Frescobaldi (15 discs) are available for free online listening from Brilliant Classics by the Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, ready to open their account (dossier) online, click here. A number of these individual discs, unfortunately without individual tracking information, is available on YouTube.


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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
Fridays at 12:30 pm
No recital on Friday, January 22.
January 29: Helen Tucker

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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Nativity Cycle, Op. 56: No.10



Mass of the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Postlude and Free Modal Fugue  [YouTube]

Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique byGeorges Delvallée.
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.


Paolo Veronese, Jesus and the Centurion, Toledo Museum of Art, 1580


Bach Cantatas for the Third Sunday after Epiphany:

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Alles nur nach Gottes Willen /Everything according to God's will, Cantata 72, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Rilling, and Suzuki.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Herr, wie du willt, so schick's mit mir /Lord, as you will, deal with me, Cantata 73, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt and Leusink.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit / What my God wants , may it always happen, Cantata 111, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Kamp, Leusink, Richter and Rilling.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe / I stand with one foot in the grave, Cantata 156, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Thomas.