El Greco, St. Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1600-02
Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning [NRSV, Joel 2:12]'
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Ash Wednesday
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1) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Evensong
2) The Concert Calendar
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During the imposition of ashes at the 7:30 pm Eucharist, the choir will sing Gregorio Allegri's much celebrated Miserere.
Dave Lamson of Classical Net praises the performances of theMiserere by The Sixteen, The Tallis Scholars and by the Ensemble A Sei Voci with its two versions, one with baroque ornamentation and the other the traditional simple version.
Performances by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, conducting:
2007 recording, 2nd performance including additional embellishments by Deborah Roberts [BNQ; BM] (info)
Performances by the Ensemble A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus conducting:
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Performance, edited by Hugh Keyte, of the Taverner Consort, the Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott conducting [YouTube]
Performance by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Roy Goodman, treble, Sir David Willcocks conducting (1963) [YouTube]
Performance, edited by John Rutter, by the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge; Julius Foo; Peter Hicks; Thomas Mullock, treble; Leo Tomita, counter-tenor; Tristan Hambleton; Basil McDonald, bass; Andrew Nethsingha conducting [YouTube]
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A lengthy discussion of how Allegri's Miserere Mei reached the public: Allegri's Miserere: A Quest for the Holy Grail? By Ben Byram-Wigfield. (Make sure that you adjust the size of your Adobe reader to 100% for comfortable reading.)
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Franz Liszt composed a fantasy for piano on Allegri's celebrated Miserere, followed by a version of Mozart's Ave verum corpus,under the title À la Chapelle Sixtine [Searle 461 - two versions]. Versions of this fantasy for orchestra [Searle 360] and piano four-hands [Searle 363 not available for free online listening] followed closely the 2nd version for piano. There is also a version for organ [Searle 658] with the title Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine.
Two versions for piano:
Franz Liszt, À la Chapelle Sixtine (Miserere d'Allegri et Ave verum Corpus de Mozart) [1st version], S461, Leslie Howard, piano [CML] (info)
Franz Liszt, À la Chapelle Sixtine (Miserere d'Allegri et Ave verum Corpus de Mozart) [2nd version], S461, Leslie Howard, piano [YouTube]
Franz Liszt, À la Chapelle Sixtine (Miserere d'Allegri et Ave verum Corpus de Mozart) [2nd version], S461, Valerie Tryon, piano [BNQ; BM] (info)
Version for orchestra:
Franz Liszt, À la Chapelle Sixtine (Miserere d'Allegri et Ave verum corpus de Mozart), S360, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info)
Version for organ:
Franz Liszt, Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658, performed byMarie-Claire Alain on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Orleans [musicMe]
Franz Liszt, Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658, performed by Olivier Vernet on the 1888/2001 Rinckenbach/Aubertin organ in the church of Saint-Thiébaut in Thann, Haut-Rhin. [YouTube]
Franz Liszt, Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658, performed byChristopher Herrick, on the 1878/2000 Lewis/Harrison organ of Ripon Cathedral [CML] (info)
Franz Liszt, Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658, performed byMartin Haselbock on the Ladegast organ of St. James Cathedralin Köthen [BNQ; BM] (info)
Franz Liszt, Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658, performed byEric Lebrun at the 1852 organ of the Protestant Church of Barr, Bas-Rhin [musicMe]
Franz Liszt, Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658, performed byOlivier Latry on the pedal piano. [musicMe]