February 14, 2016



William Blake, Christ tempted by Satan to turn stones to bread, from Illustrations for John Milton, Paradise Regained, 1819
The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread [NRSV, Luke 4:3]."
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
1st Sunday of Lent
February 14, 2016
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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free
Fridays at 12:30 pm
On Friday, February 12, at 12:30, as part of the McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series, the Assistant Organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Adrian Foster, will perform along with Kimberley Lynch, soprano, in a joint recital.  Click here for the programme. Featured will be original compositions by Adrian and by Jason Noble, member of the Cathedral Singers.
Friday, February 19, at 12:30: Michael Dierks programme
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The motets for this coming Sunday are by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.  Listen to two versions of Adoramus te, Christe and a number of versions of Sicut Cervus as well as a selection of other works.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

(1525-94)
Click to read about Palestrina in Wikipedia.


Adoramus te, Christe [text]:
Click to watch and listen to Farther Along.
Cantus [YouTube]
Sicut Cervus [text]:
Cappella Musicale della Basilica di San Marco, Milano; Giovanni Viannini conducting [YouTube]
Sexteto Cantabile, Betty Rodríguez conducting [YouTube]
London Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner conducting [musicMe]
Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Georg Ratzinger conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Musica Contexta, Simon Ravens conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Amor Artis Chorus, Johannes Somary conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Stephen Darlington conducting [CML] (info)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell conducting [CML] (info)
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Gaël De Kerret conducting [CML] (info)
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Click watch and listen to the Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina's Nunc Dimittis in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome on the 400th anniversary of the composer's death.


Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Canite Tuba and Rorate Caeli, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker (conductor). [CML] (info)
                                                                                          
Click to listen to another Sicut Cervus sung by Pro Cantione Antiqua.
Click to listen to soloists of la Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna sing the Sanctus from the Missa Sine Nomine (a 6 voci).
Click to watch and listen to the Taipei Chamber Singers perform, Palestrina, Super flumina Babylonis.
Click on selections to hear Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli, performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir directed by Simon Preston:  Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei.
King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks [musicMe]
Click to read about the Missa Papae Marcelli.
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 aeterna Christi munera
Performance by the Pro Cantione Antiqua of London, Bruno Turnerconducting [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]
Click to watch and listen to the Farther Along, male octet of Goshen College, Indiana, sing Palestrina, Sanctus & Benedictus from the Missa pro defunctis.
Missa Assumpta est Maria:
Performance of La Chapelle Royale, Phillip Herrewegheconducting [musicMe]
Missa Ecce Ego Joannes:
Performance of the London Choir of the Carmelite Priory, John McCarthy conducting [musicMe]
Missa Dum Complerentur:
Performance of Regensburger Domchor, Hans Schrems conducting. [musicMe]
Motet [text] - Performance of Regensburger Domchor, Hans Schrems conducting. [musicMe]
Missa pro defunctis:
Performance of Chanticleer [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]