August 30, 2009

Edward Burne-Jones, antique photo of a cartoon for a glass painting, Songs of Songs, for Darley Dale Church, about 1862

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice (Song of Solomon 2:9).

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Arthur Wills, Missa brevis, is the Mass setting for this coming Sunday. Click to read about Arthur Wills and listen to a wide variety of his choral and organ music, including the Missa brevis.




Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

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2009 Commemoration: the 350th anniversary of the birth of Henry Purcell (1659-1695).

Click to go to the Analekta disc, Henry Purcell: Here let my Life, with a variety of Purcell music, including The Moor's Revenge, as well as Matthias Maute, Concerto pour la mort de Henry Purcell. Performance by James Bowman, Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music. Complete text available.






Click to go to Vladimir Godár, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by Iva Bittová, alto, and the ensemble Solamente Naturali, Marek Štryncl conducting.





Click to go to a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 38, by Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Trudeliese Schmidt; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München.

August 23, 2009

Jerusalem, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built (NRSV, 1 Kings 8:27)!

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sacerdotes Domini and Ave verum corpus, motets for this Sunday, are two by William Byrd that treat directly of the Eucharist. Click to go to a performance of William Byrd, Mass for five voices, by the Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill conducting, set within the context of the Latin liturgy for the Feast of Corpus Christi with a number of other related motets by Byrd.




Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

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2009 Commemoration: 200th anniversay of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)


Click to go to Felix Mendelssohn, Organ Pieces, performed by Alain Bouvet on the 1885 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Abbey Church of Saint-Étienne in Caen.






Click to go to Fedele Fenaroli, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by the Corelli Chamber Orchestra, Manfredo Dorindo di Crescenzo conducting.






Click to go to a performance of Cantata 180 by Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Trudeliese Schmidt; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München.

August 16, 2009

Luca Giordano, Dream of Solomon, Museo del Prado, Madrid, c. 1630

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I should give you (NRSV, 1Kings 3:5)."

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

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The two organ voluntaries for this Sunday's choral Eucharist are from Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Suite du 1er ton. Click to read about Clérambault and listen to his entire Premier Livre d'orgue performed by Michel Chapuis on the François-Henri Clicquot organ of the Cathedral of Poitiers.




The introit for evensong this coming Sunday is John Blow, Let my prayer come up. Click to read about John Blow and listen to a wide selection of his music.



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Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

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2009 Commemoration: The 250 aniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Click to go to George Frideric Handel, An Ode for St Cecilia's Day / Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, performed by Carolyn Sampson, soprano; James Gilchrist, tenor; The Choir of the King's Consort; The King's Consort; Robert King conducting.





Click to go to the Stabat Mater dolorosa in Gregorian chant by the monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maur, Clervaux.






Click for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 5, by Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Trudeliese Schmidt; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.

August 9, 2009

Georges Rouault, Out of the Depths, Miserere mei engraving, plate 47, 1922-27

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD (NRSV, Psalm 130:1).

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

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This coming Sunday is truly Healey Willan's day with the four organ voluntaries, the canticles at evensong and three of the motets all his compositions. Click to read about Healey Willan and listen to a wide selection of his music.





The Hebrew reading this coming Sunday from 2 Samuel is about the death of David's son, Absalom. Click to listen to versions of When David Heard by Weelkes, Tomkins, East, Burchard and Whitacre.




Click to learn about choir auditions for children 8-16: The Trebles Choir under the direction of Patrick Wedd.






Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

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2009 Commemoration: 200th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)


Click go to performances of Joseph Haydn, Harmoniemesse / Salve Regina, Nancy Argenta, soprano; Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano; Mark Padmore, tenor; Stephen Varcoe, baritone; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir; Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox conducting.




Click for Herbert Howells, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by Neil Archer, tenor; the London Symphony Chorus; the London Symphony Orchestra; Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting.




Click for performance of, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 96, by Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Trudeliese Schmidt; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.

August 2, 2009

Francisco de Zurburan, The Eternal Father, Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville, 1636

"Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered (NRSV, Psalm 68:1)."

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

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The choristers of the Montreal Boys' Choir Course are singing at Choral Eucharist (10:30 am) and at evensong (4:00 pm) this coming Sunday, August 2. Their theme is taken from Psalm 68: "Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered." Herbert Howells' anthem, Let God arise, will be sung at evensong. Click to hear the Choir of Chichester Cathedral. Howells' psalm-prelude, “But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth,” will be the organ prelude for evensong. Click to listen to Stephen Cleobury on the 1968 Harrison & Harrison organ of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Click to read about Herbert Howells and to listen to a wide variety of his music.



Andrew Lumsden, director of music at Winchester Cathedral is this year's director of the Montreal Boys' Choir Course. Click to read about Andrew Lumsden and listen to some of his music.









Click to learn about choir auditions for children 8-16: The Trebles Choir under the direction of Patrick Wedd.





Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

Click for the calendar of organ recitals, all of which are free admission/voluntary contribution.





2009 Commemoration: 200th anniversay of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)


Click to go to Felix Mendelssohn, Paulus, performed by Susan Gritton, soprano; Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano; Barry Banks, tenor; Peter Coleman-Wright, bass; BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox conducting.






Click to listen to Josquin des Prez, Stabat Mater dolorosa, performed by La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe conducting.








Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 51, performed by Soprano: Julianne Baird; American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas conducting.
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