June 27, 2010

Giotto di Bondone, The Ascension of Elijah, Cappella Scrovegni, Padua. 1304-06

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. [NRSV, 2 Kings 2:11].


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar



Evensong this coming Sunday features six works by Thomas Tomkins. Click to read about Tomkins and listen online to a selection of his music.

Worcester Cathedral



Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

Click for free organ recitals in Montreal during the summer months.


Click to go to a performance of the Stabat Mater by Le Corou de Berra (Joël Berthelot, Marie-Pierre Foessel, Primo Francoïa, Françoise Marchetti, Gaël Princiville and Clovis Dehennin), Michel Bianco conducting



Click to go a performance of, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 185 by

Soprano:Magdalena Kožená; Contralto: Nathalie Stutzmann; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Nicolas Testé;

John Eliot Gardiner conducting.

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Tewkesbury Abbey, England.


Performance of Cantata 185 by

Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar;

Holland Boys Choir/Netherlands Bach Collegium;

Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

June 20, 2010

Alexander Master, Jesus heals the Geresene, Koniniklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430

Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid [NRSV, Luke 8:35]

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar


Three of the four organ voluntaries this coming Sunday are the work of Herbert Howells. Click to go a variety of organ pieces by Howells that have been broadcast on Pipedreams.







Summer in Montreal is an Organ Festival

Click for free organ recitals in June 2010 (including 24-hour marathon, June 18-19)




Click to go to a performance of František Ignác Antonín Tůma, Stabat Mater dolorosa by The Prague Madrigalists, Pavrel Baxa conducting.







Click to go to a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 135, by Counter tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor:Vernon Kirk; Bass: Jonathan Brown; Monteverdi Choir/ English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner conducting.


Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolas Church, Elburg, Holland

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