Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes: September 2010

September 26, 2010

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Rich Man, Staaliche Museen Preussischer, Kulturbesitz,Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 1627

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains [NRSV, 1 Timothy 6:10].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Eighteenth 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

In observance of the Journées de la culture, Patrick Wedd invites everyone to the organ gallery to an "organ open house" on Sunday, September 26, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm during which he will explain the workings of the Wilhelm organ of Christ Church Cathedral. Click for a full listing of the organs taking part in Orgues Ouvertes sponsored by Orgue et Couleurs.

The organ voluntaries this coming Sunday, September 26, are from Antonio Soler, Concerto No. 3 in G for two organs. Below is the possibility of listening to different performances of all six of Soler's concertos for two organs.

1895-1991 Rieger organ at the Dominikanerkirche, Vienna, Austria

Wolfgang Kogert and Hans Haselböck demonstrate at the Rieger organ one way in which a Soler concerto for two organs may be performed. The ruckpositiv manual has its own stops and can also be played from the main console.

Performances of Antonio Soler, Concertos for two organs, often performed with organ and harpsichord or even two harpsichords.

Performance by Bruno-Beaufils, organ; Elizabeth-W-Hehr-Desi, harpsichord

Concerto No. 1 in C - Andante [listen]
Concerto No. 1 in C - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Andante [listen]
Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Allegro [listen]

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Tempo di Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 3 in G - Andantino [listen]
Concerto No. 3 in G - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 4 in F - Afectuoso - Andante non largo [listen]
Concerto No. 4 in F - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 5 in A - Cantabile [listen]
Concerto No. 5 in A - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 6 in D - Allegro [listen]
Concerto No. 6 in D - Minué [listen]

Performance by Montserrat Torrent, organ; Maria Lluisa Cortada, harpsichord

Concerto No. 1 in C - Andante [listen]
Concerto No. 1 in C - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Andante - Allegro [listen]

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Tempo di Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 3 in G - Andantino [listen]
Concerto No. 3 in G - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 4 in F - Afectuoso - Andante non largo [listen]
Concerto No. 4 in F - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 5 in A - Cantabile [listen]
Concerto No. 5 in A - Minué [listen]

Concerto No. 6 in D - Allegro [listen]
Concerto No. 6 in D - Minué [listen]

Performance by Shawn Leopard -John Paul, lute-harpsichords

Concerto No. 1 in C - Andante [NML] (info)
Concerto No. 1 in C - Minué [NML] (info)

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Andante - Allegro [NML] (info)

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Tempo di Minué [NML] (info)

Concerto No. 3 in G - Andantino [NML] (info)
Concerto No. 3 in G - Minué [NML] (info)

Concerto No. 4 in F - Afectuoso - Andante non largo [NML] (info)
Concerto No. 4 in F - Minué [NML] (info)

Concerto No. 5 in A - Cantabile [NML] (info)
Concerto No. 5 in A - Minué [NML] (info)

Concerto No. 6 in D - Allegro [NML] (info)
Concerto No. 6 in D - Minué [NML] (info)

Performance by Bert Matter - Joost Langeveld

Concerto No. 3 in G [YouTube]

Performance by Pieter van Dijk and Maurizio Croci

Concerto No. 1 in C [YouTube]

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Andante - Allegro [YouTube]

Concerto No. 2 in A minor - Tempo di Minué [YouTube]

Concerto No. 3 in G [YouTube]

Performance by Rick Berg and Sally Lewis

Concerto No. 6 in D - Minué [YouTube]

Performance by Albert de Klerk, Sweelinck organ (transept organ, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam); Marijke Smit Sibinga, harpsichord

Concerto No. 4 in F [listen]

The Orgue et Couleurs autumn festival is from Friday, September 24, to Sunday, October 3. Click to go to the two-page programme listing all activities and ticket prices. Remember that from Monday, September 27, to Friday, October 1, there are free noon-hour organ recitals in a number of Montreal churches.

500th Anniversary of the birth of Jacob Clemens Non Papa (1510-1555/6)

Click to hear Jacob Clemens Non Papa, Domine quando veneris [text].

Hans Memling, Christ as Judge (detail), Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk, 1467-71

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 114, performed by Gardiner, Leonhardt and Leusink.

Illustrator of Petrus Comestor's 'Bible Historiale', France, Healing of the Man with Dropsy, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1372

September 19, 2010

Raphael, St. Paul preaching in Athens, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1515

For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth [NRSV, 1 Timothy 2:7].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Seventeenth 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

Hans Baldung Grien, The Mass of Saint Gregory, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1511

O Sacrum Convivium, Communion anthem for choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, September 19, is a Latin prose text honoring the Blessed Sacrament. It was written by [attributed to] Saint Thomas Aquinas. It was included in the Latin Catholic liturgy as an antiphon on the feast of Corpus Christi. Its sentiments express the profound mystery of the Eucharistic miracle [Wikipedia].

O sacrum convivium!

in quo Christus sumitur:

recolitur memoria passionis ejus:

mens impletur gratia:

et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.

Alleluia.

O sacred banquet!

in which Christ is received,

the memory of his Passion is renewed,

the mind is filled with grace,

and a pledge of future glory to us is given.

Alleluia.

Gregorian, performed by the Monks of St. Maurice and St. Maur [listen]

Luca Marenzio, performed by the All South Jersey Senior Choir [YouTube]

Tomás Luis de Victoria, performed by Amici Cantores [listen]

Thomas Tallis, Performed by Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra, Dennis Keene conducting. [listen]

William Byrd, performed by the Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood conducting [listen]

Richard Farrant (performance not identified) [YouTube]

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, performed by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown conducting [listen]

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, performed by Tutti Canti [listen]

Hilarión Eslava, performed by the Coro Cervantes [listen]

Vyautus Miškinis, performed by the Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland conducting. [listen]

Peter Matthews, performed by the St. Olaf Choir [listen]

Olivier Messiaen, performed by the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Myung-whun Chung conducting [listen]

Javier Busto, performed by the University of Miami/Frost School of Music's Chamber Singers performing, Tobin Sparfeld conducting [YouTube]

Roberto Raimondi, performed Cantores Minores [YouTube]

Arlen Clarke, performed by Aram Cara [listen]

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 95, performed by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Suzuki.

Louise Anne, Marchioness of Waterford, Christ Raising the Dead, Tate Collection, 19th cent.

September 12, 2010

Domenico Feti, Parable of the Lost Drachma, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, 1618-22

"Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? [NRSV, Luke 15:8]

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Sixteenth 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

YooKyung Rachelle Choi, organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral, will be giving an organ recital at the cathedral on Saturday, September 11, at 5:00 pm.

Works:

César Franck (1822-1890) Choral No. 3 in A minor

Eugène Gigout (1844-1925), Scherzo (No. 8) from Dix Pièces

Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), Étude hèroïque, op. 38

The organ voluntaries, anthems and canticles for evensong this coming Sunday, September 12, are all the work of Charles Villiers Stanford. He was also the composer of seven symphonies. Click to go to a YouTube playlist of all seven performed by the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley.

Charles Villiers Stanford

Cl ick to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 138, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Leusink and Suzuki.

Maitre Francois, God's Providence, Koninklijke Biblio theek, The Hague, 1475-80

September 5, 2010

Saint Philemon Welcoming Saint Onesimus, Bible historiale. Guiard des Moulins. 14th cent.

I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment [NRSV, Philemon 1:10].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fifteenth 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

YooKyung Rachelle Choi, organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral, will be giving an organ recital at the cathedral on Saturday, September 11, at 5:00 pm. Admission free.

Works:

César Franck (1822-1890) Choral No. 3 in A minor

Eugène Gigout (1844-1925), Scherzo (No. 8) from Dix Pièces

Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), Étude hèroïque, op. 38

The organ voluntaries for evensong this coming Sunday, September 5, are from Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of fugue.

A three-hour introduction to The Art of fugue by Michael Barone on Pipedreams with intrepretations by a variety of organists. [program one] [program two]

Performance of Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of fugue, by Lionel Rogg on the 1965 Metzler/Andersen organ of St. Peter's Cathedral, Geneva. Included is Rogg's completion of the unfinished Contrapunctus 18. [listen]

John Stainer, God so loved the world, anthem for evensong this coming Sunday, September 5, is a movement of the oratorio, The Crucifixion..

Performance (with text) of the entire John Stainer, The Crucifixion, (1 hour, 7 minutes) by the Choir of Clare College; Stephen Farr, organ; James Gilchrist, tenor; Simon Bailey, bass; Timothy Brown conducting. (YouTube)

Click to go Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 25, with performances by Gardiner, Geiser, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink and Suzuki.

Alexander Master, Leper Giving Thanks, Koninklijke Bibliotheek the Hague 1430