Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes: May 2011

May 29, 2011

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Jesus taking leave of his disciples, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11

"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live [NRSV, John 14:19]."

The Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 29, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.

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Musica Orbium is sponsoring a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K 626, sing-along, with orchestra, Patrick Wedd conducting, at Christ Church Cathedral, on Saturday, May 28, at 5:00pm. $15 Suggested Donation. Scores available.

Start practicing now by following the score on YouTube: Performance of Sibylla Rubens, soprano; Annette Markert, alto; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass baritone; La Chapelle Royale; Collegium Vocale Gent; Champs-Élysées Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. [YouTube]

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Last Sunday at evensong all of the music (voluntaries, motets, psalm, responses, canticles and hymns) was composed by Thomas Tallis. This Sunday his If you love me, Tallis's most popular work, with words taken from the Gospel lesson, is the introit for Choral Eucharist. Click to access 23 different performances of If ye love me.

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2011 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Click to go to 5 different performances of Tomás Luis de Victoria's Alma redemptoris mater.

Raphael, The Small Cowper Madonna, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1504-05

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wahrlich, Wahrich, ich sage euch / Truly, truly, I say to you, Cantata 86, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.

Unknown, Jesus Teaches his Disciples, Pitt Theological Library, Emory University, 16th cent.

May 22, 2011

Bernardo Daddi, Martyrdom of St. Stephen (detail), Santa Croce, Florence, 1524

While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit [NRSV, Acts 7:59]."

The Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 22, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.

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All of the music at evensong this coming Sunday is the work of Thomas Tallis.

The complete works of Thomas Tallis by La Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon conducting, are available for online listening through the Naxos Music Library (check with your librarian); by joining free the "Beethoven on Demand" programme of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, or by subscribing to the hard-copy edition of La Scena Musicale. (info) Card-holders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online when prompted, need only click [NML]. Click to go to the 75-page liner notes for the complete works of Thomas Tallis.

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2011 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Performance of Tomás Luis de Victoria, Salve Regina, by Hespèrion XXI / Capella Reial [YouTube]

Diego Velázquez, Immaculate Conception, National Gallery, London, 1618-19

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe / It is good for you that I should go away, Cantata108, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, God the Father sending the Holy Spirit, 1779

May 15, 2011

Masaccio, Distribution of Alms (detail), Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, 1426-27

They would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need [NRSV, Acts 2:45].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
May 15, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.

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All four organ voluntaries this coming Sunday are the work of Georg Böhm, teacher of Johann Sebastian Bach. Click to go to a wide selection of online keyboard music by Böhm.

1553 Niehoff / 1953 Beckerath organ, Johanniskirche, Lüneburg

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2011 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Click to go to performances of the Mass and motets below with texts in Latin and English by Musica Ficta, Raúl Mallavibarrena conducting:

Regina coeli, antiphon for 8 voices & organ

Cum beatus Ignatius, motet for 5 voices

Salve regina, antiphon for 6 voices

Missa Gaudeamus, for 6 voices

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen / Weeping, lamenting, worry, apprehension, Cantata 12, with performances by Cleobury, Gardiner, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, Rilling, Suzuki and Thomas.

Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns

May 8, 2011

Masaccio, Peter Baptizing, Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1426-27

Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit [NRSV, Acts 2:38].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Third Sunday of Easter
May 8, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.

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Gentile da Fabriano, Coronation of the Virgin, Getty Museum, 1420

Regina Caeli is the featured motet at Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday.

Click to read about Regina Caeli.

V. Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia.

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.

R. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.

For he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia.

V. Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.

Has risen as he said, alleluia.

R. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

Pray for us to God, alleluia.

V. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.

For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

Gregorian Chant:

Performed by the Monks of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, [musicMe] (info)

Performed by Sacris Concentum Cantores [musicMe] (info)

Performed by Chanticleer [musicMe] (info)

Performed by Choir of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle, Josef Schabasser conducting. [CML] (info)

Henricus Isaac (c.1450-1517), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [CML] (info)

Henricus Isaac, performed by the London Cornett and Sacbut Ensemble and the London Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner conducting [musicMe] (info)

Francisco Guerrero (1528-99), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [CML] (info)

Hernando Franco (1532-85), performed by the Cappella Cervantina, Horacio Franco conducting [musicMe] (info)

Orlande de Lassus (1532-94), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [CML] (info)

Robert White (c.1538-74), performed by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Philips conducting [CML] (info)

Francesco Soriano (c.1548-1621), performed by the Maria Choir, Bror Samuelson conducting. [NML] (info)

Philippe Rogier(1561-96), performed by the Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh conducting [musicMe] (info)

Gregor Aichinger (1565-1628) performed by La Maîtrise des hauts de France [YouTube]

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), performed by Le Concert spirituel, Hervé Niquet conducting [NML] (info)

George Frideric Handel (1685-59): three Salve Reginas, performed by the Scholars Baroque ensemble, conducted by David van Asch [NML] (info)

Éric Lebrun (b. 1967), performed by Bayard-musique [musicMe] (info)

Andrew Smith (b. 1970, performed by Trio Mediaeval [musicMe] (info)

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2011 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Click to go to performances of the Masses and motets below with texts in Latin and English by The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood conducting:

Missa Gaudeamus, for 6 voices

Cum beatus Ignatius, motet for 5 voices

Doctor bonus amicus Dei Andreas, motet for 4 voices

Hic vir despiciens mundum, motet for 4 voices

Ecce sacerdos magnus, motet for 4 voices

Tu es Petrus, motet for 6 voices

O decus apostolicum, motet for 4 voices

Estote fortes in bello, motet for 4 voices

Veni sponsa Christi, motet for 4 voices

Descendit angelus Domini, motet for 5 voices

Missa Pro Victoria, for 9 voices and organ

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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich bin ein guter Hirt / I am a good shepherd, Canata 85, with performances by Coin, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.

Eric Gill, Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, London, 1926