Albrecht Dürer, The Last Judgment, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1511
Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come [NRSV, Ezekiel 34:23].
The First Sunday of Advent
November 27, 2011
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
3) The Concert Calendar
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Marcel Dupré
The Postlude for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday is the first movement of Marcel Dupré, Symphonie-Passion. Listen to the entire work performed by Henri-Franck Beaupérin on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathedral of Angers:
I - Le Monde dans l'attente du Sauveur [YouTube]
II - Nativité [YouTube]
III - Crucifixion [YouTube]
IV - Résurrection [YouTube]
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Christmas Rose
A procession with Lessons and Carols for Advent
Sunday, November 27, 2011, at 4:00 pm
Preludes:
Es ist ein' ros’, James Woodman (b. 1957)
Es ist ein' ros’ [info/listen], Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
Advent Responsory: I look from afar [text], Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
O Antiphons [information],
Machet die Tore weit, [text/listen], Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612-75)
Lo, how a rose [info/listen], trad.; harm. Praetorius; arr. Phil Mattson
Zion, at thy shining gates [text], Bohemian Brethren's Kirchengesänge (1566), arr. George Guest (1924-2002)
Nova! Nova! [text/listen],
Dixit Maria [text/listen],
This is the record of John [text/listen]
(1583-1625)
People, look east [text] [YouTube]
People, look east [text] [YouTube]
Never weather-beaten sail [text]
Gaudete omnes et laetamini [text], Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Postlude:
Fantasy: Lo, he comes, Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)
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The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Patrick Wedd, director, will join with the McGill Chamber Orchestra and Hélène Brunet, soprano; Daniel Taylor, counter-tenor; Rufus Müller, tenor; Alexander Dobson, bass; with Boris Brott conducting to perform George Frideric Handel, Messiah, at Christ Church Cathedral on Monday, November 28, at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $45-$20.
The Annual Handel's Messiah Sing-Along will take place at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, December 10, at 5 pm, with the Cathedral Singers and orchestra, Patrick Wedd directing. Scores are available. Free admission / voluntary contribution.
A free live (and on-demand) performance of Handel's Messiah by the Trinity Church (Wall Street) Choir with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Julian Wachner, conductor, will be webcast on Sunday, December 11, from
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Program and text available. Click here on the current choir notes just before it is scheduled to begin.
Click to read about Messiah with access to a number of free online performances.
A free live (and on-demand) performance of Handel's Messiah by the Trinity Church (Wall Street) Choir with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Julian Wachner, conductor, will be webcast on Sunday, December 11, from
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Program and text available. Click here on the current choir notes just before it is scheduled to begin.
Click to read about Messiah with access to a number of free online performances.
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Bach Cantatas for the First Sunday of Advent:
Fra Angelico, Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven, National Gallery, London, 15th cent.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Schwingt freudig euch empor / Soar in your joy, Cantata 36, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Kuijken, Leusink, and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Now come, Saviour of the Gentiles, Cantata 61, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Richter, and Thomas.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Now come, Saviour of the gentiles,
Cantata 62, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, and Salamon.