July 29, 2012




Multiplication of loaves and fish, detail from the back of throne of Archbishop Maximian, Ravenna, 6th cent.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted [NRSV, John 6:11].

Church Cathedral Choir Notes

Ninth 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 Leo Hassler
 
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) is featured this coming Sunday at Choral Eucharist.  Here is some of his music for online listerning.

Messa super Dixit Maria [Herreweghe: YouTube],

Missa Secunda [Stairwell: YouTube]

Missa Tertia [St. Clement's: listen]

Missa Octava [Augsburg: BNQ; BM] (info)

Laudem dicite [Currende: text/listen]

Laetentur caeli [text] [Mosteiro Grijo: YouTube]

Cantate Domino [text/listen]

Verbum caro factum est [text] [Limburger: YouTube]

Dixit Maria [text/listen]

Ave maris stella [King's: text/YouTube]

Click to go to the Naxos Music Library and a double CD of Hassler's sacred and secular music [BNQ; BM] (info)

A CD of Hassler's music by the Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info)

And a CD by the Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir, Reinhold Kammler conducting. [BNQ; BM] (info)

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Léon Boëllmann



The organ voluntaries for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday are the Prélude pastoral and Final-marche, both from Léon Boëllmann, Deuxième Suite.

Click to hear the entire Deuxième Suite (Prélude pastoral, Allegretto con moto, Andantino, Final-marche) performed by Piet van der Steen at the 1972 Schreurs organ of the Allemanskerk (Sint-Martinskerk), Ouskarspel.

Performance by Philippe Lefebre at the 1890 Debierre organ of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port, Saint-Louis de Nantes [BNQ; BM] (info).

Intermezzo and Carillon from Douze Pièces, Op. 16 (1890) performed by Piet van der Steen at the 1972 Schreurs organ of the Allemanskerk (Sint-Martinskerk), Ouskarspel [listen]

Suite gothique, Op. 25 (1895) performed by Michael Pohl at the 2000 Woehl organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig [Grooveshark]

Suite gothique, movements I, II, and IV, performed by Marie-Claire Alain at the 1862 Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Sulpice, Paris. [YouTube]

Fantaisie, performed by Piet van der Steen at the 1972 Schreurs organ of the Allemanskerk (Sint-Martinskerk), Ouskarspel. [listen]

Les Heures mystiques, Op. 29-30, is composed of 8 Masses with 50 individual pieces [click here].  There are a scattering for listening to be found on YouTube but without order. [YouTube]
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Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.



Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012, Tuesdays at 12:30 pm.


Click to go to the Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm. Entrance: $5


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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 34

Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
 
Mass of the 9th Sunday after Pentecost

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Supplication and Modal Fugue  [YouTube]
 
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Bach Cantatas for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity:


 Alexander Master, Jesus heals the crippled woman; The parable of the barren fig-tree, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch / You have been told, mankind, Cantata 45, with performances by Leonhardt, Leusink and Richter.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz / Search me, God, and know my heart, Cantata 136, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt,  Koopman, Leusink, and Suzuki.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält / If the Lord God does not stay with us, Cantata 178, with performances by Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.

 

July 22, 2012

 Giovanni Bellini, Mary Magdalene (detail), Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1490

Church Cathedral Choir Notes 
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
 
Click to go immediately to: 


1) The Music Programme Homepage 

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

 3) The Concert Calendar


Robert Anning Bell, The Women going to the sepulcher, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1912

Sunday is the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene.  Here are versions of Dum Transisset.


Dum transisset sabbatum Maria Magdalene, et Maria Jacobi et Salome emerunt aromata. Ut venientes ungerent Jesum. Alleluja. Et valde mane una sabbatorum veniunt ad monumentum orto jam sole. Ut venientes ungerent Jesum. Alleluja. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.


When the Sabbath came, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome brought spices for anointing Jesus. Alleluia. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.


John Taverner performed by The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter conducting. [Grooveshark]


John Taverner (5 voices) performed by the Tallis Scholars [Grooveshark]


Thomas Tallis, performed by the Taverner Consort and Choir, Andrew Parrott conducting. [musicMe]


Thomas Tallis, performed by the Choir of King’s College, Stephen Cleobury conducting. [musicMe]


Thomas Tallis performed by La Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon conducting. [musicMe]


Robert Johnson [text/listen]


Instrumental by Christopher Tye performed by the Byrde Recorder Consort [Grooveshark]


I instrumental by Christian Hollander performed by René Clemencic [musicMe


II instrumental by Christian Hollander performed by René Clemencic [musicMe]

Brian Ferneyhough, String Quartet performed by the Arditti Quartet. [YouTube]

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The organ voluntaries for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday are by Felix Mendelssohn.



  
Click to go to Peter Hurford performing selected organ works of Felix Mendelssohn at the 1978 Rieger organ of Ratzeburg Cathedral.


The complete organ works of Felix Mendelssohn performed by Ulrik Spang-Hanssen on the Stumm-organ of the Pauluskirche in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany, are available for free online listening by the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of La Bibliothèque de Montréal, ready to open their account online, click here: [BM]; cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec click here: [BNQ]. 



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The organ voluntaries for evensong this coming Sunday are by Johannes Brahms.



Click to listen to the complete organ works of 
Johannes Brahms performed by Peter Planyavsky.


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Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.



Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2012, Tuesdays at 12:30 pm.


Click to go to the Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm. Entrance: $5


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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 33

Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
 
Mass of the 8th Sunday after Pentecost

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Alleluia No. 5  [YouTube]
 
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Bach Cantatas for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity:


Giovanni Lanfranco, Miracle of the bread and the fish, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1620-23

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Was willst du dich betrüben / Why do you want to distress yourself, Cantata 107, with performances by Biller, Gardiner, Herreweghe, KampLeonhardt and Leusink.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht / Do not be scandalised,my soul, Cantata 186, with performances by Biller, Gardiner, Harnoncourt and Leusink.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es wartet alles auf dich / Everything depends on you, Cantata 187, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink and Richter.