Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes: November 2012

Organ version:

In 1933-34, Messiaen made a version for solo organ. The first, second and fourth movements are arrangements of the orchestral pieces, but Messiaen composed a new third movement, Transports de joie d'une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne ("Ecstasies of a soul before the glory of Christ, which is its own glory"), usually just known as Transports de joie

Luca Signorelli, The Blessed, Cappella di San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto, 1499-1502

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life [NRSV, Daniel 12:2a].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost

November 18, 2012

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Choral Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.

Livre d'orgue de Montréal

The music for this Sunday's morning service constitutes an “organ mass” in which phrases of the liturgical chants are shared between cantor and organ. We feature the Livre d’orgue de Montréal, the largest manuscript collection of 18th century French organ pieces in the world, brought to Montreal by a young organist cleric in 1724.

Click to read about the Livre d'orgue de Montréal in The Canadian Encvclopedia.

Click to go to a two CD recording of the Livre d'orgue de Montréal by Kenneth Gilbert at the 1981 Helmut Wolff organ of Redpath Hall of McGill University. The recording is accompanied by extensive programme notes.

Pieces performed at the historic Parisot organ of Notre Dame Church, Guibray, Falaise (Calvados) : No. 181 – Tierce en taille, No. 270 – Pange lingua, No. 271 – Récit sur le même chant, No. 272 – Dialogue sur le même chant.
Pièces en A# (la majeur) : No. 217 – Récit (sur le nasard), No. 226 – Duo, No. 228 – (Basse de trompette), No. 229 – Fantaisie pour la Basse et le Dessus de Trompette, No. 230 – (Récit de cromorne), No. 232 – Dialogue.

On YouTube : performance of the Messe Double (nos 307-326) of the Livre d'Orgue de Montréal, par Pastór de Lasala at the von Beckerath organ of the Great Hall of the University of Sydney, with the participation of the Schola Cantorum directed by David Molloy for the
Gregorian chant (Solesmes style). En 4 sections :
1. Introït, Kyrie (nos 307-311).
2. Gloria (nos 312-320).
3. Offertoire de Lebègue (no 326), Sanctus (nos 321-322), Petite Élévation de Lebègue (no 323), Agnus (nos 324-325).
4. Agnus (nos 324-325); Offerte «Vive le Roy» d’André Raison.

YouTube: Martin Yelle performs the Cromhorne en taille of N. Lebègue (no 191) at the Guilbault-Thérien organ of the chapel of the Grand-Séminaire de Montréal.

Available at the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (Montréal):

Yves-G. Préfontaine. Suite en Fa (nos 134-137, 139-140, 142), Magnificat, ATMA ACD22120, 1996; at the Guilbault-Thérien organ of the chapel of the Grand-Séminaire de Montréal. [availability]

Réjean Poirier. Le Livre d'Orgue de Montréal, (46 extraits), Toulouse, Ariane ARI-140, 1987; at the Micot organ (1762) of the Cathedral of Vabres l'Abbaye (Aveyron). [availability]

Scores with organ renditions:

The two editions (modern and facsimile) with some organ rendition can be consulted at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Livre d'orgue de Montréal on e-Partitions with organ renditions (push on the button «Autres»).

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The prelude and postlude for choral evensong this coming Sunday are from the last of the great French organ Masses: Gaspard Corrette, Missa octavi toni (Messe du huitième ton pour l'orgue a l'usage des dames religieuses).

Performance by Joseph Payne at the 1974 C.B. Fisk organ in the Recital Hall of the University of Vermont, Burlington [YouTube] [BNQ] [BM] (info)

Performance by the Chantres du Roy, alternating with Yves Préfontaine on the 1699 Julien Tribuot organ of l'église de St-Martin , Seurre (France) [BNQ] [BM] (info)

Yves Préfontaine is the titular of the 1990 Guilbault-Thérien organ of the Grand Séminaire de Montréal.

Les Chantres du Roy is a vocal ensemble created in 1988 by Pascal Richardin. It is made up of young singers from the Baroque Music centre of Versailles, the ensemble Sagittarius and the Spiritual Concert.

A recording of the Missa octavi toni by Raymond Daveluy, performed on the 1959 Beckerath organ of St. Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, may be heard in place at La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. Click for information.

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Concert

Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 7:30 pm
Hodie (This Day)

Jonathan Dove:

Run, shepherds, run!

R. Vaughan Williams:

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Marie-Claude Saindon:

Méditation de la Vierge

R. Vaughan Williams:

Hodie (This Day), a Christmas cantata

Musica Orbium, Patrick Wedd, Artistic Director

Orchestra I Medici di McGill, Iwan Edwards,
Artistic Director

Concerto Della Donna, Iwan Edwards,
Artistic Director

Stéphanie Manias, Soprano
Eric Thériault , Tenor
Dion Mazerolle , Baritone

Tickets:
Regular:$30
Seniors, students, and unemployed: $20

Église Notre Dame de Lourdes
4949, rue de Verdun, Verdun

Metro Verdun

Our first concert is a collaboration between three ensembles: the women’s choir Concerto Della Donna, the orchestra I Medici di McGill, and, of course, Musica Orbium. Each one will present a work of their choice in the first half and, in the second, will be joining forces for Ralph Vaughan Williams’ powerful Christmas cantata, Hodie (This Day).

Vaughan Williams wrote his last major choral-orchestral composition at an advanced age; the piece nevertheless displays an uncommon measure of inventive force. Hodie combines the spirit of a great Christmas cantata with elements drawn from popular music. The sixteen movements are based on biblical texts interwoven with poetry, for a total duration of one hour. The cantata is scored for chorus, organ, and orchestra, and will feature soprano Stéphanie Manias, tenor Eric Thériault and baritone Dion Mazerolle.

Click to go to the Musica Orbium website to order tickets.

To prepare click to go to online performances by prominent ensembles.

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George Frideric Handel, Messiah

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral; Patrick Wedd, director; will join with the McGill Chamber Orchestra and Marie-Josée Lord, 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 19, at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $45-$20.

The Annual Handel's Messiah Sing-along will take place at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, December 15, 5:00 pm, with the Cathedral Singers and orchestra, Patrick Wedd directing. Scores will be available. Free admission / voluntary contribution.

Free video performances of Handel's Messiah by the Trinity Church (Wall Street) Choir with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Julian Wachner conductor, are available for online viewing: December 13, 2010 and December 12, 2011. Program and text available.

Click to read about Messiah with access to a number of free online performances.

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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free

Fridays from November 2 to March 20 at 12:30 pm

Friday, November 16: Julia Doktor

Friday, November 23: William Porter

Friday, November 30: Hans-Ola Ericsson

Friday, December 7: John Grew

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Bach Cantatas for the 24th Sunday after Trinity:

William Blake, Woman Healed of an Issue of Blood, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1803-05

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig / Ah how fleeting, ah how insubstantial, Cantata 26, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort / O eternity, you word of thunder, Cantata 60, with performances by Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink and Richter.

November 25. 2012

Organ version:

November 18, 2012