April 14, 2013

Albrecht Dürer, St. John and the Twenty-four Elders in Heaven, woodcut, c.1496-98

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands [NRSV, Revelation 5:11].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Third Sunday of Easter


Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.





Percy Whitlock 1903-1946

Click to read about Percy Whitlock in Wikipedia.

Click to go to the Percy Whitlock Trust.

The two organ voluntaries and the anthem at evensong this coming sunday are the work of Percy Whitlock.  The Classical Music Library and the Naxos Music Library offer free online listening to some of Whitlock’s music.  Check with your librarian.  Click on any [info] for more information.

The following works of Percy Whitlock are performed by Robert Gower at the Hill organ of Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire.

Five Short Pieces (info)
Alllegretto [CML]
Folk Tune [CML]
Andante tranquillo [CML]
Scherzo [CML]
Paean [CML]

Organ Sonata (info)
Grave - animato [CML]
Canzona CML]
Scherzetto CML]
Choral CML]

Reflections (Three Quiet Pieces) (info)
After an old French air [CML]
Pazienza [CML]
Dolcezza [CML]

From The Wessex Suite (info)
March: Rustic Cavalry [CML]

Plymouth Suite is performed by Donald Hunt at the Bradford Computing Organ in Worcester Cathedral:

Plymouth Suite (info)
Allegro Resoluto [BNQ; BM]
Lantana [BNQ; BM]
Chanty [BNQ; BM]
Salix [BNQ; BM]
Toccata [BNQ; BM]

Click to go to an hour and a half programme of Percy Whitlock's organ music on Pipedreams.


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The spring concert of Musica Orbium, Patrick Wedd directing, celebrates Poulenc and Broadway. 


    


Kerry-Anne Kutz, soprano
Anne-Marie Denoncourt, piano 
Pamela Reimer, piano

Sunday April 14, 7:30 pm

Christ Church Cathedral
635, Sainte-Catherine West
Montréal (Québec) H3A 2B8
Metro McGill

Regular ticket: $25
Senior, Student, Unemployed: $15
 
Click to order your ticket through PayPal.
By way of preparation, click to hear Francis Poulenc, Gloria, performed by Kathleen Battle (Soprano), the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa conducting.


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


Fridays at 12:30 pm

April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson (programme)

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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening. 

Bach Cantatas for Misericordias Domini [Third Sunday of Easter]:


Eric Gill, The Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, 1927

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.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Du Hirte Israel, höre / You Shepherd of Israel, Listen, Cantata 104, with performances by Gardiner, Koopman, Leusink, Richter, Rilling, and Suzuki.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt / The Lord is my faithful shepherd, Cantata 112, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt Leusink, and Rotzsch.
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