Illustrator of the Bamberg Apocalypse, Reichenau, The Lamb on Mount Zion, Staats Bibliotheek, Bamberg, 1000-20
For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes [NRSV, Revelation 7:17].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Fourth 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.
Good Shepherd Mausoleum of Galla Placida, RavennaIn addition to the music to be sung on this Good Shepherd Sunday, here are other works in the repertoire of the Cathedral Singers:
Gott ist mein Hirt [text] [Ecco Voces: YouTube], Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Herr ist mein Hirt (The Lord is my Shepherd) [text] [Maria Laach: YouTube], Bernhard Klein (1793-1832)
The Lord is my shepherd [text] [Magdalen: YouTube] Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1912)
The Lamb [text] [Sixteen: listen], words by William Blake (1757-1827) and music by John Tavener (b. 1944)
My shepherd is the living Lord [text] [Worcester: YouTube] Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
Bach Cantatas with the theme of the Good Shepherd:
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.
Bach Cantatas for Jubilate [Fourth Sunday of Easter]:
Bach Cantatas with the theme of the Good Shepherd:
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.
Bach Cantatas for Jubilate [Fourth Sunday of Easter]:
Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen / Weeping, lamenting, worry, apprehension, Cantata 12, with performances by Cleobury, Gardiner, Herreweghe, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, Richter, Rifkin, Rilling and Thomas.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ihr werdet weinen und heulen / You will weep and howl, Cantata 103, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen / We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God, Cantata 146, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.