Gerard David, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1510
Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt [Matt. 2:14].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Sunday after Christmas Day
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Evensong
3) The Concert Calendar
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Adrian Foster
Adrian Foster, assistant organist of Christ Church Cathedral, will give a holiday organ recital in the spirit of Epiphany at the 1980 Wilhelm organ, on Saturday, December 28, at 4:30 pm. Admission free / donation accepted.
Programme:
Helmut Walcha (1907-1991), Chorale Preludes, Vol. 2: No. 6: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité:
II. La sainteté de Jésus Christ VI. Le fils, verbe et lumière
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), L’Orgue mystique, cycle de Noël, Op. 55:
Epiphania Domini (L’Épiphanie)
I. Prélude à l'Introït II. Offertoire III. Élévation IV. Communion V. Fantaisie
Jean Langlais (1907-1991), Neuf Pièces:
III. Chant de paix V. Dans une douce joie
Ned Rorem (b. 1923), A Quaker Reader:
8. “…No darkness at all…” 11. Ocean of Light
By way of preparation listen to the concert online performed by a variety of artists. [Click here]
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Martin Schongauer, Nativity (detail), Staatliche Museen, Berlin, c.1480
The Mass settings and Introits for both Choral Eucharists this coming Sunday are the work of Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): O Magnum Mysterium. The Communion motet is William Byrd, O Magnum Mysterium. Click to go to O Magnum Mysterium by a number of different composers.
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Fra Filippo Lippi and Workshop, The Nativity, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., c. 1445
Online performances of Johann Sebastian Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, with versions conducted by Georg Christoph Biller / Riccardo Chailly / Diego Fasolis / Phillip Ledger / Karl Münchinger)
Cantata I for the 1st Day of Christmas
Cantata II for the 2nd Day of Christmas
Cantata III for the 3rd Day of Christmas
Cantata IV for New Year's Day
Cantata V for the Sunday after New Year
Cantata VI for the Feast of Epiphany
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a video performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, to begin their year long Cantata Pilgrimage. Soprano: Claron McFadden; Alto: Bernarda Fink; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Dietrich Henschel. [YouTube]
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Nativity Cycle, Op. 56: No. 4
Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 1880 Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Cathedral of Saint-Croix, Orléans
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
Fra Angelico, Presentation (detail), Museo di San Marco, Florence, 1442
Bach Cantatas for the First Sunday after Christmas Day:
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende / Praise God! Now the year comes to an end, Cantata 28, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Richter.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn / Step forward on the way of faith, Cantata 152, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Jürgens, Kussmaul, Leusink, Rilling and Thomas.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Das neugeborne Kindelin / The new-born little child, Cantata 122, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe , Leusink, and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn / Step forward on the way of faith, Cantata 152, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Jürgens, Kussmaul, Leusink, Rilling and Thomas.