January 1, 2014


Workshop of Giovanni Bellini, Circumcision of Jesus, National Gallery, London, c. 1500

After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb [Luke 2:21].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
New Year's Day




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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.


Bach Cantatas for New Year's Day

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Herr Gott, dich loben wir / Lord God, we praise you, Cantata 16, with performances by Gardiner (2), Leonhardt, Leusink and Rilling.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, nun sei gepreiset / Jesus, now be praised, Cantata 41, with performances by Coin, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink, Ramin and Rilling.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht / Time, which makes days and years, Cantata 134a, with performances by Koopman, Rilling, and Unger.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele / Praise the Lord, my soul, Cantata 143, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink, and Rilling.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm / God, as your name, so also is your fame, Cantata 171, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink, Richter and    Rilling.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied! / Sing to the Lord a new song!, Cantata 190, with performances by Biller, Gardiner, Koopman and Rilling.     
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Nativity Cycle, Op. 56: No. 5 and 6


 

 

Mass of the Feast of the Circumcision, No. 5

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube] 

Fantasy and Choral  [YouTube]

Mass of the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, No. 6

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube] 

Fantasy and Choral  [YouTube]

Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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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]

Video performance: Rachel Harnisch, soprano; Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano; Maximillian Schmitt, tenor; Christian Immler, bass; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin, ensemble; Peter Dijkstra, conductor.  Recorded live from Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, 2010. [YouTube]

Click for text and translation from Hyperion Records.  Begins page 7.