Giovanni Bellini, Transfiguration, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, c. 1487
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white [Matthew 17:2].
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white [Matthew 17:2].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Transfiguration Sunday
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
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Olivier Messiaen
To celebrate Transfiguration Sunday, click to go to Olivier Messiaen, La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ (1965-1969): Yvonne Loriod, piano; Arturo Muruzabal, cello; Martine van der Loo, flute; Harmen de Boer, clarinet; Peter Prommel, marimba; Ruud Stotÿn, vibraphone; Henk de Vlieger, xylorimba; Ludwig van Gijsegem, tenor; Reiner Holthaus, baritone; Choir of the BRT, Brussels; Groot Omroepkoor; Radio Symphonie Orkest, Hilversum; Reinbert de Leeuw conducting. Recorded live in the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 29 June 1991.
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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free
Fridays from January 24 to February 28 at 12:30 pm:
Friday, February 28: Hans-Ola Ericsson
and Lena Weman, baroque flute
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Easter Cycle, Op. 56: No. 14
Performance on the 4-manual 1890 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the former Abbey of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
Mass of Quinquagesima
Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Stained Glass Window [YouTube]
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
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Unknown Catalan Master, Christ and the Twelve, Barcelona, c. 1100
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantatas for Quinquagesima Sunday (Estomihi) in the traditional Lutheran Church Year:
Transfiguration Sunday: Johann Sebastian Bach did not compose a cantata for the Transfiguration but Cantata 22 makes allusion to Mt. Tabor and the Transfiguration.
Performance of Cantata 22 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]
Performance of Cantata 23 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Pieter Jan Leusink and Karl Richter [text/listen]
Performance of Cantata 127 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]
Performance of Cantata 159 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]