Luca Signorelli, Moses Speaking to Israel (detail), Cappella Sistina, Vatican, 1481-82
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet [NRSV, Deut. 18:15)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Feast of Saint Bartholomew
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Five of the six organ voluntaries for the upcoming Feast of Saint Bartholomew as well as the Mass settings by Palestrina are Aeterna Christi munera (The eternal gifts of Christ the King).
Twelve Apostles, Pushkin Museum, Moscow, 14th cent.
Read about Aeterna Christi munera (The eternal gifts of Christ the King), often attributed to St. Ambrose, with Latin and English text.
Plainsong:
Performed by Maitrise des Pays de Loire, Bertrand Lemaire conducting. [musicMe]
Performed by Pro Cantione antiqua, Mark Brown conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Hymn:
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, performed by Pro Cantione antiqua, Mark Brown conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, performed by the Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis, Janos Mezei conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Missa Aeterna Christi munera by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:
Performed by the Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner conducting [musicMe]
Performed by the Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly conducting [YouTube]
Performed by The Cantacore Society [YouTube]
Performed by the Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis, Tamas Bubno conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Performed by the Chappelle musicale de la Trinité des monts, Ildebrando Mura conducting [BNQ; BM] (info)
Organ preludes:
Healey Willan: Aeterna Christi Munera performed by John Tuttle at the 1928 Welte; 1964 Möller; 1983 Gould & Sons organ of theEpiscopal Cathedral of St. Mark, Minneapolis, MN, click here, then click on "8204, Part 1," then hold button and slide to 4:19 (4 minutes and 19 seconds).
Healey Willan: Aeterna Christi Munera performed by Patrick Wedd at the1915/1996 Casavant organ, Opus 615, of Saint Jean-Baptiste Church, Montreal. [BNQ] [BM](info).
Albrecht Dürer, The Adoration of the Lamb, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, 1497-99
O quam gloriosum / O, how glorious
O quam gloriosum in the Roman Liturgy is the antiphon for the Magnificat in 2nd Vespers of the Feast of All Saints.
O quam gloriosum est regnum,
O, how glorious is the kingdom
in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti!
in which all the saints rejoice with Christ.
Amicti stolis albis,
Clad in robes of white,
sequuntur Agnum, quocumque ierit.
they follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
O quam gloriosum in plainchant performed by St. John’s Abbey, Minnesota [BNQ; BM] (info)
William Byrd , O quam gloriosum, performed by St. Paul’s Within the Walls Choir, Rome, Stephen Vasselli conducting [YouTube]
Tomás Luis de Victoria, O quam gloriosum, the motet, performed by The Monteverdi Choir [YouTube]
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O quam gloriosum, performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury conducting [YouTube]
Basil Harwood, O, How glorious is the kingdom, performed by the choir of the Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, N.J. [YouTube]
Healey Willan, O, how glorious,[text] performed by the First Church Chamber Choir, David Gocher conducting. [YouTube]
Giacomo Mezzalira, O quam gloriosum, performed by the Coro da Camera di Varese, Gabriele Conti directing. [YouTube]
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56: Nos. 37
Performance on the 3-manual 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Mass of the 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Choral No. 2 [YouTube]
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique byGeorges Delvallée.
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
Giotto di Bondone, Jesus in the Temple, Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua, 1304-06
Bach Cantatas for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity:
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Schauet doch und sehet / Behold and see, Cantata 46, with performances byGardiner, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, Sternberg and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott / Take from us, you faithful God,Cantata 101, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben! / Lord, your eyes look for faith!, Cantata 102, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Richter and Rilling.