Elisha, Russian icon from Kizhi Monastery, 18th cent.
So Elisha repeated, ‘Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the Lord, “They shall eat and have some left [NRSV, 2 Kings 4:43b].”
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Click to go immediately to:
1) The Music Programme Homepage
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Louis XIII organ case installed in the Cathedral of Rheims while De Grigny was organist
The organ voluntaries for Evensong this coming Sunday are Ave Maris Stella by Nicolas de Grigny. His surviving music is contained in a large volume of organ works, Premier livre d'orgue(Paris, 1699; second edition 1711).
Performance of the Mass from the Premier livre d'orgue by Pierre Bardon on the 1772-74 Isnard organ of la Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var) en Provence [musicMe] (info)
Performance of the Hymns from the Premier livre d'orgue by Pierre Bardon on the 1772-74 Isnard organ of la Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var) en Provence [musicMe] (info)
Performance of the Mass from the Premier livre d'orgue by Jean-Jacques Grunenwald , at the 1787 Clicquot organ of the Cathedral of Poitiers;Hugh Mackenzie, cello; Chœur des moines del'Abbaye de la Pierre-Qui-Vire, Père Fulbert conducting. [musicMe] (info)
Click to go to James Pressler's virtual performance of Nicolas de Grigny, Premier Livre d'orgue (First Organ Book). The entire work can be streamed or individual movements played by clicking on the "notes."
Performance of Nicolas de Grigny, Premier Livre d'orgue by John Grew on the 1981 Wolff organ of Redpath Hall, McGill University) [BNQ; BM](info).
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Alain Payette, piano Jules Payette, alto saxophone
Donald Pistolesi, cello
Jonathan Bailey, flute
Concert: A Meeting with Alain Payette and his Friends
Wednesday, July 22, 6:15 pm at Christ Church Cathedral
Admission free / freewill offering
Programme:
Sonate d’automne (flute and piano)
Sonate pour violon et piano (alto saxophone version)
Trio no. 2 pour violon, violoncelle et piano (with alto saxophone)
By way of preparation, listen free online:
Trio no. 2, pour violon, violoncelle et piano, performed by violonist: Marc Bélanger;
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Patrick Wedd, music director of Christ Church Cathedral, will bring to a close the Wednesday concert series at Christ Church Cathedral (L’Oasis musicale) on Wednesday, July 29th, at 6:15 pm, with a recital at the 1980 Wilhelm organ of music composed by Ira Gershwin and arranged for organ. Admission free / donation requested. Reception with refreshments to follow.
Programme:
Three Preludes, arranged by Ralf Sach
Rhapsody in Blue, arranged by Tobias Zuleger
By way of preparation listen free online:
Rhapsody in Blue with Leonard Bernstein at the piano and conducting the New York Philharmonic [YouTube]
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Listen to Patrick play a Wurlitzer. He has a recording Strike up the Band performed at the Grand Wurlitzer at the Orpheum in Vancouver available on demand here at the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec: http://iris.banq.qc.ca/alswww2.dll/Obj_434201437487073?Style=Portal3&SubStyle=&Lang=FRE&ResponseEncoding=utf-8&View=Annotated
You can listen free online at the Naxos Music Library. Check with your librarian. If you have a card at the Grande Bibliothèque and are ready to open your account online just click here. For the Bibliothèque de Montréal, just click here.
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Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2015 (Tuesdays at 12:30 pm) and the Church of Saint Andrew and Saint Paul (Thursday at 12:15 pm).
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Performance by Georges Delvallée on the 3-manual, 1888 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Mass of the 9th Sunday after Pentecost
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Bach Cantatas for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity:
Alexander Master, Jesus heals the crippled woman; The parable of the barren fig-tree, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1430
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch / You have been told, mankind, Cantata 45, with performances by Leonhardt, Leusink, Richter and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz / Search me, God, and know my heart, Cantata 136, with performances by Gardiner,Harnoncourt, Koopman, Leusink, Suzuki and Rilling.
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält / If the Lord God does not stay with us,Cantata 178, with performances by Harnoncourt, Leusink,Richter and Rilling.