July 31, 2011

Anonymous, Loaves and Fish, Tabgha, Israel, 4th cent.
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds [NRSV, Matthew 14:19b].


Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
July 31, 2011

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2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.




The prelude for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday is the first larghetto movement from George Frideric Handel, Organ Concerto in F major, No. 13,  "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale." 

Performance of - 

Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (I larghetto; II allegro) [YouTube





Johann Biber and the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Georg Hlinka conducting [We 7(info)







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 Louis XIII organ case installed in the Cathedral of Rheims while De Grigny was organist 

Nicolas de Grigny's only surviving music is a large volume of organ works, Premier livre d'orgue (Paris, 1699; second edition 1711). 

The organ voluntaries for evensong this coming Sunday are from the Mass from the Premier livre d'orgue.

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 de l'Abbaye de la Pierre-Qui-Vire, Père Fulbert conducting. [musicMe] (info)

Performance of the Mass from the
Premier livre d'orgue by Olivier Vernet on the 1625 Astruc / 1748 Scherrer / 1992 Aubertin organ of the Abbey Church, Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (Isère); Ensemble Jacques Moderne [We 7] (info)

Performance of the Hymns from the
Premier livre d'orgue by Olivier Vernet on the 1625 Astruc / 1748 Scherrer / 1992 Aubertin organ of the Abbey Church, Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (Isère); Ensemble Jacques Moderne [We 7] (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) [NML] (info).
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Summer is an Organ Festival in Montreal.



Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Saints-Anges, Lachine, for the Summer 2011, Wednesdays at 7:30 pm




Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Tuesdays at
12:30 pm.


Free organ recitals at St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal; Philippe Bélanger, organist; Sundays at 3:30 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.



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 Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust / Contented peace,beloved delight of the soul Cantata 170, with performances by Fasolis, Gardiner, Goebel, Leonhardt, Leusink, Marriner, Rilling, Scherchen.


Gustave Doré, The Sermon on the Mount, private collection, mid-19th cent.

July 24, 2011

Sir John Everett Millais, The Pearl of Great Price, Tate Collections, 1864

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it [NRSV, Genesis 13:45-46]."

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
July 24, 2011

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 Magdalen College Choir


John Sheppard, responsible for the introit and anthem for this Sunday's evensong, was one of the more significant church composers of the Tudor era.  He served as Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford, and as a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.

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Performance of The Hilliard Ensemble: Aeterne rex altissime.


Multiple versions of In Manus Tuas.

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Georg Muffat's toccatas are featured for the fourth week this coming Sunday.



Two CDs of his organ works performed by Martin Haselböck are available for online listening by the Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québéc (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online, need only click on the appropriate [NML].

The First Eight Toccatas performed on the Freundt organ of Klosterneuburg Monastery [NML] (info)

Toccatas 9-12, Ciacona, Passacaglia and Nova Cyclopeias Harmonica on the Egedacher organ of the Zwettl Collegiate Church [NML(info)









Click [YouTube] to go to Georg Muffat, 12 toccatas, performed by Elisabeth Ullmann at the Egedacher organ of the Zwettl Collegiate Church.




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Summer is an Organ Festival in Montreal.



Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Saints-Anges, Lachine, for the Summer 2011, Wednesdays at 7:30 pm




Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Tuesdays at
12:30 pm.


Free organ recitals at St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal; Philippe Bélanger, organist; Sundays at 3:30 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.






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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden / See, I shall send out , Cantata 88, with performances by Gardiner and Leusink.


Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fish, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1515-16

July 17, 2011


Marc Chagall, Jacob's Dream, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, 1954-67

And Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it [NRSV, Genesis 28:12]. 

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
July 17, 2011

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong.


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The prelude for Choral Eucharist this Sunday is by Johann Pachelbel.

Johann Pachelbel's complete organ works are made available for online listening by the Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québéc (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online, need only click on the appropriate [NML].

Performance of Joseph Payne on a number of different organs [NML] (info)


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Georg Muffat's toccatas are featured for the third week this coming Sunday.



Two CDs of his organ works performed by Martin Haselböck are available for online listening by the Naxos Music Library.  Check with your librarian.  Cardholders of La Bibliothèque nationale du Québéc (Montreal), ready to open their account (dossier) online, need only click on the appropriate [NML].

The First Eight Toccatas performed on the Freundt organ of Klosterneuburg Monastery [NML] (info)

Toccatas 9-12, Ciacona, Passacaglia and Nova Cyclopeias Harmonica on the Egedacher organ of the Zwettl Collegiate Church [NML(info)








Click [YouTube] to go to Georg Muffat, 12 toccatas, performed by Elisabeth Ullmann at the Egedacher organ of the Zwettl Collegiate Church.


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Summer is an Organ Festival in Montreal.



Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Saints-Anges, Lachine, for the Summer 2011, Wednesdays at 7:30 pm




Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Sundays at 7:00 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. James United Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Tuesdays at
12:30 pm.


Free organ recitals at St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal; Philippe Bélanger, organist; Sundays at 3:30 pm.


Click to go to the Free Organ Recitals at St. Andrew and St. Paul Church, Montreal, for the Summer 2011, Thursdays at 12:15 pm.



Click to go the McGill Summer Organ Academy Concerts, July 12-21 (tickets: $15/10 unless otherwise indicated)








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Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe / Merciful heart of eternal love, Cantata 185, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt and Leusink.

Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind, Museo Nazionale di Capomonte, Naples, 1568