October 28, 2012


 Workshop of Simone Martini, Saint (Jude) Thaddeus, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1320
 
I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another [NRSV, Isaiah 53:7].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Feast of Saint Simon and Saint Jude
October 28, 2012
 
Click to go immediately to:


1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.
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Drawing of Igor Stravinsky by Picasso, 1920

Hommage to Stravinsky

The Cathedral Choirs Fundraiser, Friday, November 2, at 7:30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, will celebrate the work of Igor Stravinsky.


Berceuse and Finale of L'Oiseau de feu, performed by Patrick Wedd, organ.

Duo Concertant, performed by Andrew Beer, violin; and Janelle Fung, piano.

Mass, performed by The Cathedral Choirs and wind ensemble.

Entrance includes wine and cheese reception: $25; Seniors: $20; students: $10.

Tickets are available at the concert and at:
The Word, 469 rue Milton 
Cathedral office, 1444 avenue Union
Information : 514-843-6577



Prepare for the concert by listening online to:

The entire L'Oiseau de feu, transcribed for organ, is made available for free online listening by the Naxos Music Library, performance by Pierre Pincemaille at the Danion-Gonzalez organ of the Maison Radio-France, Paris. [BNQ] [BM] (info)

Duo Concertant, performed by Carl Seemann, piano; and Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin [musicMe] 

Mass, performed by The Saint Anthony Singers  and The English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis conducting. [musicMe]

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 1990 Guilbault-Thérien, Opus 35, organ of the Grand Séminaire, Montreal

Le FESTIVAL DES COULEURS de l'orgue français

18th season, autumn 2012

The Sundays of October 2012 at 3:00 pm

       October 28:       Jean-Luc Perrot


The recitals are free, thanks to the support of Rona.
 The Chapel of the Grand Séminaire du Montréal
 

              2065 Sherbrooke Ouest
            (Métro Guy-Concordia, autobus 24)
 
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost


Mass of the 22th Sunday after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 50:


Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Alleluiatic Postlude  [YouTube]
Mass of the Feast of All Saints, Op. 56, No. 48:

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Choral  [YouTube]
  
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.

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Il Veronese, The Centurion before Christ, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, 1581-82



Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantatas for the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity performed by the Holland Boys Choir and the Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.

Cantata 38: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir / From deep affliction I cry out to you

Cantata 98: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan [I] / What God does , that is done well

Cantata 109: Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben! / I believe, dear Lord, help my unbelief!

Cantata 188: Ich habe meine Zuversicht / I have placed my confidence

















October 21, 2012


 Francisco Zurburan, The Lamb of God, San Diego Museum of Art, 1635-40

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth [NRSV, Isaiah 53:7].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
October 21, 2012

Click to go immediately to:


1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.




 

Arthur Wills

The organ voluntaries at Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday are both the work of Arthur Wills.

Music of Arthur Wills on [YouTube].

The Naxos Music Library makes available for online listening the entire disc, Wondrous Machine, organ music by Arthur Wills, performed by Jeremy Filsell at the 1995 Marcussen organ of the Tonbridge School [BNQ] [BM] (info)

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Photo by Stephanie Felkai 

Jonathan Bailey - flute
David Henkelman - harpsichord

Flûte et Clavecin
Moderne et Baroque
Flute and Harpsichord

R Hinchliffe - The Elements
L Berkeley - Sonatina, Op 13
JS Bach - Suite in B minor, BWV 1067

Concerts Cathédrale
Christ Church Cathedral
635 St. Catherine West
Saturday, October 20, 2012
4:30 pm
Admission free - donation requested
  
Prepare for the concert by listening online to:
 
R. Hinchliffe, The Elements, performed by Ahmed Al Ghanem, flute; Dana Smith, piano [YouTube]

L. Berkeley, Sonatina, Op. 13, performed by Paul Michell, flute; Stephen Walter, piano [YouTube]

Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite in B Minor, BWV 1067, performed by Ton Koopman and The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra [YouTube]
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Drawing of Igor Stravinsky by Picasso, 1920

The Cathedral Choirs Fundraiser, Friday, November 2, at 7:30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, will celebrate the work of Igor Stravinsky.

Berceuse and Finale of L'Oiseau de feu, performed by Patrick Wedd, organ.

Duo Concertant, performed by Andrew Beer, violin; and Janelle Fung, piano.

Mass, performed by The Cathedral Choirs and wind ensemble.

Entrance includes wine and cheese reception: $25; Seniors: $20; students: $10.

Tickets are available at the concert and at:
The Word, 469 rue Milton 
Cathedral office, 1444 avenue Union
Information : 514-843-6577



Prepare for the concert by listening online to:

The entire L'Oiseau de feu, transcribed for organ, is made available for free online listening by the Naxos Music Library, performance by Pierre Pincemaille at the Danion-Gonzalez organ of the Maison Radio-France, Paris. [BNQ] [BM] (info)

Duo Concertant, performed by Carl Seemann, piano; and Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin [musicMe] 

Mass, performed by The Saint Anthony Singers  and The English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis conducting. [musicMe]


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 1990 Guilbault-Thérien, Opus 35, organ of the Grand Séminaire, Montreal

Le FESTIVAL DES COULEURS de l'orgue français


18th season, autumn 2012

The Sundays of October 2012 at 3:00 pm

       October 21:       Jean-Willy Kunz

       October 28:       Jean-Luc Perrot


The recitals are free, thanks to the support of Rona.

 The Chapel of the Grand Séminaire du Montréal
 

              2065 Sherbrooke Ouest
            (Métro Guy-Concordia, autobus 24)
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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 49.


Mass of the 21th Sunday after Pentecost


Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Fugue  [YouTube]
 
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
  
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Bach Cantatas for the 20th Sunday after Trinity:



Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, c. 1567

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich geh und suche mit verlangen / I go and seek with longing, Cantata 49, with performances by Coin, Gardiner, Haselböck Harnoncourt and Leusink.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ach! ich sehe, Itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe / Ah! I see, now, as I go to the wedding, Cantata 162, with performances by Harnoncourt, Koopman and Leusink.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele /Adorn yourself, O dear soul, Cantata 180, with performances by Coin, Leonhardt, Leusink and Lutz.

October 14, 2012


  David Roberts, The Gate of Justice Alhambra Granada, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, c. 1834

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate [NRSV, Amos 5:15a].

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

October 14, 2012

Click to go immediately to:


1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong

3) The Concert Calendar.


The organ voluntaries for evensong this coming Sunday are from George Frideric Handel, Op. 4, No. 5, in F major.


Click to read about George Frideric Handel in Wikipedia.
 
Along with an amazing output of all sorts of music, Handel composed what is generally agreed to be 14
organ concerti, originally played by Handel himself as interludes for his oratorios.



Click to read about Handel's organ concerti. 

Analekta has released 4 discs covering all 14 organ concerti performed by Quebec organists on antique Quebec organs with the accompaniment of the Ensemble Carl Philipp, Jean-François Rivest conducting. Extensive programme notes covering the music and the organs are available.

Click to hear
Genevieve Soly perform in Op. 4, No. 3, in G minor; No. 14, in A major; Op. 4, No. 6, in B flat minor; and No. 13 in F major, "The Cukoo and the Nightingale;" on the Warren organ of St. Stephen's Anglican Church in Chambly, Quebec. 


Denis Bédard performing on the Warren organ of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Frelighsburg, Quebec:
Op.7, No.6, in B flat major  [BNQ] [BM] (info)
Op.7, No.4, in D minor  [BNQ] [BM] (info)
Op.7, No.2, in A major  [BNQ] [BM] (info)
No.16 in F major  [BNQ] [BM] (info)
 
Click to hear Denis Bédard perform the allegro movement from Op.7, No. 4, in D minor, along with extensive programme notes for the entire disc.


 Click to hear Dom André Laberge, O.S.B., perform No.15 in D minor; Op.4 No.1, in G minor; Op.7 No.3, in B flat major; and Op.7 No.1 in B flat major; on the Warren organ of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Frelighsburg, Quebec.

Click to hear Robert Girard perform Op.4, No.2, in B flat major; Op.7, No.5, in G minor; Op. 4, No.5, in F major; and Op.4, No.4, in F major; on the Déry organ of l'Église Saint-Roch in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec.
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All 16 of Handel's organ concerti performed by Eduard Müller at the organ of the Titus Church, Basel, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, August Wenzinger conducting. [musicMe

All 16 of Handel's organ concerti performed by Simon Preston at the Samuel Green Organ of St. John the Baptist Church, Armitage; The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock conducting. [musicMe]

Handel's organ concerti, Op. 4 and 7, performed by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. [musicMe

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 1990 Guilbault-Thérien, Opus 35, organ of the Grand Séminaire, Montreal

Le FESTIVAL DES COULEURS de l'orgue français


18th season, autumn 2012

The Sundays of October 2012 at 3:00 pm

October 14:       Érik Reinart

       October 21:       Jean-Willy Kunz

       October 28:       Jean-Luc Perrot


The recitals are free, thanks to the support of Rona.

 The Chapel of the Grand Séminaire du Montréal
 
              2065 Sherbrooke Ouest
            (Métro Guy-Concordia, autobus 24)
 _______________


 
  
Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Cycle after Pentecost, Op. 56, No. 47.


Mass of the 20th Sunday after Pentecost

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Alleluiatic Choral No. 5  [YouTube]
 
Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.
  
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Bach Cantatas for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity:
 

Healing of the Paralytic, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 16th cent.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Wo soll ich fliehen hin / Where shall I refuge find, Cantata 5, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Marriner, Richter, and Rilling.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen /Miserable man that I am,
Cantata 48, with performances by Gardiner, Gershensohn, Harnoncourt, Leusink and Suzuki.


Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen / I would gladly bear the cross-beam, Cantata 56, with performances by Baumgartner, Gardiner, Kavakos,  Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, Marriner, Norrington, RichterRifkin, Rilling and  Ristenpart.