Februart 24, 2013


Altar mosaic, Church of Dominus Flevit, Jerusalem, 1954
 
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing [NRSV, Luke 4:3]!

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes

2nd Sunday of Lent

Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist

3) The Concert Calendar





 Queen Mary II

The Introit for Choral Eucharist this coming Sunday, Henry Purcell, Thou knowest Lord, is from the Funeral Music for Queen Mary.

Click to go to Henry Purcell's complete music for the funeral of Queen Mary.


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Giralomo Fescobaldi redefined the passacaglia. 


Organ postludes in Lent will be passacaglias, also called chaconnes or grounds. Their regularly repeating bass melodies provide a perfect vehicle for meditation.


Click to go to this week's two-hour Public Radio programme of Pipedreams dealing with the organ passacaglia with a commentrary by Michael Barone.

Click to go to a second, 2007 programme of Pipedreams also dedicated to the organ passacaglia.


Click to read about the passacaglia in Wikipedia.
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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall

Admission Free

Fridays at 12:30 pm

March 22  - Alexandra Fol

April 5 -
João Segurado

April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
 
There are no Bach Cantatas assigned for the 2nd Sunday of Lent.
 
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Click to go to Miserere for Online Listening.

Gerard Segers, Repentance of Peter, Louvre, Paris, 1624-29
 
New Miserere:
Click to go a performance of Francisco António de Almeida: Miserere Mei, Deus, by the Bristol University Singers, Steven Kings conducting.

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Click to go to a performance of Philippe de Monte, Miserere mei, Deus by Countertenor: Terry Wey, Jakob Huppmann; Tenors: Thomas Künne, Tore Tom Denys; Baritone: Tim Scott Whiteley; Bass: Ulfried Staber; Cinquecento; Renaissance Vokal Vienna.

 

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Click to go to Stabat Mater for Online Listening. 




Pietro Perugino, Crucifixion with Mary and John, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1482

New Stabat Mater
 
Click to go to Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, Stabat Mater, by the Coro Easo Abesbatza, Xalbador Rallo (director); Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa; Cristian Mandeal conducting.

Click to go to  Franz Schubert, Stabat Mater, D383, by the  Lausanne Vocal Ensemble and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Philippe Corboz and Michel Corboz conducting.

February 17, 2013


William Blake, Christ tempted by Satan to turn stones to bread, from Illustrations for John Milton, Paradise Regained, 1819

The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread [NRSV, Luke 4:3]."

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
1at Sunday of Lent


Click to go immediately to:

1) The Music Programme Homepage

2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist

3) The Concert Calendar

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Organ postludes in Lent will be passacaglias, also called chaconnes or grounds. Their regularly repeating bass melodies provide a perfect vehicle for meditation.



Click to go to a 2007 two-hour Public Radio programme of Pipedreams dealing with organ passacaglias with a commentrary by Michael Barone.

Organ passacaglias will also be the subject of a second programme on Pipedreams this coming week. Check back here.  


Click to read about the passacaglia in Wikipedia.
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The Introit for choral Eucharist on this 1st Sunday of Lent is Cristóbal de Morales, Peccantem me quotidie / I sin every day. 


Click to go to performances by a number of composers.

Christian Dare: The Publican
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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series
The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall

Admission Free

Fridays at 12:30 pm

February 15 - Jean-Willy Kunz (programme)

March 22  - Alexandra Fol

April 5 -
João Segurado

April 12 - Hans-Ola Ericsson
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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
 
There are no Bach Cantatas assigned for the First Sunday of Lent.
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Click to go to Miserere for Online Listening.


 
New Miserere:

Performance of Fabrizio Dentice, Miserere mei Deus, by Le Poème Harmonique , Vincent Dumestre  conducting.

For the text, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window."
For the music, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window."  Arrange windows.
 
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Performance of Arvo Pärt, Miserere mei Deus, by the Hilliard Ensemble and the Western Wind Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier conducting.  Recorded at St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London.

For the text, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window."
For the music, right-click here, then click on "Open in New Window."  Arrange windows.

 

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Click to go to Stabat Mater for Online Listening. 



Rogier van der Weyden, Christ on the Cross with Mary and John 
Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial, c.1460

New Stabat Mater
 
Click to go to Orlande de Lassus, Stabat Mater, by the Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier conducting.  

Click to go to  Virgil Thomson, Stabat Mater, by  Dora Ohrenstein, soprano, and the Cassatt String Quartet.