Fra Angelico, Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven (detail), National Gallery, London, 1428-30

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'But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom for ever—for ever and ever (NRSV, Daniel 7:18).’  

November 4, 2007:  All Saints Sunday    [Comments]

10:00 am Choral Eucharist                                                                                                                 The Cathedral Singers

 

Prelude:  Christ, you are the light of day, BWV 1120,                                        

                J.S. Bach (1685-1750)   [BNQ]                                                                              Mass Setting:  Missa Brevis, Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)   [BNQ]

Introit:  O quam gloriosum (text), Jacob Vaet (1529-67)                                                      Motet:  Angeli, archangeli (text), Andrea Gabrieli (1545-1607)   [BNQ]

Postlude:  Prelude in b, BWV 544, J.S. Bach

 

 

4:00 pm Choral Evensong  

The Cathedral Singers

James Johnston is the treble soloist in the Adonai roi.  All of the music from Evensong will be sung at the Wednesday evening fundraiser.

 

Prelude: Subtilité des corps glorieux from Les corps glorieux,                                          

                Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)       [BNQ]                                                              Introit:  Uruh, hanevel! (Introduction and 1st movement from the Chichester Psalms)

              (text), Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)    [BNQ]                                                           Preces and Responses: Philip Radcliffe (1905-86)                                                            Canticle:  Adonai roi lo ehsar. (2nd movement from the Chichester Psalms) (text)

                  Leonard Bernstein                                                                                   Canticle:  Adonai, lo gavah libi. (3rd movement from the Chichester Psalms) (text)

                  Leonard Bernstein                                                                                  Anthem:   Amazing Grace, John Newton, arr. Ron Smail (b. 1953)                                     Postlude:  Joie et clarté des corps glorieux from Les corps glorieux (listen),                    

                  Olivier Messiaen

 

 

 

Robert Vonnoh, In Flanders Field - Where Soldiers Sleep and Poppies Grow, Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio, 1890 

Jesus said to Martha, ‘I am the resurrection and the life.  Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die (NRSV, John 11:25-26a).'     

                                                                                                                                       November 11, 2007:  All Souls - The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed  

                                                        (Remembrance Sunday)    [Comments]

 

10:00 am Choral Eucharist                                                                                                                 The Cathedral Singers Octet

 

Prelude:  Blessed are you, Faithful Souls, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)   [BNQ]            Mass Setting: Missa "Bell' Amfitrit' altera," Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)  [BNQ]  

Introit:  Requiem Aeternam (text), Felice Anerio (1560-1594)  

Motet:   Justorum animae (text), Orlande de Lassus 

Postlude:  O God Our Help, C. Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

 

 

4:00 pm Choral Evensong  

The Cathedral Singers Octet

 

Prelude:  Liebster Jesu, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)     [BNQ] 

Introit:  Selig sind die Toten (text), Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)         [BNQ]                     Preces and Responses:  For Trebles, John Holmes (fl. 1580-1610)

Canticles: First Service, Robert Parsons (1530-72)    [BNQ]

Anthem:  Into Thy Hands (text), Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)                                           Postlude:  Aeterna Christi Munera, Healey Willan (1880-1968)     [BNQ]        

 

Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1834

 

                     

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the serpent—its food shall be dust!  They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord (NRSV, Isaiah 65:25).

November 18, 2007:  Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost    [Comments]

 10:00 am Choral Eucharist                                                                                                                 The Choir of Trebles and Adults

 

Prelude:  Récits de cromone séparé en dialogue, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)
Mass Setting:  Missa Secunda, Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)      [BNQ]

Introit:  Sacerdotes domini (text), William Byrd (1543-1623)     [BNQ]

Motet:  Jesu dulcis memoria (text) (listen), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1549-1611)    [BNQ]

Postlude: Dialogue sur les grands jeux, L.-N. Clérambault     [BNQ]

 

 

4:00 pm Choral Evensong  

The Cathedral Singers

 

Prelude:  Ein' feste Burg, BWV 720, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)    [BNQ] 

Introit:  We will rejoice in thy salvation, Bernard Rose (1916-96)                                       Preces and Responses:  Craig Phillips (b. 1961)                                                               Canticles:  Service in D, George Dyson (1883-1964)   [BNQ]                                         Anthem:  God is our refuge, Jonathan Harvey (b.1939)       [BNQ]                                      Postlude:  Toccata in b, Francis Jackson (b. 1917) 

  

 

 Graham Sutherland, Christ the King, Coventry Cathedral, 1952-62

 

Then the criminal said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."  He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise (NRSV, Luke 23:43-44)."                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

November 25, 2007:  The Reign of Christ / Feast of Dedication    [Comments]

 

10:00 am Choral Eucharist                                                                                                                 The Cathedral Choirs

 

Prelude:  Fughetta "Westminster Abbey,"  P.P. Stearns (b. 1931)
Mass Setting:  Missa Cantate, Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

Introit:  O Sing Joyfully, Adrian Batten (1591-1637)

Motet:  All people that on earth do dwell (text), Thomas Tallis (1505-85)       [BNQ]

Postlude:  Te Deum (listen), Jean Langlais (1907-91)       [BNQ]

 

 

4:00 pm Choral Evensong  

The Cathedral Singers Octet

 

Prelude:  Verset pour la fête de la dédicace, Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)     [BNQ]

Introit:   Glorious and powerful God (text),                                                              

               Charles Viliers Stanford (1852-1924)        [BNQ]                                                    Preces and Responses:  Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)        [BNQ]                Canticles:  Second Service, Orlando Gibbons                                                         Anthem: Glorious and powerful God, Orlando Gibbons                                                  Postlude:  Apparition de l'église éternelle (listen), Olivier Messiaen