Sunday, August 30, 2009

Music for OT-22-B (Aug 30)


Prelude: Two Verses (KV 154a): Mozart
Processional Hymn: 331: A Living Faith
Kyrie: -spoken-
Gloria: 113: Glory To God: Andrews
Readings: 642
Psalm: (Guimont p 140) One who does justice...
Acclamation: (OT-22-B) The Father willed to give...
Intercessions: -spoken-
Offertory: 847: Immortal Invisible
(11) (score) Confutatis (KV 626): Mozart
Sanctus/Mem/Amen: 172-175-177: Community Mass: Proulx
Agnus Dei 189: Lamb Of God: Proulx
Communion Hymn: 351: Where Charity And Love Prevail
Final Hymn: 323: For The Beauty Of The Earth
Postlude: Fugue (KV Anh 41 375g): Mozart

Music Notes:


The Communion Antiphon (Graduale Romanum Chant Proper)
(Ps 70: 16-18) Domine, memorabor iustitiae tuae solius;
Deus, docuisti me a iuventute mea, et usque in senectam
et senium, Deus, ne derelinquas me (O Lord, be mindful of
your justice alone; you have taught me, O God, from my youth;
and so, unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not).


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), child prodigy, taught
by father Leopold (musician and composer at Salzburg court of
Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach). Toured Austria,
Germany, France, England, Holland, Italy; later worked in Salzburg
court; went to Vienna (1781), worked as teacher, pianist, concert
promoter, composer. Wrote 600+ works (symphonies, oratorios, operas,
concertos, sonatas, chamber music, keyboard music, sacred music).
His Requiem (KV 626) was unfinished at his death. Its Sequence
"Dies Irae" manuscripts are fragmentary; in his handwriting are:
soprano, alto, tenor, bass, organ, bass and various string passages.
Within 100 days of his death, the fragments of this and all other
movements were enhanced and completed by Franz Xaver Sussmayr (1766-1803).
The (section five) text: Confutatis maledictis, Flammis acribus
addictis: Voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis,
Cor contritum quasi cinis: Gere curam mei finis (When the accused
are confounded, and doomed to flames of woe, call me among the
blessed. I kneel with submissive heart, my contrition is like ashes,
help me in my final condition).

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Music for OT-21-B (Aug 23)


Prelude: Verset-Choral (1886)(no 6): Dubois
Processional Hymn: 452: At That First Eucharist
Kyrie: -spoken-
Gloria: 113: Glory To God: Andrews
Readings: 639
Psalm: (Guimont p 137) Taste and see...
Acclamation: (OT-21-B) Your words Lord are...
Intercessions: -spoken-
Offertory: 319: Father We Thank Thee
(11) (sheet) Tu es Petrus: Faure
Sanctus/Mem/Amen: 172-175-177: Community Mass: Proulx
Agnus Dei 189: Lamb Of God: Proulx
Communion Hymn: 368: Keep In Mind
Final Hymn: 286: Jesus Shall Reign
Postlude: Marche Triomphale (1892)(no 12): Dubois

Music Notes:


The Communion Antiphon (Graduale Romanum Chant Proper)
(Ps 103:13-15) De fructu operum tuorum, Domine; satiabitur
terra; ut educas panem de terra, et vinum laetificet cor
hominis; ut exhilaret faciem in oleo, et pnanis cor hominis
confirmet (The earth will be satisfied by the work of your
hands, O Lord, as you bring forth bread from the land and
wine to gladden the heart of man; oil to make his face shine,
and bread to strengthen man's heart).


Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) born in Pamiers France; studied
(age 9-20) in Paris at Ecole Niedermeyer (a school to prepare
church organists and choir directors); Saint-Sulpice asst choir
organist (1871); Eglise de la Madeleine sub organist (1874),
choirmaster (1877). In the 1890s his fortunes improved: successful
trip to Venice Italy; French provinces music conservatory inspector
(1892); titulaire (chief organist) at Madeleine (1896); Paris
Conservatory composition instructor (1896); Paris Conservatory
director (1905); hearing deteriorated (1909); retired (1920).


Francois Clement Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) born in Rosnay
Marne France, began early musical studies at Rheims Cathedral
then attended Paris Conservatory; 1861-66 in Italy after winning
Prix de Rome; 1866 in Paris as teacher, organist, composer; divided
time between Conservatory (professor, director) and Church
(1868- Madeleine choirmaster, 1871- Sainte Clotilde organist,
1877- Madeleine organist). Composed religious and secular pieces
(organ, orchestral instruments, voice); wrote six textbooks on
composition and harmony.


Today’s prelude comes from his "Twelve Pieces (1886)";
today’s postlude comes form his "Twelve New Pieces (1892)".



Online resources:
Prelude score and soundfile (complete in 30-second chunks)
http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5390
http://peoplesmusicstore.com/catalogue_items/209063
Postlude score and soundfile (complete timestamp 0:16:45--0:22:05)
http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5418
http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/pipedreams/2004/03/14_pipedreams

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Music for OT-20-B (Aug 16)


Prelude: Adoro te devote: Callahan
Processional Hymn: 352: Love Divine All Loves Excelling
Kyrie: -spoken-
Gloria: 113: Glory To God: Andrews
Readings: 636
Psalm: (Guimont p 134) Taste and see...
Acclamation: (OT-20-B) Whoever eats my flesh...
Intercessions: -spoken-
Offertory: 301: Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven
(11) (sheet) Ave Maria: Josquin Desprez
Sanctus/Mem/Amen: 172-175-177: Community Mass: Proulx
Agnus Dei 189: Lamb Of God: Proulx
Communion Hymn: 851: Draw Near And Take
Final Hymn: 395: In Christ There Is No East Or West
Postlude: Pange lingua (v3): Titelouze

Music Notes:


The Communion Antiphon (Graduale Romanum Chant Proper)
(Jn 6:57) Qui manducat carnem meam, et bibit sanguinem meum,
in me manet, et ego in eo, dicit Dominus (He who eats
my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him,
says the Lord).


Charles Callahan (1951-), born in Cambridge MA, is a graduate
of the Curtis Institute (Philadelphia) and Catholic University of
America. Former faculty member Middlebury College, Catholic
University, Rollins College. Director (2005-) of Vermont Conservatory
of Music. Prolific composer, author of two books on American organ
building, active as an organ consultant, recitalist, recording artist,
workshop leader throughout USA and Europe. A poetic translation of
"Adoro te devote" can be found in the Hymnal # 850.


Jean Titelouze (1563-1633) at a young age became organist at the
cathedral in Rouen, France, and remained there the rest of his life.
His surviving published (1623) music for organ: versets on twelve hymns,
and eight settings of the Magnificat, one for each mode.
In "Pange lingua (v3)" the tune is played slowly by the feet on the pedals,
while the hands weave harmonies above it on the manuals.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Music for OT-19-B (Aug 9)


Prelude: Elevation ou Communion: Saint-Saens
Processional Hymn: 300: All Creatures Of Our God And King
Kyrie: -spoken-
(11) Missa VIII (de angelis): chant
Gloria: 113: Glory To God: Andrews
(11) Missa VIII (de angelis): chant
Readings: 633
Psalm: (Guimont p 131) Taste and see...
Acclamation: (OT-19-B) I am the living bread...
Intercessions: -spoken-
Offertory: 437: Taste And See
(11) (sheet) Panis angelicus: Saint-Saens
Sanctus/Mem/Amen: 172-175-177: Community Mass: Proulx
(11) Missa VIII (de angelis): chant
Agnus Dei 189: Lamb Of God: Proulx
(11) Missa VIII (de angelis): chant
Communion Hymn: 449: I Am The Bread Of Life
Final Hymn: 318: Let All Things Now Living
Postlude: Allegro Moderato in F: C J May

Music Notes:


The Communion Antiphon (Graduale Romanum Chant Proper)
(Jn 6:52) Panis, quem ego dedero, caro mea est pro saeculi vita
(The bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of the world).


This is the weekend after First Friday; Sunday 11 am Mass:
our chant setting is Missa VIII (de angelis).


Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) had piano lessons
with Stamaty (1842) and Boely; entered Conservatoire (1848)
and studied with Halevy; his dazzling gifts early won him the
admiration of Gounod, Rossini, Berlioz, Liszt. Organist (1857-75)
at the Madeleine; teacher (1861-5) at the Ecole Niedermeyer.
Organized concerts, revived interest in older music (Bach,
Handel, Rameau), wrote on topics (musical, scientific, historical),
traveled often and widely (Europe, North Africa, South America),
co-founded (1871) Societe Nationale de Musique. Wrote sonatas,
chamber music, symphonies, concertos, symphonic poems, operas,
choral works, organ pieces. His Panis Angelicus (18__) sets the
last two stanzas of the hymn Sacris solemniis, composed by
St Thomas Aquinas for Matins of Corpus Christi and of the Votive
Office of the Most Blessed Sacrament.


Charles J May (no dates) was organist and choirmaster at St James in Hatcham.


Thursday Evening Choir Rehearsals will resume on Thu Aug 13.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Concert "Retrospective I"


http://eft94530.googlepages.com/2009-0807-ffc.pdf

First Friday Concerts
August 7, 2009
11:15 am

Retrospective I

Edward F Teixeira, organ



Concert Composers:
Francesco Turini (1596-1656)
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jacinto do Sacramento (1712-??)
John Stanley (1713-1786)
William Selby (1738-1798)
Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Music for OT-18-B (Aug 2)


Prelude: Rhosymedre: Vaughan Williams
Processional Hymn: 343: O God Our Help In Ages Past
Kyrie: -spoken-
Gloria: 113: Glory To God: Andrews
Readings: 630
Psalm: (Guimont p 128) The Lord gave them bread...
Acclamation: (OT-18-B) One does not live on...
Intercessions: -spoken-
Offertory: 323: For The Beauty Of The Earth
(11) (sheet) Haleluya pelo tsa rona: East African
Sanctus/Mem/Amen: 172-175-177: Community Mass: Proulx
Agnus Dei 189: Lamb Of God: Proulx
Communion Hymn: 851: Draw Near And Take
Final Hymn: 444: Alleluia Sing To Jesus
Postlude: Hyfrydol: Vaughan Williams

Music Notes:


The Communion Antiphon (Graduale Romanum Chant Proper)
(Wis 16:20) Panem de caelo dedisti nobis, Domine, habentem
omne delectamentum, et omnem saporem suavitatis (You gave
us bread from heaven, O Lord, having in it all that is
delicious, and the sweetness of every taste).


Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was born in Down Ampney
Gloucestershire England, child of vicar Arthur Vaughan Williams
and Margaret Susan Wedgwood (great-granddaughter of potter
Josiah Wedgwood); Charles Darwin was a great-uncle.
He studied piano and violin and attended Charterhouse School,
then studied at: Royal College of Music London; Trinity College
Cambridge; Paris Conservatory. His teachers included Charles
Villiers Stanford, Hubert Parry, Walter Parratt, Max Bruch,
Maurice Ravel. Among his friends were G E Moore, Bertrand Russell,
Leopold Stokowsi, Gustav Holst. In 1904 he discovered English folk
songs, travelling the countryside and transcribing and preserving many,
later incorporating melodies into his own music. His first big public
success was conducting his premiere of Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas
Tallis (at The Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral).
He composed symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, film scores.
His organ pieces include Three Preludes (Bryn Calfaria, Rhosymedre,
Hyfrydol) on Welsh Hymn Tunes (1920).