Hans Memling, Christ with Musician Angels, Koninklijke Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1480s
It was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, ‘For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever’, the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud (NRSV, 2 Chronicles 5:13).


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Ave Maria: Works dedicated to the Blessed Virgin is the first concert of the season of Musica Orbium, directed by Patrick Wedd, to be held on Sunday, November 15, at 7:30 pm, at St. George's Anglican Church, 1101 Stanley Street, Montreal (Bonaventure Metro). Choral Music by Rachmaninov, Pärt, Chilcott and others (including several “Ave Marias” and “Magnificats”) will precede the beautiful and engaging “Stabat Mater” by French genius Francis Poulenc. Click for complete information and the possibility to reserve by phone.

Kerry-Anne Kutz, soprano
Philip Crozier, organ

Programme:

Ave Maria: Robert Parsons (circa 1535–1572) [Clare College: listen]

Magnificat in G: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) [Stamford; St. John's; Andrew Johnston: listen]

Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria): Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) [Friday's Voices; King's Singers: listen]

Bogoroditsye Dyevo: Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) [Friday's Voices; Tewksbury; Southampton; Cambridge Singers: listen]

Nova! Nova!: Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) [Tower Voices: NML] (info)

Dixit Maria: Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) [James River Singers; King College: listen]

Ave Maria (à 4): Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) [Westminster Cathedral: listen]

Ave Maria (à 8): Tomás Luis de Victoria [Tallis Scholars: listen]

Regina caeli: Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628) [Auckland: YouTube]

Magnificat: Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690- 1750) [Tower Youth: NML] (info)

Stabat Mater: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) [Dutoit: listen]




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