Jul 15, 2024 | Organist's Blog
Music for Meditation – Prelude on the Hymn Tune “St. Columba” (“The King of Love My Shepherd Is”) – Healey Willan One of the most beloved hymn melodies in modern hymnals is the Irish melody “St. Columba,” sung most often to the text “The King of Love My Shepherd...
Jul 11, 2024 | Organist's Blog
Music for Meditation – Chorale Prelude, “Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren” (“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation”)…..Johann Gottfried Walther This short setting of the classic German chorale (hymn) sung in English translation as...
Jul 9, 2024 | Organist's Blog
Music for Meditation – Chorale Prelude, “Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren” (“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation”)…..Johann Gottfried Walther This short setting of the classic German chorale (hymn) sung in English translation as...
Jun 17, 2024 | Organist's Blog
Sunday, June 23, 2024 Music for Meditation: Prelude on the Hymn Tune “Morecambe”….Charles Callahan These two brief settings by the American composer Charles Callahan are based on the familiar hymn “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart.” Offertory: Prelude on the Hymn...
May 20, 2024 | Organist's Blog
May 26, 2024 The organ music for this week is based on hymns that are particularly appropriate for Trinity Sunday. Music for Meditation – Prelude on the Hymn Tune “Repton”….Charles Callahan The hymn tune “Repton” is by the late Romantic English composer C. Hubert H....
May 20, 2024 | Organist's Blog
Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2024 Postlude: Chorale Prelude, “Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist” (“Come, Creator God, Holy Spirit”)…..J.S. Bach This work is from Bach’s Eighteen Leipzig Chorales, a group of organ chorale settings which date from earlier periods in...