I'll kick off the new year with a celebratory concert on the new organ at Emmanuel Episcopal. This program is designed for those who love organ music, those who are new to this art form, and those who just aren't sure!
Planned repertoire:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29: Wir danken dir, Gott (We Thank Thee, God)
J.S. BACH: Three chorale preludes: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kamm (Christ, Our Lord, Came to the Jordan), BWV 684; Diess sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot (These are the Holy Ten Commandments), BWV 678; and Diess sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot (These are the Holy Ten Commandments), BWV 679
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844-1937): Intermezzo from Symphony No. 6 for Organ
Four hymn settings: On This Day, Earth Shall Ring (Personet Hodie) by Robert A. Hobby (b. 1962); Many and Great (Lacquiparle) by Robert Buckley Farlee (b. 1950); We Five Kings (Kings of Orient) by Dan Miller (b. 1954); and King of Kings (traditional spiritual) by Ralph Simpson (b. 1933)
NOEL RAWSTHORNE (1929-2019): Dancing Feet
CHARLES FRANÇOIS GOUNOD (1818-1893): Funeral March of a Marionette
MARY BETH BENNETT (b. 1954): Hommage à Langlais: Song of Peace in a Time of War
JOSEPH BONNET (1884-1944): Variations de Concert