7:45am Eucharist, I

      John Linker, Organist

      Improvisations before the service, at the Offertory, and Communion

9:00am Eucharist, II

      Canterbury Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Lemmens / Pr�lude � 5

            Wood / Oculi omnium

            Lee / Fanfare on Ite missa est

            Hymns

            595                     God of grace and God of glory                           Mannheim

            436* (st. 1)         Lift up your heads                                                      Truro

            454                     Jesus came, adored by angels                                   Lowry

            383*                   Fairest Lord Jesus                                         St. Elizabeth

11:15am Eucharist, II                      

      Treble Choir / Parish Choir

      John Linker, Organist

            Lemmens / Pr�lude � 5

            Darlington / Psalm 78:1-7

            Goss / If we believe

            Lee / Fanfare on Ite missa est

            Hymns

            595                     God of grace and God of glory                           Mannheim

            436* (st. 1)         Lift up your heads                                                      Truro

            454                     Jesus came, adored by angels                                   Lowry

            383*                   Fairest Lord Jesus                                         St. Elizabeth

4:15pm Organ Recital ("Music for War and Peace")

      John Linker, Organ

            William Byrd / The Battell

            Ren� Vierne / Pri�re & Canzona

            Samuel Barber / Adagio for Strings

            Dan Locklair / The Peace may be exchanged

            Aaron Copland / Fanfare for the Common Man

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

            Lemmens / Pr�lude � 5

            Lee / Fanfare on Ite missa est

            Hymns

            383*                   Fairest Lord Jesus                                         St. Elizabeth

            436* (st. 1)         Lift up your heads                                                      Truro

            36*                     O gladsome Light                           Le Cantique de Sim�on

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]

Pr�lude � 5, played for the opening voluntary, is from Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens' influential collection �cole d'Orgue, an organ method that taught his students (most notably Widor and Guilmant) in the ways of fluid part writing. Lemmens was a pedagogical great-great grandson of J.S. Bach (the lineage is Bach-Kittel-Rinck- Hesse-Lemmens).

The Offertory Motet at 9:00 is Oculi omnium by Charles Wood (1866-1926), one of the most beloved miniature gems in the choral repertoire. The text is Psalm 145:16, and this short anthem is sometimes sung as a grace before meals. Fitting it is then that it should be sung prior to joining in this Eucharistic celebration. Charles Wood, of Irish origin, was an influential teacher of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells. He and his wife lost their son in battle during World War I.

Sir John Goss (1800-1880) was a pupil of Thomas Attwood (a close friend of Felix Mendelssohn) at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Goss later succeeded his teacher as organist at St. Paul's and was also mentor to the younger John Stainer. His Anthem If we believe that Jesus died, echoing the text from Thessalonians read in the Second Lesson, was composed for the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington in 1852. Set in the pensive key of D minor, the four voices of the choir take turns with fugal appearances of the text, a melodic contour that features a descending 5^th or 4^th and is generally moves in stepwise fashion. Fugal writing gives way to homophonic texture rich with suspensions. A shift to the parallel major (D Major) occurs near the end.

"Music for War and Peace"

As we observe Veteran's Day on November 11^th, which is also Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I, this organ recital takes on a program of music that is associated with war and peace.

The program begins with some of the earliest printed music for keyboard from William Byrd's (c. 1540-1623) My Ladye Nevells Booke. Along with the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, this collection is among the most important collections of keyboard music from the Renaissance. The Battell was supposedly written after the Armada victory of 1588, but more probably alludes to one of the Irish rebellions of the time. It is the first known programmed suite of descriptive music, and shows Byrd in a rare lighthearted vein. Keyboard music of this time rarely had a clear delineation as to whether it should be played on the organ or on plucked string instruments (harpsichord or virginal). The Battell, being secular in nature, was likely intended for the harpsichord.

Ren� Vierne (1878-1918) was the younger brother of the prolific French organist and composer Louis Vierne (1870-1937), organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He died in battle during World War I while defending France on May 29, 1918 in one of the battles of Champagne.

Though not as prodigious as his brother, Ren� composed several collections for organ including a low mass and these two shorts works played today from his Ten Pieces in Different Styles. Vierne's Pri�re and Canzona played today features tonal chromaticism with adherence to time honored forms, which was popular from the French organ school of that time. Ren�, like his brother, was an advocate for the "Lemmens" school of playing, using legato technique, toe & heel pedalling, and other modern interpretations as passed to his generation from the likes of Widor and Guilmant. He was organist at the parish of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris.

Samuel Barber's (1910-1981) famous Adagio for Strings is a favorite among organ transcription enthusiasts. This work began its life as the second movement of Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11, composed in 1936 while Barber was spending a summer in Europe.  As one of the most riveting emotional pieces of the 20th century, it has earned itself a place in popular culture, and holds a sentimental spot for American audiences akin to what Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations holds for British audiences. It has appeared on several television and film soundtracks, most notably Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Oscar-nominated 2001 film Am�lie, and has been performed for memorial services of American dignitaries.  The work was aired on television at the announcements of the deaths of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as President John F. Kennedy. On being aware that this work was performed for so many memorials, Barber was quoted as saying, "They always play that piece. I wish they'd play some of my other pieces." The organ transcription is by William Strickland and was published by G. Schirmer in 1949.

Dan Locklair's (b. 1949) liturgical suite Rubrics is a collection of five pieces inspired by various rubrics (directives originally printed in red, hence "rubric") from the Book of Common Prayer. The Peace may be exchanged beautifully interprets the idea of being at peace with oneself, with each other, and with God. Locklair lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is among the most celebrated of contemporary American composers.

The program concludes with Aaron Copland's (1900-1990) dramatic Fanfare for the Common Man. The fanfare was written in 1942 at the request of the conductor Eugene Goossens for performance by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the first performance being given by that conductor and orchestra on March 14, 1943. In 1944, Copland's Fanfare was one of ten collected by Goossens into a volume of fanfares. In his Fanfare, Copland strove for what he himself described as "a certain nobility of tone, which suggested slow rather than fast music." The title followed from the composer's reaction to that of Walter Piston's Fanfare for the Fighting French. As Copland recalled, "It seemed to me that if the fighting French got a fanfare, so should the common man, since, after all, it was he who was doing the dirty work in the war." A few years later, feeling it to be "worth further development," Copland used the Fanfare for the Common Man in the finale of his Third Symphony.

2014 Peterson Vocal Competition and Musical Heritage Celebration

The 2014 Peterson Vocal Competition, a judged event, will be held at Central Christian Church-Evans Music Room (Second Floor), 205 East Short Street, on Saturday, November 15, 2014, 8:30 AM-2:30 PM. Talented undergraduate vocal artists from colleges and universities in Central Kentucky, recommended by their vocal teachers will compete for cash awards and stipends. Ten finalists will be announced at the end of the competition. All finalists will be required to attend the Musical Heritage Celebration in Memory of Dr. Roy P. Peterson later that evening. The top five finalists shall perform at Central Christian Church, 205 East Short Street, Lexington, KY at 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary. The competition is free. (See below for obtaining tickets for the concert.)

The Musical Heritage Celebration in Memory of Dr. Roy P. Peterson

The main attraction at the Musical Heritage Celebration will be the top five finalists from the Peterson Competition. Invited student guests will perform also. At the end of the Musical Celebration performances, scholarships and other awards will be presented to each of the finalists.

The Musical Heritage Celebration is a charitable event to raise funds for arts and educational outreach for youth, including the Dr. Roy P. Peterson Memorial Scholarship offered through the YMCA Black Achievers Program.

Tickets: Adults-$15                                     Seniors, Age 60 and up-$10

               Students - Age 11-17 -$3.00                   10 and under FREE

Purchase tickets: www.petersonartsfund.org

Phone: 859 489 1571