9:00am Eucharist, II

      Canterbury Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            J.S. Bach / Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627

            Wood / This joyful Eastertide

            Mulet / Carillon-Sortie

            Hymns

            208*                   The strive is o'er                                                      Victory

            WLP 761 (st. 1)  All who hunger gather gladly                            Holy Manna

            LEVAS 206         We walk by faith                                                   Hancock

            193*                   That Easter day with joy was bright                    Puer nobis

11:15am Eucharist, II

      Treble Choir / Parish Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            J.S. Bach / Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627

            Wood / This joyful Eastertide

            Mulet / Carillon-Sortie

            Hymns

            208*                   The strive is o'er                                                      Victory

            WLP 761 (st. 1)  All who hunger gather gladly                            Holy Manna

            209*                   We walk by faith                                                 St Botolph

            193*                   That Easter day with joy was bright                    Puer nobis

4:15pm Concert

      Jane Johnson, Organ

            Arnatt / Fanfarae

            Bruhns / Prelude & Fugue in e minor

            Franck / Choral No. 2 in b minor

            Dupr� / Dans la Gloire des Invalides (IV. You will proclaim the mercy,

                        love, and goodness of God, our Salvation)

            Schoeder / Christ is erstanden

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

      Joshua Bracken, Music Intern

            J.S. Bach / Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627

            J.S. Bach / "Little" Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 553               

            Hymns

            208*                   The strive is o'er                                                      Victory

            WLP 761 (st. 1)  All who hunger gather gladly                            Holy Manna

            35*                     Christ, mighty Savior                                   Mighty Savior

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]

Fanfare - Ronald Arnatt (b.1930)

English-born composer and organist Ronald Arnatt has served prominent churches in the United States, and was also national president of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians.  His Fanfare features the beautiful trumpets on the Miller & Wrigley organ.

Prelude and Fugue in e minor - Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)

North German composer Nicolaus Bruhns came from a family of musicians.  From an early age he was an accomplished organist and pianist in addition to playing violin and viola da gamba.  Bruhns developed expertise in the relatively new double-stop technique, which enables a string player to sound multiple notes at once.  He delighted in taking his violin into the organ loft where he could create the impression that several musicians were playing at once-he would play the upper parts on the violin while accompanying himself with an appropriate pedal bass part with his feet!  Bruhns composed music for violin, viola da gamba, and piano, but these works have been lost to time.  His 12 cantatas and four organ pieces are all that remain.  Bruhns was a composition student of Dieetrich Buxtehude, and his organ compositions reveal Buxtehude's influence.  These compositions are constructed in many sections with frequently changing meters, occasionally held together with fantasy-like passages.  In his e minor prelude and fugue, the prelude is relatively short and toccata-like; the longer fugue is actually two fugues that are connected with a long improvisatory section that includes a harp-like motif.  As is typical of North German Baroque composers, the pedal is given equal importance to the other voices.

Choral No. 2 in b minor - C�sar Franck (1822-1890)

The greatest organ composer of the French school in the 19^th century was C�sar-Auguste Franck.  Born in Belgium, he was educated in France and was organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire.  He served as organist at Ste. Clotilde in Paris for over 30 years, and composed with the 1859 Cavaill�-Coll organ there in mind.  Franck's final major works for the organ are the three chorales composed during the last year of his life.  These three fantasias are not based on a pre-existing chorale melody, but do contain sections that suggest hymn writing.  Choral No. 2 in b minor is in a variation form, that of a modified passacaglia.  The theme is first heard in the pedal and reappears throughout the piece, occasionally interrupted by interludes in recitative or free fantasy style.  Two quiet sections, midway through the piece and again at the end, exemplify the type of musical writing which suggests the mysticism and religious idealism reflected in Franck's works.   

Dans la Gloire des Invalides

IV. You will proclaim the mercy, love, and goodness of God, our Salvation - Marcel Dupr� (1886-1971)

French composer Marcel Dupr� was also born into a musical family.  His father was an organist, and served as young Dupr�'s first piano teacher.  His father believed strongly in developing a good piano background before undertaking study on another instrument.  Marcel was enchanted by the organ, however, and would use his toy blocks to make organ pedals that he pretended to play as he practiced. When Marcel was eventually allowed to study organ, he could only practice organ 15 minutes for every 45 minutes spent at the piano.  His diligent practice paid off as he became well-known for his organ concerts, including a series of ten concerts he gave in Paris in 1920 in which he performed the complete Bach organ works-from memory!  Dupr� was somewhat of a child prodigy, composing his first piece at the age of 10.  He continued composing as he concertized all over Europe and America, often composing in hotels or on trains.  Dupr� was a master improviser, and some of his most famous compositions had their origins as concert improvisations.  He also incorporated smaller improvised liturgical meditations, or versets, into his service playing at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and later at St. Sulpice.  "In the Glory of the Invalides" were eleven versets Dupr� improvised at the dedication of the Beuchet-Debierre organ at St. Louis des Invalides, Paris, on December 8, 1957.  At the dedication ceremony, the celebrant intoned eleven separate one-sentence invocations in Latin to restate the mission of the new organ.  Following each invocation, Dupr� improvised a verset based upon the message of the invocation.  A live recording of the dedication was the source for transcriptions of these improvisations, done by University of Alaska Professor of Music David A. Stech in 2004.   

Christ ist erstanden - Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984)

For organists, Hermann Schroeder is one of the most important German composers of the 20^th century.  His music combines elements of the Middle Ages, 20^th century polyphony, and the linear, atonal writing of Hindemith.  "Christ is risen" is from his Sechs Orgelchorales, a group of hymn tune-based pieces for the liturgical year.  The continually rising melodic line which outlines the Christ ist erstanden hymn tune and the driving rhythm in the pedal combine into an exciting piece for the Easter season.     

Organist Jane Johnson to Perform this Sunday in Good Shepherd

Organ Recital by Roberta Gary in Louisville Sunday 4/27

On Sunday 27 April at 3:00pm Dr. Roberta Gary will be performing an organ recital in St Luke's Anchorage (near Louisville) as part of their ongoing organ recital series.  Recently retired from serving as Professor of Organ at the College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati, Dr. Gary is a legacy in the world of organ performance and pedagogy.