8:00am Eucharist, I

      John Linker, Organist

            Organ improvisations before the service, at the Offertory and at Communion

10:00am Eucharist, II

      Kathy Bihl, Margaret Jones, and Susan Weatherford, Recorders

      Joe Jones, Harpsichord

      John Linker, Organist

            Christian Witt / Suite in F-Dur (Entr�e, Sarabande, Menuet, Bour�e, Menuet)

            Handel / Bour�e & Minuet

            Quantz / Trio Sonata

            Handel / Trio Sonata in F Major

            Hymns

            636*                   How firm a foundation                                     Foundation

            708*                   Savior, like a Shepherd lead us              Sicilian Mariners

            WLP 822            Through north and south                    Lasst uns erfreuen

            402* (st. 1)         Father, we thank thee who hast planted      Rendez � Dieu

            522*                   Glorious things of thee are spoken                         Austria

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

            Frescobaldi / Toccata Prima (First Book of Toccatas and Partitas, 1615)

            Frescobaldi / Toccata Ottava (First Book of Toccatas and Partitas, 1615)

            Hymns

            636*                   How firm a foundation                                     Foundation

            402* (st. 1)         Father, we thank thee who hast planted       Rendez � Dieu

            45*                     To you before the close of day        Te lucis ante terminum

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]

This Sunday morning we welcome recorder players Kathy Bihl, Margaret Jones, and Susan Weatherford along with harpsichordist Joe Jones offering music to complement the 10:00 service. Affectionately dubbed "The Good Shepherd Consort for Too Early Music," this group enjoys playing the greatest hits of the late 17^th and early 18^th centuries. Two relatively unknown composers of that time period are Christian Friedrich Witt (c. 1660-1717) and Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773). Witt was chamber organist to the court at Gotha (Germany), as position he held for most of his life. His Suite in F-Dur contains the predictable movements found in a suite of that time, Entr�e, Sarabande, Menuet, Bour�e, and Menuet. Quantz, also of German origin, was among the most famous flutists of his time, making tours throughout France and England. Among his numerous career moves he also served as composer to Frederick the Great of Prussia. Today he is best known for his treatise Versuch einer Anweisung die Fl�te traversiere zu spielen (1752), an important work regarding flute performance in the 18^th century.

The Voluntaries for the 5:00pm Eucharist are from Girolamo Frescobaldi's (1583-1643) First Book of Toccatas and Partitas (1615). The word toccata originates from the Italian toccare ("to touch"). A keyboard work bearing the title toccata is a virtuoso piece of music featuring fast-moving passages or sections, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers. A highly influential teacher and composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, Frescobaldi was organist of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome from 1608-28, and again from 1634 until his death.