Lenten Music
St. Paul’s Lenten Organ Recitals St. Paul's Friends of Music will be offering Lenten Organ Recitals provided by St. Paul's organists. These recitals will be streamed on Facebook Live and available for listening at any time in this season. Each recital will be presented on Wednesdays at 10:30 am with and also function as prelude music to particular 11:00 a.m. Eucharists. The schedule and recitalists are as follows:
1. Ash Wednesday: Doug Starr; Re-watch the recital here
2. Wednesday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m., Christin Cooper;
3. Wednesday, March 17 at 10:30 a.m., Michael Anderson; and,
4. Wednesday, March 24 at 10:30 a.m., Alice Lee
Readings and Musical Reflections on the Stations of the Cross Throughout the season of Lent, our music ministry will engage in a collaborative effort to reflect on the Stations of the Cross. Beginning on Friday, February 19th, look for two or three video reflections per week, released on our St. Paul’s YouTube channel and accessible through our Facebook page. Each video will display a lingering visual shot of the station (those beautifully carved, acquired from the Holy Land, and currently mounted in the church). Superimposed on the visual shot will be a narration of the station, immediately followed by a pre-recorded musical performance that is related to that station's narrative. If you’d like to record a reading or musical reflection for this project, please contact Doug Starr ([email protected]) or Christin Cooper ([email protected]).
You can watch the videos here.
Opening Prayers: Rev. Luke Zerra
Station 1: Jesus is condemned to death
Reader: Kim McKnight
Musician: Christin Cooper, organ
Musical Selection: Ah Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended? Helmut Walcha (1907-1991)
Station 2: Jesus takes up his cross
Reader: John Sozansky
Musician: Doug Starr, organ
Musical Selection: Nimrod from Enigma Variations Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Station 3: Jesus falls for the first time
Reader: Mike Plaskett
Musician: Christin Cooper, organ
Musical Selection: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say James Biery (b. 1956)
Station 4: Jesus meets his afflicted mother
Reader: Preston Shimer
Musicians: Doug Starr, Annette Tierney, and Tommy Starr
Musical Selection: Hail Mary, Gentle Woman Carey Landry (b. 1944)
Station 5: The Cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene
Reader: Jan Littrell
Musician: Paul Golebie
Musical Selection: Come to Me Gregory Norbet (b. 1940)
Station 6: A woman wipes the face of Jesus
Reader: Kathleen Davies
Musician: Sue Vines
Musical Selection: Hymn 166 Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle
