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; Re-watch the recital here
3. Wednesday, March 17 at 10:30 a.m., Michael Anderson; Re-Watch the recital here
4. Wednesday, March 24 at 10:30 a.m., Alice Lee; Re-watch the recital here
Sacred Jazz
Doug and Tommy Starr presented this short sacred jazz music concert featuring the music of Bill Evans and John Coltrane. We begin with an improvisation of the Passiontide hymn,O Sacred Head Now Wounded followed by Evans’ “Peace Piece” and two movements from Coltrane’s transformative,A Love Supreme, a work that he called,my gift to God. The presentation begins with introductory remarks and is 28 minutes in length. You can re-watch the concert here.
As a follow-up to their Holy Week Sacred Jazz music concert, Doug present more details about this distinctive jazz genre. His blog series is about his 47 years as a church musician and the time period where jazz revealed its spirituality in his professional life. A brief narration is followed by Tommy and Doug’s performance of two movements from John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” (1964) The duration is 19:52. You can view it here.
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
Station 7: Jesus falls a second time
Reader: Eileen Minnitte
Musician: Even Dyrud
Musical Selection: Distant Chimes Jon George (1944-1982)
Station 8: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Reader: Mary Rago
Musician: Freyja Dyrud
Musical Selection: When the Planets Are Aligned Nancy Telfer (b. 1950)
Station 9: Jesus falls for a third time
Reader: Elijah Melvin
Musician: Kim Sparr, viola
Musical Selection: Adoration Florence Price (1887-1953)
Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his garments
Reader: Paul Golebie
Musician: Preston Shimer, oboe
Musical Selection: God So Loved the World John Stainer (1840-1901)
Station 11: Jesus is nailed to the Cross
Reader: Eileen Sharbaugh
Musician: Alice Lee
Musical Selection: Prelude on Rockingham Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Station 12: Jesus dies on the Cross
Reader: Alexis Sheehan
Musician: John Sozansky
Musical Selection: Crucifixion Traditional Spiritual
Station 13: The body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother
Reader: Jan Toth
Musician: Michele Baum
Musical Selection: Stabat Mater
Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb
Reader: Bill Phelps
Musician: Cathie Buschek
Musical Selection: October from The Seasons, Op. 37a Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Concluding Prayer
Reader: Paul Barker
Musician: Jeff Counihan
Musical Selection: Hallelujah, after Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
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