Recital
Picked up Marie at the bus stop on way to church as a little later than usual. We sang Rutter setting and "Fairest Lord Jesus" arranged by Martin How. Molly is doing well and should get first badge on Mothering Sunday. The hymns were "Come let us join" "Thou whose almighty word" "let us with a gladsome mind" and "All creatures of our God and King" as the theme was creation. Practised and then home for soup. To St Edmund's Beckenham for recital at 3. 12 came and nice tea afterwards at No 11. Miriam Power has done well with the fine Wyvern organ. To St John's for evensong with Kit in charge - Gibbons short service and "Lord for thy tender mercy's sake". Antiques roadshow, Lark Rise and watched Songs of Praise from Southwark cathedral. I was on once and Liz a lot!
St Edmund’s Beckenham Sunday February 7th 3 pm
A musical meditation on the period from Christmas to Candlemas
played by John Woodhouse ACertCM FGMS
Director of music St Andrew Coulsdon and President of Bromley and Croydon Organists Association
Christmas
Partita “Jesu meine freude” Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)
Walther was a relative of Bach and a fine organist. Bach wrote a fine motet based on this chorale “Jesu, priceless treasure, Source of purest pleasure, Truest friend to me.
Noel “Or, dites-nous Marie” Charles Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871)
This tune is set in The Oxford book of carols to “Take heart, the journey’s ended” and it is typical of the French organ Communion voluntary one might hear at Midnight Mass.
Cradle Song Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Sumsion wrote many fine settings and organ pieces in his long life very much in the English cathedral style. This piece was composed in 1954.
New Year’s Eve
Chorale Prelude “Das alte jahr vergangen ist” Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
This beautiful prelude from the Orgelbuchlein is based on the chorale “The old year now hath passed away”.
Epiphany January 6th
Variations “Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern” Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
The Danish organist Buxtehude was such a master that Bach tramped 200 miles to hear him play! These delightful variations are based on the chorale tune “How brightly shines the morning star”.
Chorale prelude “Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern” Neils Vilhelm Gade (1817-1890)
The Danish composer Gade trained in Leipzig with Schumann and Mendelssohn and this is a Romantic approach with the tune on a trumpet in the left hand.
The week of prayer for Christian unity January 18 to 25
Prelude on “Aurelia” Father Andrew Moore (b.1954)
This prelude on the tune for “The church’s one foundation” was composed to mark John’s 50th birthday in 1996 and published by Mayhews in the book Consecration. The tune is in the right hand with a gentle accompaniment in the left hand. John has had many years of ecumenical involvement and so the hymn is an appropriate choice. Father Andrew is now a parish priest in Portsmouth.
The Presentation of the Lord February 2
Light of the nations Father Andrew Moore (b.1954)
This voluntary is based on the plainchant antiphon “Lumen ad revelationem gentium”
(A light to lighten the peoples) which accompanies the singing of the Nunc Dimittis, the song of Simeon, during the Candlemas procession.
Chorale Prelude “Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin” Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
This prelude from the Orgelbuchlein seems to illustrate the slow shuffling of the aged Simeon. The chorale is the setting of the Nunc Dimittis sung in the Lutheran church “In peace and joy I now depart”.
Chorale Prelude “Vom himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her” Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Pachelbel was organist of St Stephen’s cathedral, Vienna and he influenced Bach. The chorale is “From heaven above to earth I come To bear good news to every home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring, Whereof I now will say and sing”.
St Edmund’s Beckenham Sunday February 7th 3 pm
A musical meditation on the period from Christmas to Candlemas
played by John Woodhouse ACertCM FGMS
Director of music St Andrew Coulsdon and President of Bromley and Croydon Organists Association
Christmas
Partita “Jesu meine freude” Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)
Walther was a relative of Bach and a fine organist. Bach wrote a fine motet based on this chorale “Jesu, priceless treasure, Source of purest pleasure, Truest friend to me.
Noel “Or, dites-nous Marie” Charles Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871)
This tune is set in The Oxford book of carols to “Take heart, the journey’s ended” and it is typical of the French organ Communion voluntary one might hear at Midnight Mass.
Cradle Song Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Sumsion wrote many fine settings and organ pieces in his long life very much in the English cathedral style. This piece was composed in 1954.
New Year’s Eve
Chorale Prelude “Das alte jahr vergangen ist” Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
This beautiful prelude from the Orgelbuchlein is based on the chorale “The old year now hath passed away”.
Epiphany January 6th
Variations “Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern” Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
The Danish organist Buxtehude was such a master that Bach tramped 200 miles to hear him play! These delightful variations are based on the chorale tune “How brightly shines the morning star”.
Chorale prelude “Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern” Neils Vilhelm Gade (1817-1890)
The Danish composer Gade trained in Leipzig with Schumann and Mendelssohn and this is a Romantic approach with the tune on a trumpet in the left hand.
The week of prayer for Christian unity January 18 to 25
Prelude on “Aurelia” Father Andrew Moore (b.1954)
This prelude on the tune for “The church’s one foundation” was composed to mark John’s 50th birthday in 1996 and published by Mayhews in the book Consecration. The tune is in the right hand with a gentle accompaniment in the left hand. John has had many years of ecumenical involvement and so the hymn is an appropriate choice. Father Andrew is now a parish priest in Portsmouth.
The Presentation of the Lord February 2
Light of the nations Father Andrew Moore (b.1954)
This voluntary is based on the plainchant antiphon “Lumen ad revelationem gentium”
(A light to lighten the peoples) which accompanies the singing of the Nunc Dimittis, the song of Simeon, during the Candlemas procession.
Chorale Prelude “Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin” Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
This prelude from the Orgelbuchlein seems to illustrate the slow shuffling of the aged Simeon. The chorale is the setting of the Nunc Dimittis sung in the Lutheran church “In peace and joy I now depart”.
Chorale Prelude “Vom himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her” Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Pachelbel was organist of St Stephen’s cathedral, Vienna and he influenced Bach. The chorale is “From heaven above to earth I come To bear good news to every home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring, Whereof I now will say and sing”.
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