Were You There When They Crucified My Lord

The sound of the Bell Tower at Holy Rosary Church, Little Italy, Cleveland, just before the Procession through the streets on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 2015. 

Holy Rosary Church Bells

Cleveland Jazz Pianist George Foley performing his original tune, "Ottoline" live at the Barking Spider Tavern on September 11, 2015. 

Ottoline

The ringing of the Angelus at Holy Rosary Church in Cleveland's Little Italy at noon on All Saint's Day, 2015. 

Angelus Bells Holy Rosary All Saints Day 2015

Clarinet solo meditation on Christ in the garden at Gethsemane

This a tune of mine, part Gregorian Chant, part Klezmer, all Blues, meant as a mediation on Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. I first wrote it about seventeen years ago, but haven't had the chance to perform it yet in public. Recorded on a Tascam DR-40 in my studio just now. For some reason I like sharing rough takes, and this certainly is one. Blessings on everyone this Good Friday.

"Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray. And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad. Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me. And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?" (Matthew 26:36-46)

copyright Eric Seddon 2017

Gethsemane

An old home recording from when I was recovering from heart surgery--Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo by Igor Stravinsky, performed on a pair of Fritz Wurlitzer Reform Boehm Clarinets made circa 1951.

Stravinsky Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo

Eric Seddon is a Jazz Clarinetist in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Eric Seddon

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