David Harrison 57

Charles Kennedy 7

Romantic and Contemporary Choral Music

Psalm Preludes (2019)
for solo organ 

I. Psalm 40, vs. 3
II. Psalm 33, vs. 3

Derrick Meador, organ
National City Christian Church
Washington, DC 
May 2019

Psalm Preludes (2019) - solo organ

The First Sunday after the Epiphany / The Baptism of the Lord / January 9th, 2022 / The Church of the Advent, Boston.

The Rev'd Douglas Anderson, Celebrant
The Rev'd David Thompson, Preacher
The Choir of The Church of the Advent
Mark Dwyer, Organist & Choirmaster
Andrew Scanlon, Associate Organist & Choirmaster
Downloadable Bulletin: https://www.theadventboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bulletin-9-1-2022.pdf

Webcasts

2022.01.09 Live Sunday Mass Webcast

Organist Damin Spritzer, live in concert at the Berliner Dom for Internationaler Orgelsommer 2022. the 1958 Prelude de profundis was written by Herbert Howells long after the original six psalm preludes. In 1905, this organ was considered to be the largest in Germany with 7269 pipes and 113 ranks spread across four manuals and pedal. Wilhelm Sauer created an instrument that embodied the latest in technological and musical innovation to be found in German organ design at the turn of the century.

Howells - Prelude De Profundis (1958)1905 Sauer Berliner Dom

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City
Dr. Gerre Hancock, Organist and Master of the Choristers

Epiphany Procession, January 2004

Brightest and Best (Morning Star)

Virgil Fox at the New York Paramount Wurlitzer installed in Wichita Kansas

Variations On America

Organ recital performed by Robert Glasgow at Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, on November 30, 1969. This was the final recital for the Fifth Annual Series of Organ Recitals, held each year during the month of November, and continuing to the present day. The Fifth Annual Series celebrated the rebuilding by Aeolian-Skinner of the church's original E.M. Skinner organ, Opus 516, built in 1924.

9. Remarks by Robert Glasgow on Haydn's Flötenuhrstücke

The Advent Choir. Mark Dwyer, conductor, Katelyn Emerson, organist

Laudate Dominum		Matthew Martin (born 1976)

Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus; laudate eum in firmamento virtutis ejus. Laudate eum in virtutibus ejus; laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitudinis ejus.  Laudate eum in sono tubæ; laudate eum in psalterio et cithara. Laudate eum in tympano et choro; laudate eum in chordis et organo. Laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationis; laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationibus. Omnis spiritus lauda Dominum! Alleluia.

O praise God in his holiness; praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him in his noble acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp. Praise him in the cymbals and dances; praise him upon the strings and pipe. Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals; praise him upon the loud cymbals. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord! Alleluia. (Ps 150)

Martin - Laudate Dominum / The Advent Choir

The Advent Choir / Jeremy Bruns, conductor /

Oculi omnium				Alexander L’Estrange (born 1974)

Oculi omnium in te respiciunt, Domine; tu das escam illis tempore opportuno. Aperis manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione tua. Benedicas nobis, Deus, omnibus donis quæ de tua beneficentia accepturi simus, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things living with plenteousness. Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (Ps 145:15-16 & traditional table grace)

L'Estrange - Oculi Omnium / The Advent Choir

The Advent Choir, Mark Dwyer, conductor, Katelyn Emerson, organist, Jacob Cooper, soloist

Walton-Nunc dimittis-Chichester Service / The Advent Choir

The Advent Choir, Katelyn Emerson, conductor

A Litany -- Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet, which brought from heaven the news and Prince of Peace. Cease not, wet eyes, his mercies to entreat; to cry for vengeance sin doth never cease. In your deep floods drown all my faults and fears; nor let his eye see sin, but through my tears. [Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)]

Walton - A Litany  / The Advent Choir

The Advent Choir; Elise Groves, Stephanie Scogna, Francesco Logozzo, Cody Bowers, Glenn Billingsley, Jacob Cooper soloists; Mark Dwyer, conductor, Katelyn Emerson, organist

Walton-Magnificat-Chichester Service / The Advent Choir

The Advent Choir / Katelyn Emerson, Organist / Mark Dwyer, Conductor

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Evening Service in B Minor

Composed for the 1956 Golden Jubilee of the formation of The Church Music Society, of which Howells was Vice-President, and first heard at Evensong in Westminster Abbey on 17th May 1956.

2018.02.18

Howells-Magnificat in B Minor / The Advent Choir

Hymn: Christ triumphant (Guiting Power)

Performed live at my senior recital at the Oberlin Conservatory on the beautiful Flentrop organ in Warner Concert Hall. The Variations are uploaded separately!

Veni Creator (Prelude, Adagio), by Duruflé, Oberlin Senior Recital

Duruflé's beautiful variations on Veni Creator, performed live in concert for my senior recital at the Oberlin Conservatory on the Flentrop organ in Warner Concert Hall.

Veni Creator (Variations), Duruflé, Oberlin Senior Recital

1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away.
Change and decay in all around I see.
O thou who changest not, abide with me.

(Sopranos, Tenors)
3 I need thy presence every passing hour.
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like thyself my guide and strength can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

(Altos, Basses)
4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless,
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

(All)
5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes.
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide

A site for live recordings of The Advent Choir, an all-professional choral ensemble in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Howells-Magnificat in B Minor / The Advent Choir

The Advent Choir, Boston