First prototype of a potential rock Juggernauts song . Two poems by John Newton and Willian Cowper mixed in a way they never would have imagined.
Closer

Music – Brian Maunder
Words _ John Newton & William Cowper

Verse 1 
In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear
Till a new object met my sight, And stopped my wild career.
I saw one hanging on a tree, In agony and blood
He fixed His dying eyes on me, As near the cross I stood.

Verse 2
Never will I forget that look, Till even my final breath (sung incorrectly in demo song) 
Though not a word was spoke, It seemed to charge me with the death.
My conscience quickened, I owned my guilt, And plunged me into despair
I saw my sins, His blood had spilt, And helped to nail Him there. 

Chorus
Oh! For a closer walk with God
Oh! For a closer walk with Thee.


Bridge 1 
Return Oh Holy Dove return,
Sweet Messenger of rest.
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn
And drove Thee from my breast.

  
Chorus

Bridge 2
But something in the look He gave, Said I will free forgive.
This blood is for Thy ransom paid, I die that you may live.
So while His death, my sin displays, in all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of His grace, It seals my pardon too.

Oh for a Closer walk with Thee

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Hindemith's mastery of composition is evident in this tersely dissonant Phantasie from Sonata 1. Recorded by Dr. Dorothy during practice session at United Church of Christ, Claremont, California, 2013, Glatter-Götz/Rosales pipe organ.

Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Organ I, Phantasie, frei

"The most beautiful things I look back on in my life are coming out from underneath things I didn’t know I could get out from underneath. The moments I look back in my life and think, 'God, those are the moments that made me,' were moments of struggle." — Brené Brown

Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise

Courage Is Born from Struggle | Brené Brown [Becoming Wise]

St. John's Schola Cantorum, Sean Redrow, dir.
From A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols, December 11, 2016.
St. John's Schola Cantorum:
Elisabeth Gondek,  Monica Hatch, Abby Haynes, Brenda Salvi: Sopranos
Nancy Fontneau, Paulette LaBarre*, Kate Meifert: Altos
Sean Dillon, Adam Ouellet: Tenors
Marc DeMille, Michael Gondek, Matthew Haynes, James Mullett: Basses
*In absentia

E'en So, Lord Jesus - Paul Manz

Communio Chant - Introibo Ad Altare Dei

Rehearsal recording - Mass for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 28, 2018. St. John's Schola Cantorum, Sean Redrow, Dir. St. John's Church, 44 Temple St., Worcester, MA. 

Abby Haynes, Brenda Salvi: Sopranos
Allegra Martin, Kate Meifert: Altos
Sean Dillon, Adam Ouellet: Tenor
Marc DeMille, James Mullett: Bass

Third Sunday Ordinary Time B

Bonum est confiteri - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

St. John's Schola Cantorum (Sean Redrow, dir.) conducted by guest Conductor Lorraine Mihaliak. Rehearsal recording November 25, 2018. 

Abby Haynes, Brenda Salvi: Soprano
Nancy Fontneau, Allegra Martin, Katherine Engel Meifert: Alto
Sean Dillon, Adam Ouellet: Tenor
Marc DeMille, Matthew Haynes, Riuji Sato: Bass

Christ the King

Kyrie from the Mass for Four Voices - William Byrd

St. John’s Schola Cantorum, Dr. Sean Redrow, Dir. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 44 Temple St., Worcester. 

Rehearsal recording, May 12, 2019.

William Byrd - Sing Joyfully

live performance on my pedal harpsichord, sometime in the 1990s, in St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London

Passacaglia in d (Buxtehude)

Performed at a funeral March 23, 2020 at St. John's Church in Worcester, MA.

Precious Lord

Let the beauty that you love be what you do. - Rumi
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Sean Redrow, is an Organist, Church Music Director, Choral Conductor, Choral Singer, and Pianist.

Communio Chant - Introibo Ad Altare Dei

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