Tomorrow is our last lenten service and the adult choir is going to sing Behold the Shepherd on the Hill by Natalie Sleeth. Sleeth is an American composer who lived in the 20th century, she primarily wrote church music and wrote the hymn In the Bulb There is a Flower in our hymnal. This song works well for lent because of its simple, repetitive melody which is ornamented by descants and singing in canons.
One of my favourite aspects of the organ is the diversity of emotion it provides because of all the different stops available. Because of this, I wanted to spend the last Sunday in Lent focusing on the organ. So I have chosen three organ pieces for the prelude, offertory, and postlude. All of the music is subdued and appropriate for lent, but you will hear more major key signatures (frequently associated with neutrality and happiness as opposed to sadness, as a minor key often is) looking forward to Palm Sunday. The three pieces I chose are unified by featuring octave leaps in the left hand.
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