Tomorrow our service will be about the Winnipeg Mission Trip and thus most of the music I have chose uses First Nations' melodies.
The adult choir will be singing for the first time this year! It's a piece we did in the spring called "Many and great, oh God, are your works" (301 in the hymnal). I enjoy its chant-like quality and because it comes from a First Nations' tradition, its melodic qualities are new and refreshing to our ears.
I am also delighted that Amy, Madison, and Bekah Lightfoot will be singing "On Eagle's Wings" (57 in the hymnal) for the offertory. There's always something so special about families singing together because of the way their voices blend.
The prelude and postlude didn't make it in to the bulletin properly, so I've listed them here:
Prelude: May the hope of God go with us every day - Hispanic folk song
Postlude: Land of the Silver Birch - First Nations folk song
Saturday 20 September 2014
Saturday 13 September 2014
The Music this Week: Sunday, September 14th, 2014
It's fall! I love fall, it's my favourite season. The weather, pumpkins, squash, pears, warm drinks, soup, Halloween, Christmas soon, and of course choirs and music groups everywhere are beginning their seasons!
We won't hear from the adult choir until next week, but we've started rehearsing and are working hard.
You may have noticed that I was sick last week. Terrible timing! Anyway, nothing can be done. I'm sure it was a treat to hear Brad play. Because so many things had to be shifted about, a lot of the music you saw in the bulletin last week, which was not played, will be played this week!
Mary Clifford is going to play a little piece by Handel and since Handel is such a great composer, I thought I should take my cue from her. The prelude and postlude are both organ arrangements of Handel pieces.
Madison Lightfoot will also be singing a piece for us this week! (I suppose one benefit of being sick and having to push things around is that you get a week with extra music that isn't just me playing!) It's a piece called Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United
We won't hear from the adult choir until next week, but we've started rehearsing and are working hard.
You may have noticed that I was sick last week. Terrible timing! Anyway, nothing can be done. I'm sure it was a treat to hear Brad play. Because so many things had to be shifted about, a lot of the music you saw in the bulletin last week, which was not played, will be played this week!
Mary Clifford is going to play a little piece by Handel and since Handel is such a great composer, I thought I should take my cue from her. The prelude and postlude are both organ arrangements of Handel pieces.
Madison Lightfoot will also be singing a piece for us this week! (I suppose one benefit of being sick and having to push things around is that you get a week with extra music that isn't just me playing!) It's a piece called Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United
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