Advent Musical Moments
Join us for Advent Musical Moments on Wednesdays at 12:30pm in the Meeting House for 30 minutes of scripture, prayer, and music.
November 30 – Anne Maguire
December 7 – Sergio Martinez
December 14 – Aram Tchobanian
December 21 – Greer Lyle
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December 21 – Greer Lyle, soprano
Jo Deen Blaine Davis, piano/organ
Welcome, Scriptures, and Prayer . . . . . . Steve Case
In the Bleak Midwinter . . . . . Gustav Holst, arr. Michael Wyatt
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear . . . . arr. Martin Green
The First Noel . . . . arr. Carsten Gerlitz
O Come Let Us Adore Him Christmas Medley . . . . . arr. Stephanie Boyd
What Child is This? . . . . . arr. Jerry Ray
Wexford Carol . . . . arr Charles Floyd and Yo-Yo Ma
Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming . . . . . 15th Century German
Oh Holy Night . . . . . . . Adolphe Adam
Let There Be Peace on Earth . . . . . Sy Miller and Jill Jackson, arr. Brooke Holmes
Benediction
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas . . . . Ralph Blane
December 14 - Aram Tchobanian, tenor
Karl Hedrick, composer/pianist/organist
Jo Deen Blaine Davis, pianist/organist
Welcome, Scriptures, and Prayer . . . . Michael Rodgers
The Nativity According to Saint Luke, “My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord” . . . . Randall Thompson
The Hands that First Held Mary’s Child . . . . . Daniel Forrest & Thomas Troeger
I Am a Carpenter . . . . . . Cherolyn Klosner Lane & Gene Klosner
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine . . . arr. Roger C. Wilson
Just Doing My Job . . . . Clare Bevan & Karl Hedrick
The Friendly Beasts . . . . . . 12th century French carol, translated by Robert Davis
Could I Hold the Baby? . . . . . . . Rachel Mecham Goates
Away in a Manger . . . . . . .William Kirkpatrick, arr. Christopher Ruck
Benediction
Postlude: Watchmen, Tell Us of the Night . . . . arr. Paul Lindsley Thomas
December 7 – Sergio Martinez, bass
Welcome, Scriptures, and Prayer . . . . . . Dionna Carlson
The Lord is My Light . . . . Frances Allitsen
What Child is This? . . . . arr. Sally DeFord
Nanita nana. . . . arr. José Ramón Gomis
Nanita nana, nanita ea. Baby Jesus is sleeping, blessed little baby, blessed holy Child. Fountains run clear as crystal, rills gently trickling, nightingale sings in forests, trills softly sounding, while quietly, so quietly, his cradle’s rocking. Nanita nana, nanita ea. Roses and lilies in abundance surround him, wonder at the little babe as he smiles in his sleep. What are you dreaming of? Tell me dear child. What is it that you whisper . . . . Eucharist. A la nanita nana nanita ea. Baby Jesus is sleeping, blessed little baby, blessed holy Child.
Messiah, “Pifa, Pastoral Symphony” . . . . . Georg Frederick Handel
Messiah, “The People That Walked in Darkness” . . . . Georg Frederick Handel
I Wonder as I Wander . . . . . John Jacob Niles
Little Drummer Boy . . . Katherine Kennicott Davis
Toccata on Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) . . . arr. Adolphus Hailstork
November 30 – Anne Maguire, mezzo soprano
Welcome, Scriptures, and Prayer . . . . . . . Hoyt Davidson
Still, Still, Still . . . . . Norman Luboff
Breath of Heaven . . . . . Amy Grant
Some Children See Him . . . . . . Alfred Burt
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, Awake! For Night is Flying) . . . Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night) . . . . . . Adolphe Adam
I Heard the Bells . . . . . . John Calling
Christmas Lullaby . . . . . . Jason Robert Brown
Postlude: Toccata on Savior of the Heathens, Come! . . . . . arr. Paul Manz