tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367759112024-02-08T10:42:40.442-08:00morning dancing...repertoire, some recital programs, performance notices, other notes, CD reviews...leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-38892673414323822952013-03-19T10:55:00.000-07:002015-12-07T11:33:54.352-08:00Your Mercies Are New Today"Contemporary Christian Rock & Praise & Worship since 1982."<br />
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A few weeks ago Louis Tata offered some copies of his new CD on Facebook; happily, he sent me one! You can find both CD and individual MP3s on amazon.<br />
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The entire CD features a rich, open, resonant, full, acoustic sound that literally could not be better! I hardly can overemphasize the importance of sound quality; I've given away too many CDs where the performances themselves were fine, but the sound didn't measure up―to such an extent I didn't want to listen. <br />
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Music, lyrics, and arrangements on <i>Your Mercies Are New Today</i> all are fairly simple "rock & praise & worship," yet in a surprising variety of musical styles. Needless to say, I prefer some tracks; after a few listenings, the slower, more somber songs (2, 6, and 9) still didn't appeal to me as much as the others did. Once the website is live again, you can get chords for all these songs to use in worship. <br />
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1. Hungry for Your Love 5/5 <br />
Exquisitely beautiful, and a great set opener! "It's Friday night, and I don't know what I'm doing... it's been so long... Hungry for your love; thirsty for your word." I love this mellow, hope-laden rock! <br />
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2. Would You Turn Me Away 4/5 <br />
"waiting for an open door, to a life that's so much more..." this track is mid-tempo, a little morose. <br />
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3. Your Mercies Are New Today 5/5 <br />
"Woke up this morning with the sun in my eyes! new day!" CD title track with wonderfully energetic rockabilly!<br />
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4. Will You Dance? 5/5 <br />
"we bring an offering, his praise do we sing; we serve a mighty king, alpha and omega, first and last..." blues with laid-back energy and an unforgettable, hands in the air, celebration style! <br />
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5. Waiting for You 5/5 <br />
"Waiting for you; Jesus, here I am! I want to see your glory in my life!" Who would not relate to this? This song moves right along! <br />
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6. Here I Am 3/5 <br />
"You are holy, Lord, mighty is your name..." Although lyrics are solid, I don't relate much to the somewhat dragging, mournful style of this track. <br />
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7. You Are Lord 5/5 <br />
"You are life; you are love; you are Lord!" A glowing, easy to follow, basic tempo, worship opener! <br />
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8. My All for You 5/5 <br />
"I will worship; I will sing to you from the depths of my soul, till the day you call me home! I give you all my life, give my all for you..." I especially love this mellow, gently, rocking song! 6/5 <br />
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9. You Are the Lord 3/5 <br />
This track also has a kind of melancholy sensibility; lyrics and music are ok, but it drags, and comes across as not very hopeful. <br />
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10. Only Believe 5/5 <br />
"Listen to the Spirit as it breaks through... it's God's perfect love, trying to get you in touch." "Only believe in the Son of God, in the Holy One..." this one's also a winner! <br />
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11. You Are Here 5/5 <br />
"...in this place, in this place. When I think about it, what I feel for you is not only in my mind, it's from deep within my heart; I always trust in your love to chase away my fears!" A perfect conclusion to an outstanding concert!<br />
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CD info: original music and lyrics by Louis Tata; released July 17, 2012 on the CD Baby label. <br />
other credits include: Paul Frederickson – background vocals; Art Leather – harmonica; Keith Tata – rhythm Guitar; Don Spaulding – acoustic guitar; Keri Tata – graphics <br />
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When I last checked, Louis' music and production studio web pages were down; here are his Facebook pages: <br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/LouisTataMusic" target="_blank">Louis Tata Music</a> <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/IHPMStudios" target="_blank">IHPM Production Studios</a> <br />
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my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1SN8UH9HD655E/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm" target="_blank">Contemporary Christian Rock, Praise, Worship </a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-67348119462679231962013-02-07T14:34:00.001-08:002023-02-09T11:49:03.301-08:00Santa Fe Trail<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxwQo3MkY1bDxMjtqcU5Vih8Gg5wp2_twNMdqlB4JMRAh3k4BrjrvT2FGrYtlLSqKO66VrJGbgWftRTtmy5Bp75Z0EqnZLdrnl5sCYgtKWj0p5R0-oMWijlYtoOLHzAcaGubVz_cYpfYnm2tUIoTwsiBZ8upgkwIiDHXIsDoqZ1m586y3N50/s1600/santafetrail05.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;"><img alt="Santa Fe Trail CD Cover" border="0" vspace="7" hspace="17" width="400" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxwQo3MkY1bDxMjtqcU5Vih8Gg5wp2_twNMdqlB4JMRAh3k4BrjrvT2FGrYtlLSqKO66VrJGbgWftRTtmy5Bp75Z0EqnZLdrnl5sCYgtKWj0p5R0-oMWijlYtoOLHzAcaGubVz_cYpfYnm2tUIoTwsiBZ8upgkwIiDHXIsDoqZ1m586y3N50/s320/santafetrail05.jpg"/></a></div>
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1. The Santa Fe Trail (Theme) <br />
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2. Independence Missouri (Trailhead) <br />
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3. Human Beings (Osage, Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne, Apache) <br />
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4. Incident at Council Grove <br />
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5. Vengeance on the Plains <br />
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6. Sorrow <br />
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7. Race Across the Colorado Desert (Timberwolves and Coyotes) <br />
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8. Taos <br />
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9. Sangre de Cristos <br />
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10. Americana Santa Fe (Terminus) <br />
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I've been enjoying the Natural Encounters CD series very much; I especially love the historical narrative in the liner notes for this Santa Fe Trail album! Ten instrumentals describe a journey along the Santa Fe trail from Independence, Missouri ("edge of the frontier"), finally into Santa Fe New Mexico ("wilderness of the American West"), appropriately riding the last phase of the trek alongside the Pecos River.
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The notes tell us the music celebrates "all that is American Indian, Anglo, Latino" coming together to share the fruit. Musical style and scoring are bright, colorful, reflective, and evocative, without becoming wildly dissonant. You might want to stop for a while to listen, or play Santa Fe Trail in the background as you work through other tasks. This CD is © 1998.<br />
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my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R16LK3PITJXSV0/" target="_blank">journey into a wilderness</a> river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-19604537343682633822012-11-13T21:29:00.003-08:002015-12-07T09:44:33.737-08:00Aaliyah: I Care 4 U<a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Care-4-U-Aaliyah/dp/B00008J2T5/" target="_blank">Aaliyah, I Care 4 U</a> on Amazon<br />
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Out of production, issued in 2003, with bonus DVD included in the initial pressings. <br />
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1. Back & Forth<br />
2. Are You That Somebody<br />
3. One in a Million<br />
4. I Care 4 U<br />
5. More Than a Woman<br />
6. Don't Know What to Tell Ya <br />
7. Try Again <br />
8. All I Need <br />
9. Miss You <br />
10. Don't Worry <br />
11. Come Over <br />
12. Erica Kane <br />
13. At Your Best (You Are Love) – Isley Brothers classic <br />
14. Got to Give It Up <br />
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my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3O8XKXDATQB1Y/" target="_blank">I Care 4 "I Care 4 U"</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-63622115504339479482012-08-08T21:19:00.000-07:002015-12-07T09:48:33.006-08:00soul picnic<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Picnic/dp/B00003OP2B/" target="_blank">Soul Picnic CD on Amazon</a> <br />
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Would you believe I bought another CD majorly on sale? And it's another major winner! ... btw, this is news since it's been a few years since I've routinely brought new CDs into my living space. Playlist includes tracks with fun, casual titles:<br />
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1. Down to It <br />
2. Soul Picnic <br />
3. Made in the Shade <br />
4. Some Like It Hot <br />
5. Wanna Be There <br />
6. Barbeque <br />
7. Cool 'N Easy <br />
8. Sweet Love </blockquote><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/covers/soulpicnic2.jpg" width="450" align="right" vspace="17" hspace="17" alt="soul picnic back"><br />
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"Made in the Shade," "Wanna Be There," and "Sweet Love" all are so very joyful and forever listenable! The music and performances are way far too smooth to describe as funky, but the contained energy and clear recorded sound makes up for that and besides, who says all the music on <i>Soul Picnic</i> needs to be funky even when that's my mood? Highly recommend!<br />
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My Amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1FSVK9I8KTBH/" target="_blank">forever listenable</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-63480199207157895542012-07-04T14:35:00.000-07:002015-04-02T16:44:41.318-07:007 sacred songsSome of my favorite Contemporary Christian piano repertoire: <br /><br />
• Lord, I Lift Your Name On High // Rick Founds<br /><br />• We Bow Down // Twila Paris<br /><br />• Thy Word Psalm is a lamp unto my feet ... Psalm 119:105 // Amy Grant and Michael W Smith<br /><br />• Lamb of God // Twila Paris<br /><br />• Lord, Be Glorified // Bob Kilpatrick<br /><br />• Glorify Thy Name // Donna Adkins<br /><br />• He Is Exalted // Twila Parisriver songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-643331933896417532012-07-04T09:30:00.000-07:002015-12-07T09:49:37.193-08:00Song of the Mississippi<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Encounters-Mississippi-Various-Artists/dp/B000006HBM" target="_blank">Song of the Mississippi</a> by "various artists" on Amazon. <br />
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<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/covers/mississippisong.jpg" align="right" width="400" vspace="11" hspace="17" alt="song of the mississippi cd cover">I chose this CD (because it was on sale) and because the title included "Mississippi." A song is music a river, a person, or an idea breathes and its surroundings hear; this song collection includes lovely, sometimes lively music with a classic "Americana" sound that easily helps you imagine river scenes, literature, and art along the vast range of the Mighty Mississipp, a river that carries legend, myth, individual stories and family histories along its lengthy course and upon its banks. I was born in the deep South of the USA - in many ways born a child of the river - but left before I started forming memories. However, I clearly recall my first adult encounter with the River Mississippi in front of the hotel where I was staying for a conference in St Paul, Minnesota. I walked across the street, stood beside the river, and wept at its beauty. <br />
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The <i>Natural Encounters</i> playlist includes a lot of "Only in America" titles:<br />
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1. As the River Runs <br />
2. Slow Water Blues <br />
3. Madame Rosie's Poker Parlour <br />
4. Harmonica Hoe-Down <br />
5. Catfish Tales <br />
6. River Fiddlin' <br />
7. Sweet Prospect <br />
8. Reverend White's Get Right Revival <br />
9. Mighty Like a Rose <br />
10. Piano Jive <br />
11. Riverboat Rag <br />
12. Mississippi Moon <br />
13. Jaw Harp Jam <br />
14. Snag Boat Blues <br />
15. As the River Runs (Reprise) <br />
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The sound is open and clear, with enough presence to fill the room. This is the kind of music you can leave playing in the background or stop a while for some careful listening. There are several additional CDs in the <i>Natural Encounters</i> series that I hope to find at an affordable price, trusting they'll be as listenable and re-listenable as "Song of the Mississippi." <br />
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my Amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R29FQ40K96PEAL/" target="_blank">Song of the Mississippi</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-60344379438231011092012-02-13T16:52:00.000-08:002015-11-06T14:54:43.558-08:00CD: Pop Rock Christmas<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pop-Rock-Christmas-Various-Artists/dp/B00021OG4S/" target="_blank">Pop Rock Christmas CD</a> on Amazon. <br />
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These days I buy very few CDs and even have given away quite a few, but I got this CD after Christmas for a great price and I'm glad I did. "The First Noel" alone is worth far more than the price I paid and well worthy of many, many listenings; "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" isn't far behind. In 1998 Tom Wanca produced and arranged as well as playing keyboards and organ and singing background vocals for Sheer Panic. With a touch of rock and more than a hint of classic country, the designation "Pop Rock" fits well as the arrangements basically rock the rhythm and skew the harmonizations most people are used to. <br />
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Liner notes provide performance and production details and in the interest of accommodating anyone who may have turned off browser images and/or are relying on an app to read the screen to them, here's the playlist that you can see contains non-exotic secular and more sacred songs for Christmas:<br />
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2. Up On The Housetop<br />
3. Over The River And Through The Woods<br />
4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas<br />
5. The First Noel<br />
6. I Saw Three Ships<br />
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7. Jolly Old St. Nicholas / Jingle Bells<br />
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing<br />
9. Silent Night! Holy Night!<br />
10. What Child Is This? </blockquote><br />
my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3LH35482W13WW/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm" target="_blank">country, rock, and pop for Christmas</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-53059764005275727342011-06-11T15:15:00.001-07:002015-12-07T09:50:01.019-08:00Chopin Piano Concertos: classically elegant<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Piano-Concertos-Lang/dp/B001BWQVT0" target="_blank">Chopin: The Piano Concertos</a>—Lang Lang, pianist; Zubin Mehta conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.<br />
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Given that Frédéric François Chopin lived during the 1<sup>st</sup> half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century and generally is considered a romantic compositor, "romantically elegant" might be a better review title, but pianist, orchestra and conductor all perform with more polished reserve and measured restraint then with passionate ardor and fiery abandon, so I'm going with classical.<br />
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Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 is my own favorite of the pair, and listening to both in a row is enjoyable, though both performances have a sense of sameness about them that's not necessarily a negative thing at all. Not surprisingly, Lang Lang's keyboard technique approaches perfection, the orchestra plays extremely well and the recording itself has an almost ideal level of brightness and presence. As an aside, to all the non-pianists reading this, despite stereotypes to the contrary, Chopin's music is well-suited to the human hand and not technically difficult in the way Liszt's (for example) is, but it does take many hours of practice to get all but his simplest, shortest pieces to high-end performance-readiness. If you like piano music and if you like Chopin, I'd definitely recommend this released-in-2008 recording. <br />
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my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R28S7ZHAAZ8TXC/" target="_blank">classically elegant</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-66789994321605122232011-05-31T20:04:00.000-07:002015-12-07T09:51:13.395-08:00clear perfection!<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/jsb_suites.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/jsb_suites.jpg" width="340" alt="Bach Orchestral Suites" hspace="17" vspace="7" align="left" /></a><br />
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The four Overtures or Orchestral Suites, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/J-S-Bach-Overtures-BWV-1066-1069/dp/B000NJL5PW/" target="_blank">BWV 1066-1069</a>, by Johann Sebastian Bach are some of my all-time favorites. I love this recording by <a href="http://www.trevorpinnock.com/" target="_blank">Trevor Pinnock</a> and the English Concert, the orchestra he founded and led for thirty years. I frequently find myself amazed at how well some older analog recordings have been digitally remastered and at other times distressed at the poor quality of others. This CD of a recording made in 1979 was released in 2007; the performances approach essence of perfection and the recording sounds clear and bright and rich.<br />
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my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1LD5RJ65I3H3C/" target="_blank">clear perfection!</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-36933557031984497002011-03-04T16:09:00.003-08:002023-01-10T16:44:44.981-08:00Harris & Copland: 3rd Symphonies<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Copland-Symphony-No-Harris/dp/B000000AZL/" target="_blank">Copland, Symphony #3; Harris, Symphony #3</a><br />
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With trilingual liner notes in English, German and French along with strikingly bright cover art featuring a DC-2 hovering above a horse-drawn stagecoach, this recording of two classic American symphonic standards is well-prepped for export! For both pieces Neeme Järvi conducts the <a href="http://www.dso.org" target="_blank">Detroit Symphony Orchestra</a>. It's fair to say Roy Harris' Symphony No. 3 in one movement and five parts is an icon of 20<sup>th</sup> century American music, and especially given that the final, 4<sup>th</sup> movement of Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3 is a version of his "Fanfare for the Common Man," his 3<sup>rd</sup> symphony isn't far behind in the category of iconic. <br />
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Basically I like the orchestra's playing under Maestro Neeme Järvi, who served as DSO Music Director from 1990 through the end of the 2004-2005 season. However, at times the music simply sits there, so in general I'd like to feel a greater sense of the narrative moving along and greater passion in the shapes of the phrases. Not surprisingly, the luminous sound of the Chandos recording is a joy to the ears! Do I recommend this CD? Definitely! It will give you another perspective on a pair of major orchestral works that are among my very favorites, and maybe yours, as well.<br />
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my amazon review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1OQ0JWD97STB4/" target="_blank">solid performances, clear sound</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-57091317040992574102010-12-18T13:52:00.001-08:002015-12-07T09:53:38.711-08:00A Christmas Keeper!<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cotb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cotb.jpg" align="left" vspace="7" hspace="17" width="350" alt="Christmas on the Border" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Xmas-Border-Gary-Chapman/dp/B00000E9A4/" target="_blank">Christmas on the Border</a><br />
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...<i>A Spicy Holiday Recipe of Texas Blues, Hot Country, and Mexican Salsa</i> as well as a project and production from the town of Nashville, Tennessee, a place doesn't exactly border Mexico (or Canada, for that matter). "O Holy Night" and "What Child is This" are rocked-up essential classics; I could listen endlessly to a memorably haunting "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy" or "I Wonder as I Wander." The style of "Joy to the World" and "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentleman," both just enough different from what you're used to that you listen more carefully all make for a CD to play over and over and recommend, too. Except for the definitely secular "Up On the Rooftop" the songs are classic North American (USA and Canada) Christmas worship, church pageant and radio top-40 favorites. <br />
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Since I included playlists from my other two Christmas CD reviews, here are the songs on this one:<br />
<br />
1. Children Go Where I Send Thee <br />
2. Joy to the World<br />
3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen<br />
4. Go Tell It on the Mountain <br />
5. The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy<br />
6. O Holy Night <br />
7. I Wonder as I Wander <br />
8. What Child Is This? <br />
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How apt and how fun this is as an example of contextualizing the Gospel and incarnating Christianity with cross-cultural musical styles, a little of this and a little of that, each still in its original idiom yet woven into the other idiom. It reminds me of the C.S. Lewis <i>Dawn Treader</i> quote on my Facebook page: "...said the Lamb, "For you the door into Aslan's country is from your own world." ... "There is a way into my country from all the worlds," said the Lamb...and he was Aslan himself..." <br />
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<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cotb2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cotb2.jpg" align="left" vspace="7" hspace="17" width="350" alt="Christmas on the Border" /></a>I have the impression the CD title is supposed to reference Tex-Mex style and culture, but cross-culture border styles of Southern California/ Northern Mexico and Southern Arizona/ Northern Mexico I'm familiar with aren't exactly like this CD. "Christmas on the Border" and chili pepper art both suggest songs sung in Spanish or at least partly so--in these here parts we've been known to have macaronic English/Spanish liturgies and many of us speak passable Spanglish. That's simply a passing comment, though, and I predict you'll enjoy the energy, twang, and harmonic color of <i>Christmas on the Border</i> (the CD).<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1DAL1SS4KYENL/" target="_blank">my amazon review:</a> A Christmas Keeper!<br />
river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-10919594009453701032010-12-18T13:51:00.001-08:002015-12-07T09:55:58.930-08:00cool jazz christmas: CD<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cjc3.jpg" target="blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cjc3.jpg" align="left" hspace="17" vspace="10" width="450" alt="Cool Jazz Christmas" /></a>Eric Darken and company bring an enjoyable Christmas music collection with another project from Nashville, Tennessee in<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Jazz-Christmas-Eric-Darken/dp/B0007SNTO4/" target="_blank">Cool Jazz Christmas</a>, Refreshing Holiday Instrumentals."<br />
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For the most part the music conveys a sort of New-Agey, cool, casual and offhand sensibility that passes time pleasantly with an occasional sequence or riff that makes you want to listen again because it was unusual, unique and... repeatable. The sound is excellent and over all <i>Cool Jazz Christmas</i> is well-produced, but it's more the kind of performance you have playing in the background instead of sitting down with to savor every sound. However, "O Come, All ye Faithful" with Mark Baldwin on keyboards and sax by Mark Douthit is worth the price of the CD--I wanted to say there was a best out of all of tracks, and happily there is. The playlist is church, mall and radio standards, but even with quite a few newer songs and carols, what would the season be without these?<br />
<blockquote>1. Winter Wonderland<br />
2. Joy to the World<br />
3. Deck the Halls<br />
4. We Three Kings<br />
5. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen<br />
6. Here We Come a Caroling<br />
7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing<br />
8. O Little Town of Bethlehem<br />
9. O Come, All Ye Faithful<br />
10. Pat-a-Pan </blockquote><a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cjc2.jpg" target="blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/cjc2.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="450" alt="Cool Jazz Christmas" /></a><br />
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<br />
Front and back cover designs are beautiful enough (almost) to make me want them in LP-album cover size—remember when we used leave our currently best and favorite ones out for show? The credits conclude with, "Above all, thanks to the Creator of such wonderful and meaningful music. Merry Christmas!" Amen!<br />
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For a Cool Jazz Christmas: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2PGTBGWGVMMFV/" target="_blank">my amazon review</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-23236596881623809892010-12-18T13:49:00.000-08:002015-12-07T10:00:30.904-08:00sounds like...Community Christmas at the Cathedral!<br />
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<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/rhcb2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/rhcb2.jpg" align="left" vspace="12" hspace="17" width="450" alt="Red Hot Christmas Blues front" /></a><br />
<br />
Released in August 2007 and featuring producer Mark Baldwin's guitar that often sears, sometimes sings and at times laments, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Blues-Various-Artists-Artist/dp/B00000E9A2" target="_blank">Red Hot Christmas Blues</a> reminds us of the frequent messiness of life, the apocalyptic hope of Advent and the surprise of God's Nativitytide appearance in the Bethlehem manger. Except for the introductory "Christmas Blues" vocal bewailing wintry conditions of broken life and broken bank account, playlist titles are Christmas carols you get to sing in church and listen to on radio and MP3 throughout the season.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<blockquote>However, in liturgically logical order: <br />
<br />
1. Christmas Blues<br />
2. What Child Is This?<br />
3. Silent Night<br />
4. Go Tell It On The Mountain<br />
5. I Wonder As I Wander<br />
6. O Holy Night<br />
7. Angel Shuffle<br />
8. The First Noel</blockquote>...these jazz illuminations carry a revelatory twist and provocative style you don't often get on the radio or at church. I cannot help but imagine Christmas Eve at the downtown cathedral or tall steeple, or just as easily these offerings could be from a smaller nearby parish with wide-open doors that invite and include all comers.<br />
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In 4 minutes and 47 seconds "Angel Shuffle," a wildly improvised version of "Angels we Have Heard on High" probably is my favorite among favorites on this CD. I won't try describing it but can assure you it's worth the price and the storage space—from someone (me!) who doesn't buy many CDs these days and gave away quite a few quite a while ago. Walter Bruggemann says only grief enables newness (something about getting out of denial, maybe?) and "Angel Shuffles" brings together sorrow, regret, loss and anger with the surprise of God's renewing presence in our very midst.<br />
<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/rhcb3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/random/rhcb3.jpg" align="left" vspace="12" hspace="17" width="450" alt="Red Hot Christmas Blues back" /></a><br />
<br />
And would you believe, bible specialists <a href="http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/" target="_blank">Thomas Nelson</a> published this music CD?! Not surprisingly, I love the artwork and package design by Christie Knubel. Finally, you easily can find <i>Red Hot Christmas Blues</i> on eBay and Amazon, so go for it! <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1N540GLXFSHFO/" target="_blank">my amazon review</a>: sounds like... Community Christmas at the Cathedral!<br />
river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-42862280065464987332009-12-17T12:12:00.000-08:002015-12-07T10:02:16.669-08:00grace has appeared: event design<a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/winter_2010/noel_2009_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/winter_2010/noel_2009_03.jpg" height="450" alt="Christmas music" /></a> <a href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/winter_2010/noel_2009_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/citysafari/winter_2010/noel_2009_04.jpg" height="450" alt="Christmas music" /></a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-2375061520419211082009-10-23T10:26:00.000-07:002015-12-07T10:03:10.860-08:00desert spirit's fire!: favorite music 5<a href="http://desertspiritsfire.com/2009/10/favorite-music-5.html" target="_blank">desert spirit's fire!: favorite music 5</a>river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-89552105824364384232009-10-02T19:11:00.001-07:002023-02-09T11:57:47.560-08:00Celebrating Dennis' Life<font size="3">Celebrating the Life of Dennis Sabella<br />
Saturday 03 October 2009</font><br />
<br />
<font size="3"><i>this music</i></font><br />
<br />
Come, Let Us Worship and Bow Down . . . . . . Dave Doherty<br />
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You Are My All In All . . . . . . Dennis Jernigan<br />
<br />
On Jordan's Stormy Banks . . . . . . "Promised Land"<br />
from <i>Southern Harmony</i><br />
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Prelude in F . . . . . . Douglas Moore<br />
<br />
a fancy: the meadowlarks in the goldenrod . . . . . . Leo Sowerby<br />
<br />
Appalachian Dance . . . . . . Paul Nordoff<br />
<br />
Pastorale . . . . . . Paul Creston<br />
<br />
Hill Song . . . . . . Paul Nordoff<br />
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Song After Sundown . . . . . . Randall Thompson<br />
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Lord, Be Glorified . . . . . . Bob Kilpatrick<br />
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<font size="3"><i>and this poetry</i></font><br />
<br />
i thank You God for most this amazing<br />
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees<br />
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything<br />
which is natural which is infinite which is yes<br />
<br />
(i who have died am alive again today,<br />
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth<br />
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay<br />
great happening illimitably earth)<br />
<br />
how should tasting touching hearing seeing<br />
breathing any–lifted from the no<br />
of all nothing–human merely being<br />
doubt unimaginable You?<br />
<br />
(now the ears of my ears awake and<br />
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)<br />
<br />
e.e. cummings<br />
1894-1962river songhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544925349152380920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-39262415677306301012008-01-20T21:27:00.000-08:002015-12-07T10:07:49.550-08:00Sunday music: 20 January<font face="verdana"><b>I Will Lift My Eyes</b> | Bebo Norman<br />
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<i>Verse 1:</I><br />
God, my God, I cry out<br />
Your be-loved needs You now<br />
God, be near, calm my fear<br />
And take my doubt<br />
<br />
<i>Verse 2:</I><br />
God, my God, let Mercy sing<br />
Her melody over me<br />
God, right here all I bring<br />
Is all of me<br />
<br />
<i>Pre-Chorus:</I><br />
Your kindness is what pulls me up<br />
Your love is all that draws me in<br />
<br />
<i>Chorus:</I><br />
I will lift my eyes to the Maker<br />
Of the mountains I can't climb<br />
I will lift my eyes to the Calmer<br />
Of the oceans raging wild<br />
I will lift my eyes to the Healer<br />
Of the hurt I hold in-side<br />
I will lift my eyes, lift my eyes to You<br />
<br />
<i>Bridge:</I><br />
'Cause You are and You were and You will be for-ever<br />
The Lover I need to save me<br />
'Cause You fashioned the earth and You hold it to-gether, God<br />
So hold me now (to chorus)<br />
<br />
<i>Outro:</I><br />
God, my God, I cry out, Your be-loved needs You now<br />
<br />
<b>Son Of God</b> | Lincoln Brewster<br />
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Hold my hand and walk with me<br />
You're the light that makes me see<br />
On this path my soul You lead<br />
Oh my Shepherd walk with me<br />
<br />
My Saviour, Glorious One<br />
My Redeemer, living in my heart<br />
Now and forever Your kingdom come<br />
Jesus, Son of God<br />
Jesus, Son of God<br />
<br />
I need You more than breath<br />
You're my hope in You I live<br />
Angels worship at Your throne<br />
Power and glory to You alone<br />
<br />
<i>Bridge:</I> Jesus, oh Jesus<br />
Holy is the Lamb of God<br />
Jesus, oh Jesus<br />
Worthy is the Lamb of God. REPEAT 2X<br />
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<b>Blessed be Your name</b><br />
In the land that is plentiful<br />
Where your streams of abundance flow<br />
Blessed be your name<br />
<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
When I'm found in the desert place<br />
Though I walk through the wilderness<br />
Blessed Be Your name<br />
<br />
Every blessing you pour out<br />
I'll turn back to praise<br />
When the darkness closes in<br />
Still I will say<br />
<br />
Blessed be the name of the Lord<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
Blessed be the name of the Lord<br />
Blessed be Your glorious name<br />
<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
When the sun's shining down on me<br />
When the world's 'all as it should be'<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
On the road marked with suffering<br />
Though there's pain in the offering<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
<br />
Every blessing you pour out<br />
I'll turn back to praise<br />
When the darkness closes in<br />
Still I will say<br />
<br />
Blessed be the name of the Lord<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
Blessed be the name of the Lord<br />
Blessed be Your glorious name<br />
<br />
Blessed be the name of the Lord<br />
Blessed be Your name<br />
Blessed be the name of the Lord<br />
Blessed be Your glorious name<br />
<br />
You give and take away<br />
You give and take away<br />
My heart will choose to say<br />
Lord Blessed be your name<br />
<br />
<i>Written by</I> Matt Redman and Beth Redman © 2002 Thankyou Music (PRS) Administered worldwide by worshiptogether.com Songs except for the UK and Europe, which is administered by Kingsway Music.<br />
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<b>The Church's One Foundation</b><br />
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<i>Prayer response:</I> <b>Built on the Rock the Church Shall Stand</b><br />
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<i>Choir anthem:</I> <b>Surely the Lord is in This Place</b><br />
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<i>Offertory Music:</I> <b>The Way We Mend</b> | Bebo Norman<br />
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<b>Lately you've been</b> all blue sky<br />
And I've been rain<br />
I don't mean to bust up your party<br />
With all of my pain<br />
<br />
But sometimes my shadows surround me<br />
And you take me in your arms and say<br />
<br />
It's the way we mend<br />
We tear it all down and we'll start it again<br />
And I don't know how but you find me where we begin<br />
And that's just the way, the way that we mend<br />
<br />
It's just that some voices remind me<br />
I'm not strong enough<br />
To put all my demons behind me<br />
And carry this love<br />
<br />
But just like an angel of mercy<br />
You take me by my hand and say<br />
<br />
They're pouring out<br />
From my mouth<br />
So many words all spoken wrong<br />
But you come alive<br />
And somehow I find my way<br />
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<i>Concluding song:</I> <b>My Hope is Built on Nothing Less</B></font>leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-28131401858383143822007-11-11T19:31:00.000-08:002015-12-07T10:08:53.395-08:00sunday music: 11 november<!--Michelle! Oh, I'd love to be in the Berkshires this time of year, but not much later than this, at least not until spring.--> This morning I attended the (early) Praise service, so as not to miss breakfast at Second Sunday Café and to have some quiet time afterwards for study and prayer (ooops—prayer and study). We sang:<br />
<br />
The River is Here – talk about *LIVELY* and one of my very favorites<br />
<br />
I Will Exalt Your Name by Aaron Shust<br />
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My Savior, My God — "I am not skilled to understand...I only know at His right hand stand One Who is my Savior"<br />
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Word of God, Speak — another from MercyMe!<br />
<br />
from Proverbs 18:10 — The Name of the Lord is a Strong Towerleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-46237315442078580882007-11-04T19:30:00.000-08:002010-06-14T10:37:48.115-07:00sunday music: 04 november<I>This morning we sang:</I><br /><br />When the Saints Go Marching In<br />For All the Saints, stanzas 1,2,6<br />Choir Anthem: "We Are Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses" by Joseph Martin<br />For the Bread Which Thou hast Broken<br />If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Theeleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-1107678120003149852007-10-28T19:29:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:37:48.115-07:00sunday music: 28 october - reformation<I>once again blogging my comment from the RevGals Sunday afternoon video...</I><br /><br />Thanks, Cathy! really nice juxtapositions of everything. This morning the music included (and I won't comment on the congregation's singing):<br /><br />O Day Full of Grace<br />O God Our Help in Ages Past<br />Borning Cry<br />Choir anthem: God is Our Refuge and Strength, with 2 trumpets - by Allen Pote<br />A Mighty Fortress is Our God<br /><br />more: Laura, thanks for your condolences; it's now more than 24 hours post-borning cry, so obviously I survived. Mary Beth, Laura, I also love Siyahamba! And Teri, I'm convinced there is no such thing as adequate trinitarian language; I've been known to say "Creator, Redeemer Sanctifier God" in my sermon salutation, but that still doesn't quite fly. Everyone, what a wonderful musical feast!leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-23250124292496281802007-10-21T19:28:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:37:48.115-07:00sunday music: 21 octoberA Mighty Fortress (to anticipate next Sunday)<br />Nothing But the Blood<br />I Need Thee Every Hour<br /><I>and a new one to me,</I><br /><a href=http://www.higherpraise.com/lyrics/cool/o/7_2863.htm>Overwhelmed</a><br /><br /><I>(commenting on the RevFals Sunday afternoon video comments...)</I><br /><br />again: Episcopalians don't observe Reformation Sunday... oh, I know--it was so jarring to me (jarred me so?) the year or so I attended that episcopal church, though I knew ahead of time, and seriously considered going to another church for that Sunday. Luther and devils are such a fun mix; the accompaniment to A Mighty Fortress last Sunday really, really rocked. I wonder what'll top that on Reformation Sunday?<br /><br />and more again: Cathy, in my experience the PCUSA, UCC, and the various Lutheran denoms all are huge on Reformation Sunday/Day, and (retreating to shorthand that says way too little) mostly consider it a major festival of the Spirit, somewhat akin to Pentecost, but I assume other church bodies within the theological traditions of the Reformation celebrate it, too.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-19425012083922767332007-10-14T19:28:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:37:48.116-07:00sunday music: 14 octoberbecause i'm playing for an installation this afternoon, this morning i attended early eucharist with mostly prerecorded song accompaniments. we sang<br /><br />Awesome God<br />Lord, I Lift Your Name on High<br />Healer of Our Every Ill<br />Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying<br /><br />and concluded with alle, alle, alle--alleluia with miscellaneous percussion--they hand out the instruments and we get to pick the one we want.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-65055772742031872262007-10-07T19:27:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:37:48.116-07:00sunday music: 07 october<I>from my comment on the RevGals Sunday afternoon video...</I><br /><br />Hyfrydol is one of my favorites, too--thanks! Church this morning:<br /><br />opening: As Those of Old Their Firstfruits Brought - tune, Forest Green;<br />Blessed Be Your Name;<br />Did You Hear the Mountains Tremble? - from <I>Hillsongs</I><blockquote>Did you feel the mountains tremble?<br />Did you hear the oceans roar?<br />When the people rose to sing of<br />Jesus Christ the risen one<br /><br />Did you feel the people tremble?<br />Did you hear the singers roar?<br />When the lost began to sing of<br />Jesus Christ the risen one<br /><br />And we can see that God you're moving<br />A mighty river through the nations<br />When young and old will turn to Jesus<br />Fling wide your heavenly gates<br />Prepare the way of the risen Lord<br /><br />Open up the doors and let the music play<br />Let the streets resound with singing<br />Songs that bring your hope<br />Songs that bring your peace<br />Dancers who dance upon injustice<br /><br />Did you feel the darkness tremble<br />When all the saints join in one song<br />And all the streams flow as one river<br />To wash away our brokenness<br /><br />And we can see that God you're moving<br />A time of Jubilee is coming<br />When young and old will turn to Jesus<br />Fling wide your heavenly gates<br />Prepare the way of the risen Lord<br /><br />(chorus) </blockquote>next: We Are Your People<br />closing: Just a Closer Walk--with sensational guitar riffs, etc.<br /><br />more: Cathy, "Forest Green" is far and away my preferred tune for O Little Town. I just looked at this morning's bulletin again and realized I'd left out two: choir sang "Hungry, I Come" and the Offertory song was Kelly Carpenter's marvelous "Send Your Rain."<br /><br />Leah, apparently Hydrofoiled again!<br /><br />more again: Amy, "One Bread, One Body" is one of my favorites! Speaking of Beecher the tune, next Sunday afternoon I'm playing for an installation service because their usual organist has a prior commitment, and they're singing "Called as Partners in Christ's Service" to Beecher. I love that text, but I consider Beecher in the same overdone category as the aforementioned St. Louis for "Little Town."leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-90958870326014711672007-09-30T19:26:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:37:48.116-07:00sunday music: 30 september(commenting on the songs Sally posted for RevGals Sunday afternoon video): I love "Tell out my Soul" and "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light."<br /><br /><I>music in church this morning: </I><br /><br />for the introit/call to worship a HS boy who's both a son and grandson of the congregation offered a song he composed at a recent retreat and accompanied himself on the guitar--beautiful, expressive singing and playing rather than the atonal strums and grunts we sometimes get. Congregation sang "I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art" and stanzas 1&4 of "O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee." Choral group of folks from the chancel choir sang "I Surrender, Lord" for the special music/anthem.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36775911.post-71335701249345520032007-09-23T19:25:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:37:48.117-07:00sunday music: 23 september"Come Thou Fount" is one of my truly all-time favorites--thanks so much! I'm wondering if I dare post this after reading mompriest's, but this is a diverse group...<br /><br /><I>We sang:</I><br /><br />Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart; <br />Son of God, Eternal Savior <I>and</I> <br />Be Thou My Vision.<br /><br />All very standards, but as it turned out, the music this morning was bloggable, nonetheless, and you can read about it if you're interested:<br /><br /><a href=http://thisfarbyfaith.blogspot.com/2007/09/church-this-morning.html>this morning's church music plus</a><!--<br /><br />I'm half-way through the book (after finding it where evidently I'd put it down a few weeks ago) and I gotta say, it's absolutely wonderful. I'm looking forward to everyone else's opinions. Blessings!-->leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501658909604910490noreply@blogger.com0