December 14 & 18, 2025 Advent Organ Recitals
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What: Advent-Christmas Organ Recital - Church Service
When: Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 10 AM
Where: The Park Church, Elmira, NY
Sunday Recital will be available live on Zoom
If you are unable to attend service in person, we offer the worship on Zoom and later a recording on theparkchurch.org . The audio and video quality of our online service has significantly improved.
What: Advent-Christmas Organ Recital - luncheon follows
When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Where: The Park Church, Elmira, NY
You are invited to the annual Advent-Christmas organ recitals presented by Music Director, Charlotte Cook on Sunday, December 14 or on Thursday, December 18 - our lunchtime outreach to the community.
A post-recital soup and sandwich lunch will be available following the Thursday program - eat in or take out - for a suggested donation of $5.
About the program:
About the program: Both recitals will feature the same program, opening with a vigorous setting of the spiritual "My Lord, What a Morning," closing with a toccata on "Creator of the Stars of Night," and including organ music on the following Advent themes:
WAITING
Come, 0 Traveler Unknown - Dale Wood
A setting of this Scottish folk tune using the organ's "bagpipe stop"
THE PROCLAMATION
Trumpet Tune - John Stanley
A piece that imitates the sound of a trumpet with numerous echo effects
Hark, a Thrilling Voice is Sounding - Benjamin A. Culli
The organ pedals sound the Voice' in a setting of this 5th century hymn
People Look East - Dale Wood
A lively French folk song pictures a home being prepared for the Christmas 'Guest'
PROPHESY FULFILLED
Prelude on "Of the Father's Love Begotten" - T. Frederick H. Candlyn
An organ arrangement on what is perhaps the oldest hymn many congregations sing
Toccata on "Creator of the Stars of Night" - Pietro A. Yon
Fast and loud, a toccata that incorporates Gregorian plainchant