What: Advent-Christmas Organ Recital - Church Service
When: Sunday, December 15 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. The audio and video quality of our online service has significantly improved.
What: Advent-Christmas Organ Recital - luncheon follows
When: Thursday, December 19, 2024 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 15 or on Thursday, December 19 - 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:
The recital will open with a pensive setting of "What Child Is This," and end with a toccata-like finale on "Sing We Now of Christmas." In between, enjoy organ arrangements based on the following Advent themes:
KEEP WATCH - Wake, Awake! - Robert A. Hobby
A cheerful setting of the hymn tune WACHET AUF
MAKE READY - Go Tell It On the Mountain - Gordon King
A slow, "bluesy" treatment of the spiritual
PROCLAIM - On Jordan's Bank, the Baptist's Cry - Michael Burkhardt
Contrasting variations on the hymn PUER NOBIS
GLORIFY FOREVER - All Glory be to God on High - Georg Bohm
An 18th century setting of the Reformation hymn
DANCE! - Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Ralph B. Hastings
A medieval hymn in which Jesus tells his own story