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Christmas Music for Organ

Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

[caption id="attachment_308237" align="alignnone" width="1500"] The Nativity depicted in the South Stall Woodwork of Saint Thomas Church[/caption] Eternal God, who made this most holy night to shine with the brightness of thy one true light: bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth, to see the radiance of thy heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

10:30 p.m.

The Miller-Scott Organ

Personnel

Benjamin Sheen and Nicholas Quarkdokus, Organ
Scott McIntosh, Trumpet
Kevin Quill, Trumpet
Christopher Komer, French Horn
Paul Bellino, Trombone
Joh Hill, Tuba
Frank Cassara, Timpani


Program

Sinfonia to Cantata ‘Wir danken dir, Gott’, BWV 29,
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
arranged by Graham Dixon (b. 1977)

‘Les Bergers’, from ‘La Nativité du Seigneur’
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

‘Christmas’ Concerto, Op. 8, no. 6, Vivace- Grave- Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
arranged by Paul Erion

Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 606, Adagio- Allegro- Adagio
Johann Sebastian Bach

Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604, Vivace- Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach

Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605, Pastorale
Johann Sebastian Bach

March Pontificale, Op. 13, no. 1
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
arranged by Hans Zellner (b. 1968)

‘Desseins eternels’, from ‘La Nativité du Seigneur’
Olivier Messiaen

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