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Post-Worship Treat for Sunday, August 14, 2022

August 15, 2022

Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, August 14, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) Gilles Jullien: ‘Dialogue [sur les grands jeux]’ from Suite du Troisième Ton (1690) The period of the late 17th- and early 18th-centuries is frequently described as the ‘golden age’ of the French classical organ.… Read More »

Post-Worship Treat for Sunday, July 31, 2022

July 31, 2022

Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, July 31, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) Benjamin Carr: Variations to the Sicilian Hymn The ‘Sicilian Hymn’ (often called ‘Sicilian Mariners’), thought to be a tune of Sicilian origin, gained currency in late 18th-century England. We associate this tune with the… Read More »

Post-Worship Treat for Sunday, July 24, 2022

July 24, 2022

Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, July 24, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) Dietrich Buxtehude: Vater unser im Himmelreich (Our Father, Who Art in Heaven) This week’s ‘post-worship treat’ complements the gospel reading from today’s worship (Luke 11:1-3). Since the earliest Reformation times there have been hymn… Read More »

Post-Worship Treat for July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022

Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, July 17, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) Lucien H. Southard: Voluntary Lucien H. Southard (1827-1881), born in Vermont, led an interesting life as music educator, composer, and performer, working in Boston and Norfolk. In 1868 he was appointed the first director… Read More »