Post-Worship Treat for August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
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 August 7, 2022
August 7, 2022
Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, August 7, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia in G minor Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) holds a firm place as one of the giants in the history of the pipe organ and its players. Master musician of Amsterdam,… 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 »
Post-Worship Treat for July 3, 2022
July 3, 2022
Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, July 3, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) W. Eugene Thayer: Allegro Maestoso A leading American organist of his time, W. Eugene Thayer (1838-1889) was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, and studied with the great John Knowles Paine at Harvard. After some years… Read More »
Post-Worship Treat for June 26, 2022
June 26, 2022
Lexington Presbyterian Church Post-Worship Treat Sunday, June 26, 2022 William McCorkle plays the C. B. Fisk pipe organ, opus 128 (2007) Nicolas de Grigny: Fugue a 5 from Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) The organ works of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703), celebrated, and sadly short-lived, organist at the cathedral in the city of Rheims,… Read More »
