MUSIC BOX
Third Sunday of Advent
Katherine Edison, soprano
Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano
Katherine Edison
Prelude to Worship
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring/It Came Upon the Midnight Clear . . . . . J. S. Bach/Richard Willis (1819-1900), arr. by Jay Rouse
The Angel Gabriel . . . Basque carol, arr. by David Willcocks
Musical Interlude
The Virgin’s Lullaby . . . Max Reger (1873-1916)
Postlude
Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne . . . Timothy Matthews (1826-1910), arr. Jay Rouse
Somehow not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart’s possessing
Returns to make you glad.
– John Greenleaf Whittier, 1866
