February 5, 2023

Music Box

February 5, 2023

Jubal Joslyn, tenor

Cathryn Wilkinson, piano and organ

Prelude

Oh What a Beautiful Morning……Richard Rodgers
The Impossible Dream……Mitch Leigh
New York Lights……William Bolcom
Wizard Every Day……Liz and Nikko Benson
I Like the Sunrise……Duke Ellington

Offertory

“Through Heaven’s Eyes”……Stephen Schwartz

Jubal Joslyn, tenor

Communion

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit……Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Be Thou My Vision……Nathan Pacheco

Postlude

We Are Marching in the Light of God (“Siyahamba”)……arr. Robert Buckley Farlee

 

“Light.” As I thought about this theme for today, I remembered a line from an old hymn, “Sometimes a light surprises…” Inspired by the phrases from the songs you will hear this morning, you can imagine many ways in which light shines in and surprises you with new revelations. Share the experience of the English poet, William Cowper, who rose above prolonged struggles with depression to write:

“Sometimes a light surprises the child of God who sings:
the light of one who rises with gentle, healing wings.
When comforts are declining, God grants the soul again
a season of clear shining, to cheer it after rain.” (Published in Olney Hymns, 1779)

–Cathryn Wilkinson