MUSIC BOX
Robert Armstead, bass-baritone
Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano & organ
Chapel Concertino for Fall
The Last Rose of Summer . . . Thomas Moore (1779-1852)/Irish Air
Come Ready And See Me . . . James Purdy/Richard Hundley (1931-2018)
Indian Summer . . . Al Dubin/Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
September Song . . . Maxwell Anderson/Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Les Feuilles Mortes . . . Jacques Prevert/Joseph Kosma (1905-1969)
Autumn Leaves . . .arr. by Roger Williams
Offertory
Chorale: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen . . . Heinrich Isaak (ca.1450-1517)
O World, I now must leave thee
Chorale Prelude on ‘O Welt’ . . . Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Postlude
The Fall of the Leafe . . . Martin Pierson (1590-1650)
Little Prelude in D minor . . . J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
FALL
Lay down your autumn leaves,
And speak your tales of winter almost here,
But speak with hope, and smile.
Let me remember the dry-crackle leaves
Dad raked into a heap, while I made myself scarce,
And the naked pleasure in the scatter,
As I fell into the pile, reckless as any boy.
Let me remember the color, the sound,
The smell, the mild rebuke,
So I can replay it all once more.
-RLA