This Sunday

Music Box

December 10, 2023

Prelude

Wild Coast Brass
Kevin Jordan and A. J. Wecker, trumpet
Ruth Jordan, horn
Steve Mortenson, trombone

Shepherd’s Song……………..Cristobal de Morales
Sinfonia……………..Adriano Banchieri
Vignon, Vignette (Little Vine)……………..Francesco de Milano
O Magnum Mysterium (O great mystery)……………..Tomas Luis de Victoria
Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella……………..Traditional French carol, arr. Henderson
On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry……………..Georg Wittwe, arr. DeCesare

Offertory

“O Come Emmanuel” with “O Come, Divine Messiah”

Plainchant, Traditional French Carol, Arr. Stephen DeCesare

Postlude

“And the Glory of the Lord” from Messiah……………..George Frederick Handel

 

The Wild Coast Brass has had the pleasure of being part of services at Church in the Forest for over 20 years and is happy to perform again for this joyous season!

American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” on Christmas Day in 1863 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Longfellow titled the poem “Christmas Bells,” telling of the despair in his heart as he heard the joyous bells from the many churches within earshot.  At the height of the Civil War, he was grieving over his son, a Union soldier who had been injured in battle, and the sudden death of his wife in a tragic accident. But in spite of these sorrows, the text holds out the hope of peace.  Many of his poems were published as hymns, bu “I Heard the Bells” is the only one that has stood the test of time.   – Paraphrased from Luke Getz, www.Hymnary.org