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Good evening, friends. As I’m sure you know, the great Italian film composer Ennio Morricone died recently at the age of 91. One of his best-known scores was created for the 1986 film ‘The Mission’, with Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons. ‘Gabriel’s Oboe’ is the film’s main theme. It is most prominently used when Jesuit...
Organ Prelude Air and variation in the English style from six pieces in various styles for the organ composed by Eric Harding Thiman. Introit As water to the thirsty Words by Timothy Dudley-Smith. Melody: OASIS by T Brian Coleman. Hymn For the fruits of all creation Words by Fred Pratt Green. Melody: EAST ACKLAM by Francis Jackson....
Good evening everyone Domenico Scarlatti was born in1685, the same year as Bach and Handel. In many ways he was the most radical of the three composers, creating a new sound and texture which look beyond the mature baroque to the new classical era of Haydn and Mozart. His Sonata in E minor is one of...
Prelude Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by Abigail Burrows (flute) and Adrian Boynton (piano). Short Choral Introit Sing Joyfully unto God our strength Based on Psalm 81:1-4. Composed by William Byrd. Performed by the choir of Milton Keynes City Church directed by Adrian Boynton. Hymn Angel-voices ever singing Composed...
Dear Friends Our ‘music to end the day’ begins tonight with the tranquil ‘Tierce en Taille’ in G by Jean François Dandrieu, the gifted French harpsichordist and organist who gave his first public performance at the age of 5 for King Louis XIV! ‘Tierce en Taille’ refers to a particular organ registration, common in French baroque...
Organ prelude Adagio from Concerto in A minor. BWV 593 arrangement by Johann Sebastian Bach, of the Concerto for two violins Opus 3 No.8 RV 522 composed by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi. Short introit What does the Lord require for praise and offering. Words composed by Albert F Bayly. Melody composed by Erik Routley. Hymn In Christ alone my hope...
In the Lutheran Church, it is common practice for each hymn to be introduced, not by a simple ‘player’ of the tune, but by a fully developed ‘chorale prelude’, either composed or improvised. J.S. Bach wrote hundreds of magnificent chorale preludes, covering every Sunday of the Church’s year and a wide range of liturgical themes. ‘Wenn...
Good evening friends. Those of you who have been part of Cornerstone for a number of years will remember Canon Denys Ruddy who collaborated with our choir in many special choral services before moving to a clergy retirement home near Cheltenham. As well as being a fine scholar and teacher, Denys could also turn his hand...
Good evening, everyone. Music to end the day begins with the delightful ‘Les Barricades Mystérieuses’, written for harpsichord by the great French clavecinist Francois Couperin in 1717. It is a fine example of ‘style brisé’ (broken-chord style) characteristic of French baroque keyboard music. The piece is in rondo form, with a recurring theme which appears four...
[The following pieces of music were prepared by Adrian Boynton, but not all were used for the morning service.] Prelude: Ach Gott, wem soll ich’s klagen, das heimlich Leiden mein? “Ah Lord, to whom should I lament my secret suffering?” 2nd movement from Organ Sonata No.3 composed by Paul Hindemith. Introit: Take this moment, sign and...
Dear Friends, I hope you have been enjoying the hymns in our virtual services over the lockdown period. Each week, as well as selecting carefully to reflect the theme of the day and the message of the readings, I have endeavoured to embrace the full range of Christian traditions which make up Cornerstone and to achieve...
Organ prelude: Bist du bei mir BWV 508 from J S Bach’s Anna Magdelena Notebook based on an aria from opera “Diomedes” composed by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel 1718, arr Noel Rawsthorne. Introit: Restore in us, O God, the splendour of your love Words by Carl P. Daw, 1989. Tune by William Daman 1579. Hymn – Dear...
Dear friends, To open our music this evening, I would like to share with you Telemann’s sparkling Sonata in F for Treble Recorder and Continuo, in a performance by Rocio Sanchez, one of our guest choir members, at Olney Parish Church last September – part of the special service to conclude the Amazing Grace Pilgrimage Walk....
Organ prelude 2nd movement of Kleine Präludien und Intermezzi, opus 9 by Hermann Schröder, 1932. Introit – How beautiful are the feet Words from Romans 10:14-15. From the oratorio Messiah, HWV 56 composed by Georg Friederich Händel, 1741. Performed by Elizabeth Weisberg (soprano), Cornerstone Chamber Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boynton. Hymn – God has spoken by his prophets...
Dear friends, As you know, during ‘lockdown’ I have shared with you several settings of Psalm 23. Last week we heard Stuart Townend’s contemporary version and a couple of weeks ago, in our morning service, my own arrangement of Brother James’s Air, written a few years ago for the marriage of Sharon Grenham, when she was...
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