Musical offering for Memorial Day
May 29, 2023
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Sunday musical offering
May 28, 2023
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Today’s cultural moment
May 25, 2023
5 Comments | comfort & joy, musical offerings | Tagged: Appalachia Waltz, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma | Permalink
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Sunday musical offering
May 21, 2023
6 Comments | comfort & joy, musical offerings | Tagged: English National Opera Orchestra, Malakai Bayoh, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Permalink
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Happy Armed Forces Day
May 20, 2023
5 Comments | land of the free, musical offerings | Tagged: Armed Forces Day, Portland Choir & Orchestra | Permalink
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Today’s cultural moment
May 18, 2023
4 Comments | comfort & joy, musical offerings | Tagged: AcousticTrench, Leonard Cohen | Permalink
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Happy birthday, Erik
May 17, 2023It’s the birthday of French composer Erik Satie (1866-1925), who is best remembered for his Trois Gymnopédies for piano. Here are two of them in an orchestral arrangement by Claude Debussy.
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Sunday musical offering
May 14, 2023
2 Comments | comfort & joy, musical offerings | Tagged: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Piano Guys | Permalink
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Happy birthday, Irving
May 11, 2023Here’s a song in honor of the birthday of Irving Berlin (1888-1989), and if you recognize all or even most of the performers, that can mean only one thing: you’re at least as old as I am.
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Sunday musical offering
May 7, 2023
Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before my eyes;
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I’d to those rivers fly.
I’d rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind;
I’d cross cold Jordan’s stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.
A few more days or years at most
My troubles will be o’er;
I hope to join the heavenly host
On Canaan’s happy shore.
My raptured soul shall drink and feast
In love’s unbounded sea,
The glorious hope of endless rest
Is ravishing to me.
O come, my Savior, come away,
And bear me through the sky;
Nor let Thy chariot wheels delay,
But quickly draw Thou nigh.
Then I shall join the angel throng
And circle round Thy throne;
I’ll sing through all the ages long,
And joy to be Thine own.
Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before my eyes;
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I’d to those rivers fly.
I’d rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind;
I’d cross cold Jordan’s stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.
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