Music at Church of Our Saviour

A little gift for you on this Feast of the Ascension: This Son So Young with music by Louie White and words assembled and composed by Frederick H. Meisel. Performed by Hannah Waldman, soprano; Jacqueline Marshall, harp and Stephen Karr, organ. This will be featured as an extended closing voluntary on this Sunday's Morning Prayer. https://youtu.be/9K93jGhaNN0

https://youtu.be/X5FlPN240kM For those of you who enjoyed this morning’s Canticle from the COS Virtual Choir, here is a peek behind the scenes of how recordings like this are made. Many thanks to Christopher Gravis, Canon for Music at St. John’s Cathedral in Los Angeles for publishing a look at how virtual choirs are assembled, piece by piece. You’ll also see an appearance from our semi-regular soloist during this period of online worship, Hannah Waldman, who happens to be married to Stephen Karr, the interim music director and organist. Hannah is normally a staff singer in the cathedral choir.

During this Holy Week in quarantine, you may be interested to take a listen to this new Passion oratorio, written by prominent American composer Richard Danielpour, who approached the narrative from a Jewish perspective. Interim Organist/Choirmaster Stephen Karr traveled to Buffalo last year to perform and record the piece as part of the UCLA Chamber Singers (along with a crew of amazing soloist and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus all under the baton of the BPO's longtime conductor, JoAnn Falletta). The recording is released as of today on CD, iTunes and all major streaming services.

LENT 5 (March 29, 2020) PRE-RECORDED MORNING PRAYER (10:15 AM) Hannah Waldman and Stephen Karr, cantors Gregorian Canticles SERVICE MUSIC... Venite // Plainsong Tone 4 (ad. Bruce E. Ford, b. 1947) Kyrie Pantokrator // Plainsong Tone 3 and Irregular Tone (ad. Ford) Benedictus Dominus Deus // Plainsong Tone 8 (ad. Ford) ANTHEM A Song of Hope from Bible Songs, op. 113, no. 3 // Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) VOLUNTARIES Jesus Christus, unser Heiland der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt, BWV 688 // J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 // Bach See more

LENT 4 (March 22, 2020) Due to diocesan restrictions, there will be no music at the Church of Our Saviour tomorrow.

Here is where you can find online resources for the Church of Our Saviour: service sheets, live streams and archived video. Please join us virtually if you’re unable to attend in person.