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8/17/2022

Love and Light

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We return once more this summer to the eclectic "9:00 style" of worship offered weekly during the academic year, resuming again on Jubilee Sunday. Songs of healing, rejuvenation, and light from a spectrum of musical genres including Celtic, jazz, and Americana will be offered. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lucas Jackson, bassist Peter Strening and violinist Harmony Tucker join us on this last Sunday of the summer worship calendar.

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8/10/2022

The Long Way Home

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As the writer of Psalm 130 relates, a journey can begin with a plea to the heavens ("Out of the depths I cry to you..."), followed by unwavering faith ("I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits...") and assurance ("...put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love...")

Songs of ascending this Sunday morning.

The inquisitive musings of a solo flute stop narrates the aptly-titled "Soliloquy" for organ by composer David Conte. A gently rocking string accompaniment cradles the quiet questioning heard above. The lone speaker seemingly becomes a chorus as the pondering intensifies only to diminish to a single humble voice once again.

A "Ode to Joy" closes our worship journey this Sunday with a gigue-like setting of the tune infamously heard in Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" by Charles Callahan. 

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8/3/2022

A Mere Seed

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From the smallest quantity can arise a substantive and unexpected complex design – a marvel to behold! Three works from the minimalist approach to composition by Philip Glass, James Michael Stevens, and a handbell arrangement by yours truly will be offered this Sunday morning.

Seed motifs...sprouting.

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7/27/2022

Green Blade STILL Rising

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My life flows on in endless song above earth's lamentation,
I hear the sweet though far-off hymn that hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing.
It finds an echo in my soul. How can I keep from singing?

Robert Lowry, alt. (1869)

The Summer Choir returns with an uplifting setting of the American folk hymn "How Can I Keep from Singing?" by Timothy Shaw. The text invites us to persevere and actively live into faith and hope no matter what life brings our way. A pertinent message for our times and any other.

From the organ, distinctive arrangements of two well-known Christian hymns of faith and discipleship:

First, the venerable Irish tune "Slane" (commonly sung to the text "Be Now My Vision") becomes the subject of a contemporary partita by composer Daniel Pinkham in his characteristic quirky and inventful style.

Lastly, the 19th century American tune "Foundation" (the melody of the hymn "How Firm a Foundation") serves as the basis for a thrilling toccata by acclaimed organ composer Craig Phillips. Multi-sectional with creative  expressions of the theme throughout, the work closes with the bombastic and seldom used Festival Trumpet stop.   

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7/20/2022

Changes

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This Sunday morning we reprise the "eclectic" service typically offered at 9:00 a.m. during the academic year. The spiritual essence of music from the likes of Coldplay, David Bowie, and Genesis mingle freely with sounds from the Celtic tradition and more. Bassist Peter Strening, guitarist Alan Skowron, and vocalist/cellist Lucas Jackson join us for this diverse worshipful experience. We hope to see you then — in person or online.

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7/13/2022

Faith and Hope

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At the Prelude, an aria for the organ by prolific Lutheran composer extraordinaire Paul Manz. Referencing the vocal solo music form, a beautiful fluid melody soars above a pulsating string accompaniment. An imitative section on the plenum registration offers a full-bodied choral response before descending back into the solo voice.

At the Offertory, a thoughtful and mysterious pondering of the classic hymn of dedication, "My Faith Looks Up to Thee" by Russian composer Yury Arbatsky. This beloved tune is played in a double canon on the manuals with a murky pedal line lurking below. Searching for truth, perhaps.    

At the Postlude, the joyous "Festival Voluntary" by Belgian composer Flor Peeters is offered. Conceived with the stately British organ voluntary in mind, this boisterous recessional sends us out into the world with spirit and hope.

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7/6/2022

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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Summer Choir returns this Sunday with a setting of the American folk hymn "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" by David Ashley White. You are invited to join us for this casual and fun worshipful experience with rehearsal beginning at 9:15 a.m. Come, lend a voice! All are welcome.

From the organ, we will hear two German hymn tunes of praise and thanks: the sectional early Baroque setting of "All Glory Be to God on High" by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and the rousing Sigfrid Karg-Elert setting of the beloved hymn "Now Thank We All Our God." 
 

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6/29/2022

American Composers for this Independence Day Weekend Service

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We begin with Stan Pethel's variations on the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts" – intimate yet bold.

During communion, violinist Harmony Tucker offers a reading of the African-American spiritual "Let Us Break Bread Together" by Charles Callahan – sensual and jazzy.

The service closes with a "Toccata for a Joyful Day" by Emma Lou Diemer – riveting...hopeful.

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6/15/2022

Divine Liberation

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Songs of divine liberation and diversity on this Juneteenth Sunday.

At the Prelude, vocalist/banjoist Lucas Jackson offers his arrangement of the well-known American tune "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory." Penned by abolitionist writer Julia Howe in 1861, the text alludes to biblical prophecies of a new kingdom coming in relation to the end of the American Civil War. Or, of any time.

At the Offertory, Lucas sings "For the Flowers Are Great Blessings" from Benjamin Britten's cantata "Rejoice in the Lamb." The text refers to the wonder of God's creation and its diversity of color and beauty specifically in the flowers—the "poetry of Christ" as depicted by text writer Christopher Smart.

At the Postlude, a "March of Joy" by prolific composer and organ virtuoso Hans-André Stamm. Melodies reminiscent of traditional Celtic music permeate this delightful romp at the conclusion of worship this Sunday morning.  

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6/8/2022

On the Green

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An eclectic blend of musical stylings from the Celtic, Americana, and pop/rock idioms greet you this Sunday morning in our annual outdoor service at Rolland Moore Park.

Vocalist Lucas Jackson, guitarist/vocalist Bill DeMarco and Bruce Ronda, bassist Peter Strening, fiddler Abigail Morgan, and I lead you in worshipful song "out on the green."

See you then!

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    Each week, Director of Music Mark Heiskanen writes a Music Minute previewing the upcoming Sunday's musical offerings and occasionally opines on other music-related topics.

    ​We are blessed by an engaging music program at Plymouth! 


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    Mark Heiskanen has been Plymouth's Director of Music since September 2017. Originally from Northeast Ohio, Mark has experience and great interest in a diverse range of musical styles including jazz, rock, musical theatre, and gospel. He is thrilled to serve a congregation and staff that values diversity and inclusion in all facets of life. 

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