Sunday Drive: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

The beloved hymn of thanksgiving as performed by renowned organist Diane Bish:

Be still and know that I am God.  --Psalm 146

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Sunday Drive: Toys and Soldiers

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It's a terribly cold morning in Texas - temperature outside is 12 degrees F. and the wind chill is -3.  BRRR!!  The temp inside is pretty low too, despite the furnace and an electric fireplace running full blast.  I think I'll just spend the day in bed under my nice warm covers.

But if you have to be up and about, here's a happy medley to get you moving,  I don't know this iorganist, but he does a fabulous job with these two classic pieces on an Allen concert organ.  (Allen is a Big Name in electronic organs - they make all kinds, from small to ginormous.)  My favorite is the second selection, which always makes me smile.  Enjoy.

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Sunday Drive: Widor, Toccata

Widor's magnificent toccata, played in celebration of York Minster's newly refurbished organ by Assistant Director of Music Benjamin Morris.  You can have a pleasant musical reverie while listening to this performance and admiring the many scenes of the cathedral's beauty, inside and out.

 

For Cody

1950 - 2005

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Sunday Drive: Bach, Wachet Auf (Sleepers, Awake!), BWV 640

The Second Sunday of Advent

The wolf shall live with the lamb,

the leopard shall lie down with the kid,

the calf and the lion and the fatling together,

and a little child shall lead them.

Diane Bish, the grand dame of American organists, plays the 4th movement (chorale) of the lovely Bach cantata: 

My late husband Cody studied with this lady while he was in college; he admired her greatly.

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Sunday Drive: Widor, Toccata from Symphony No. 5 for Two Organists