The 21st Annual Choral Organ Festival of the
Jackson Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Monday, May 7, 2007
Northminster Baptist Church
Seven thirty o'clock
The Choir of the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson
William Wymond, Director; Connie Wadsworth, Organist
Shellie Brown, Violinist Nancy Bateman, Cellist
The Anthems -
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (Psalm 122)..........C. Hubert H. Parry
Cantique de Jean Racine..........................................................Gabriel Faure
By The Waters Of Babylon.........................................................Philip James
My Jesus, I Love Thee.........................................Arranged by Paul Sjolund
As A Mother Comforteth (from A German Requiem).....Johannes Brahms
Gena Everitt, Soprano Soloist
For Athene.................................................................................John Tavener
The Organ Music - Kathy Vail, Organist, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
"David danced before the Lord with all his might" (II Samuel 6:14)
King David's Dance...............................................Stephen Paulus(b. 1949)
"Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot. He will rule against
the wicked and destroy them with the breath of his mouth." (Isaiah 11:1,4)
Fantasy on Veni Emmanuel.........................................Robert Lau(b. 1943)
"They spat on him, beat him, mocked him, and led him away to be
crucified." (Matthew 27:30)
A Lenten Prelude for Flute and Organ...............Charles Callahan(b. 1941)
Allison Talley, flute
"He isn't here! He has been raised from the dead!" (Matthew 28:5)
Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23................................Marcel Dupre(1886-1971)
IV. Resurrection