Dedication of the Moeller Organ in Provine Chapel, Mississippi College

                                    October 17, 2006; 7:30 P.M.

                                                   Program

 

Choral Selection

 

If Ye Love Me                                    Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)          

Mississippi College Singers

Dr. James Meaders, Conductor                            

 

Hymn

Praise to the Lord the Almighty!       Joachim Neander (1560-1680)

Dr. Lewis Oswalt, Conductor

Professor Emeritus Billy Trotter, Organist

 

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation!

O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!

All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near;

Join me in glad adoration!

 

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;

surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.

Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,

Who with his love doth befriend thee.

 

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!

All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him!

Let the amen sound from his people again;

Gladly for ever adore him.

 

Litany for Rededication—Dr. David Miller

 

Musical Selections

 

Komm, Gott Schopfer, Heiliger Geist, BWV 667     J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Professor Emeritus Billy Trotter, Organist

 

Fairest Lord Jesus                                            Helmut Walcha (1907-1991)

Jeff Armstrong, Organist

 

Be Not Afraid from Elijah         Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1947)

Anna McDonald, Soprano

Dr. Robert Knupp, Organist

 

Minuet                                                              Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Adagio                                                             Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750)

Badinerie, BWV 1067                                      J.S. Bach

Dr. Craig Young, Wind Controller

Dr. Robert Knupp, Organist

 

Stay With us                                                               Egil Hovland (b. 1924)

Magnificat                                                       Herbert Howells (1899-1978)

Mississippi College Singers

Dr. James Meaders, Conductor

Dr. Robert Knupp, Organist

 

Prayer of Dedication

Dr. John Meadors

 

Hymn

When in Our Music—Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)

Dr. Lewis Oswalt, Conductor

Dr. Robert Knupp, Organist

 

When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried Alleluia!

So has the church in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Alleluia!

Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Alleluia!

 

Musical Selections

 

Passacaglia, BWV 582                                                                        J.S. Bach

Sometimes I Feel                                                        William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Fugue from Sonata on the 94th Psalm                     Julius Reubke (1834-1858)

Dr. Robert Knupp, Organist