Music – Hymns & Anthem for January 24

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This podcast episode features the hymns and anthem recorded by Dr. Dennis Keene and the Ascension Choir, featuring the Manton Memorial Organ, for the Church of the Ascension’s worship service on the Third Sunday after Epiphany, January 24, 2021, which took place online via Zoom.

      Hymns and Anthem - Epiphany III - 2021 - The Church of the Ascension Choir; Dr. Dennis Keene
  1. Hymn #616 – Hail to the Lord’s Anointed – Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein
  2. Anthem – Two Choruses from Messiah, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
  3. Hymn #549 – Jesus Calls Us; O’er the Tumult – St. Andrew
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