At the Prelude (10:50 am) ROUEN CATHEDRAL 1623 The organ music today represents what you would have heard in two of the great churches of France during the 17th century. First, the great gothic cathedral of Rouen. Hymne de l’Eglise: Exultet coelum Jehan Titelouze (1563-1633) For centuries, Rouen Cathedral was a center of music in France. It was famous for its boy choir which
Please join us on Sunday, March 6th, for our traditional Pancake Celebration in preparation for our Lenten season. The celebration will begin immediately after our 11:00 am service and be filled with plenty of fun, food and spirit of Mardi Gras. A sign up sheet is in the Parish Hall for those who are inspired to bring coffee cake, cookies or other Mardi Gras
On Saturday, March 5th, we will be celebrating the life of our friend and colleague, bass Walter Richardson. Walter, who sang with our choir and Voices of Ascension for many years, passed away on October 10th after a long illness. We will have a memorial service with music at 5p.m. in the Church and a pot luck reception in the Parish Hall afterward for
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 8:00 PM Conductor Dennis Keene leads the Voices of Ascension in a chorus and orchestra program of popular and rarely performed works by the master of the Venetian Baroque, Antonio Vivaldi. The color and pageantry of 18th Century Venice will be in full display with this program. Antonio Vivaldi, nicknamed “Il prete rosso” (“the red-headed priest,”) lived his entire life
Father Andrew will conduct Inquirer’s Classes beginning April 5th. Classes meet weekly for eight weeks and are for new members and those to be confirmed. To sign up please contact Denise Kelly at Denise@AscensionNYC.org or call the Parish office at (212) 254-8620.
At the Prelude (10:45am) Foundation Stops All of the foundation tones of the organ are now voiced and playing. Today we will go from just one stop (in the Bach Kyrie) to almost all the foundations (in the Widor.) Kyrie eleison (for manuals, from Clavierübung) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) This short piece is played on the Montre 8’ of the Grand Orgue (bottom keyboard.)
As many of you know, we are hearing the first sounds of the new Manton Memorial Organ. Built by Pascal Quoirin of St. Didier, France, it is the first French-built organ ever installed in New York City, and will no doubt be one of the most significant organs of our time. During the Fall the organ was assembled here, the mechanisms all put together,
At the Prelude (10:45am) REED STOPS (LES ANCHES) During the past few weeks, Pascal Quoirin and his head voicing assistant, Frédéric Potier, have turned their attention to one of the two main families of pipes: reeds. (The other main family is foundation pipes, which includes principals, flutes and strings.) Reeds stops include trumpets (trompettes, in French), bombardes, clairons, oboes (hautbois), bassoons, cromornes, voix humaine,
A year ago we were at the beginning of what we called a “Year of Construction” and were settling into the Parish Hall as our temporary worship space. We learned that spending all those weeks shoulder-to-shoulder in folding chairs brought us closer together, not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. Now that we have returned once more to our beautifully-restored sanctuary and
At the Prelude (10:50am) CELESTES A celeste is a string stop tuned a little bit sharp. When it is combined with another similar string stop that is tuned normally, the two strings together make a beautiful undulating sound, similar to a large string section in a symphony orchestra. Our new organ has two sets of strings, and, oh my, are they beautiful! Adagio (from