by Jim Gallatin | Nov 27, 2018 | Archives, Music
The Church has begun a New Year! Advent marks the start of a new cycle of readings and a new beginning but we begin quietly. The General Instructions of the Roman Missal says: “In Advent, the organ and other musical instruments should be used with a moderation...
by Jim Gallatin | Oct 17, 2018 | Archives, Music
Prelude: Symphonie 2 ‘V. Adagio’ Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Offertory, Sunday at 11:00 a.m.: Expectans Expectavi Charles Wood The poem is by Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley (19 May 1895 – 13 October 1915) a British Army officer who fought in the WW I. He was...
by Jim Gallatin | Oct 9, 2018 | Archives
Prelude: Symphonie 2 II. Pastoral Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) The Pastoral begins with a solo melody played on the oboe accompanied by the flute – very “pastorial”. Can you see the sheep? Then several different themes are heard. But they are all...
by Jim Gallatin | Oct 5, 2018 | Archives
“Praeludium Circulare” Symphonie 2 [Final Version 1928/29] Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937) is a piece of music that Widor worked on throughout his life. He changed it by recomposing, and reworking the piece four or five times. The final version goes through all the...
by Jim Gallatin | Jun 7, 2017 | Music
Prelude: The Mystery of the Holy Trinity from Glorious Bodies by Oliver Messiaen This is the last of seven compositions that form Glorious Bodies. The cycle was finished in August 1939 just before the Second Wold War began. The entire piece is dedicated to the number...
