Vital Organ Project

modern music for the modern organ

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INVOCATION

  • First Congregational Church 20 East Saint Vrain Street Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 United States (map)

A contemporary organ concert following the order of a generic ecumenical liturgy.

Graeme Shields, organ

PROGRAM

Prelude
i. tambour from amalgam (2018-2020) // Graeme Shields

Kyrie
Invocation (1956) //Sieglinde Ahrens

Gloria
I. Alla siciliana from Pastorale in F, BWV 590 // J.S. Bach

Psalm
Psalm 39 (2017) // Justin Rubin

Acclamation
Alleluyas (1965) // Simon Preston

Gospel
In principio erat Verbum from Meditationes vitæ Christi // Neil Thornock

Sermon
Pastoral Drone (1982) // George Crumb

Prayers
God of the Expanding Universe (1971) // Richard Felciano

Sanctus
Trivium (1976) // Arvo Pärt

Lamb of God / Communion
Le banquet céleste (1928) // Olivier Messiaen

Sending
III. Amen from Three Meditations (2020) // Natalie Draper

Postlude
Litanies (1937) // Jehan Alain

Sponsored by First Congregational of Colorado Springs as part of their 2023 Summer Music Series. More information:
https://fcucc.org/events/vital-organ-project-presents-invocation/2023-06-16

Earlier Event: June 11
BLOOM

MODERN MUSIC FOR THE MODERN ORGAN