Music Notes – Sunday, October 11th:
This week’s musicians are The Prentiss Quintet and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney
This Sunday’s Guest Musicians
Be sure to arrive early this Sunday to hear pre-service music starting at 10:05 a.m. from our special guest musicians The Prentiss Quintet. This ensemble includes two UUCC members and is sure to be a musical treat for everyone – don’t miss it!
The Prentiss Quintet is:
- Dana Bjorklund (Horn)
- Emily Sheets (Oboe)
- Sue Griffith (Bassoon)
- Sharon Marrell (Flute)
- Mary Primer Gutierrez (Clarinet)
Pre-Service Music:
Trois Pièces Brèves – Ibert
Passacaille (Barthe)
Suite, Op. 57, III. Finale – Lefebvre
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) was a French composer, widely known and celebrated for his orchestral works, operas, and chamber music. He was considered an eclectic composer, as his varied output did not fit neatly into any stylistic classification. Ibert wrote his Trois Pièces Brèves (Three Short Pieces) for wind quintet in 1930.
Adrien Barthe (1828-1898) was a French composer and music educator of the Romantic Era. He composed operas, piano pieces, art songs for voice and piano, and numerous chamber works for oboe and other wind instruments. Barth’s Passacaille for Wind Quintet is believed to be one of his later works, and was first published in 1899, the year after Barthe’s death.
Charles-Édouard Lefebvre (1843-1917) was an award-winning French composer and music educator who was primarily known for his operas and oratorios. Sunday’s postlude is the third and final movement from Lefebvre’s Suite (Op. 57), first published in 1884 and one of just two pieces Lefebvre wrote specifically for wind instruments.
Song: There’s a River Flowin’ in my Soul – Sanders
“There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul” is #1007 in our Singing the Journey hymnal. It was composed by Rose Sanders (b. 1945), who is a civil rights attorney, activist and creative artist living in Selma, Alabama. Ms. Sanders was Alabama’s first African American female judge, and she has co-founded and works to support many organizations which protect children.
Joys and Concerns Music: Menuetto (III) from String Quartet No. 15 – Mozart
Completed in 1783, the String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor (K. 421) is a four-movement work by renowned Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). It is the second of six string quartets Mozart dedicated to fellow Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, who is generally credited with the development and popularization of the string quartet as a musical form.
Offertory Music: Presto (IV) from String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3
Classical composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote his six Op. 33 String Quartets during the summer and autumn of 1781. These works are often called the “Russian” quartets because Haydn dedicated the quartets to Russian nobleman Paul I. Some musicologists believe these quartets were the inspiration for Mozart’s’ quartets dedicated to Haydn, although others dispute that assertion.
Song: Life Calls Us On – Shelton
Jason Shelton (b. 1972) is an award-winning composer, arranger, conductor, song and worship leader, workshop presenter, and coach. He served as the Associate Minister for Music at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, Tennessee from 1998-2017, and is now engaged in a music ministry at-large, focused on serving the musical resource needs of UU (and other liberal) congregations around the country (from jasonsheltonmusic.com). “Life Calls Us On” was commissioned in 2010 by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it has become a favorite in many UU congregations across the United States. This Sunday, “Life Calls Us On” will be led by UUCC Music Director Mike Carney and our Chancel Choir, accompanied by Aaron Burkle on drums and Lucy Carney at the piano.
Postlude: Bourrée – Colomer
Blas Maria Colomer (1833-1917) was a Spanish pianist, composer, and music educator who was trained at the prestigious Paris Conservatoire. Colomer wrote in a variety of styles, but is best remembered today as an opera composer. Colomer’s Bourrée for winds was first published around 1900.
-Mike Carney, UUCC Music Director