Music Notes – Sunday, August 3rd:
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)
- Kim Coxe (Oboe)
- Sue Griffith (Bassoon)
- Sharon Marrell (Flute)
- Mary Primer (Clarinet)
Pre-Service Music:
Passacaille (Barthe)
Pastorale, Op. 14 #1 (Pierne)
Menuet (Colomer)
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 Barth’s death.
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. In addition to being a celebrated keyboardist and conductor, Pierné was a prolific composer, writing operas, ballets, orchestral and choral works, and chamber music. Originally written for solo piano, “Pastorale” (Opus 14, #1) was part of a larger collection of works titled Album pour mes petits amis (Album for my Little Friends), which was first published in 1887.
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. Composed around 1870, Menuet is a standalone piece for wind quintet.
Song: Love Will Guide Us – Rogers
Sally Rogers is an award-winning folk musician, songwriter, and children’s arts educator. 2019 marked Sally’s 40th year as a songwriter, performer, and educator, and she is still steaming ahead, warming hearts and minds wherever she goes. Her songs “Lovely Agnes” and “Touch of the Master’s Hand” have frequently been mistaken for traditional, while “Love Will Guide Us” and “Circle of the Sun” are now anthems for rituals of passage and protest (from sallyrogers.com). Rogers’ gospel-inspired “Love Will Guide Us” is #131 in our Singing the Living Tradition hymnal and is a favorite of many UUs.
Centering Music: Divertimento No. 14, movements I & IV – Mozart
The Divertimento in B-flat Major (K. 270) is a four-movement work for wind sextet, written by renowned Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This work is part of a larger collection of divertimenti which Mozart composed between 1775 and 1777 while under the patronage of the Archbishop of Salzburg.
Offertory Music: Glass Half Full – Ernenwein
“Glass Half Full” is a playful 2024 composition for wind quintet from American composer Robert Ernenwein, who primarily writes music for wind and brass ensembles.
Special Music: No.1 from Trois Pièces Brèves – Ibert
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.
Song: When the Spirit Says Do – African American Spiritual
“When the Spirit Says Sing” (also known as “I’m Gonna Sing”) is among the best-known of traditional African American Spirituals. Its origins are unknown, but the song first began appearing in hymnals during the 1950s and became one of the rallying anthems of The Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. It is included in our Singing the Journey hymnbook as #1024 under the title “When the Spirit Says Do”. As the
Postlude: Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite – King
Sometimes referred to as ‘The Granddaddy of Circus Marches’, “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite” was written by American march composer Karl King (1891-1971). King played baritone horn in Barnum and Bailey’s circus band, and wrote this piece at the request of that group’s then-bandmaster Ned Brill. Although “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite” was only the fifth piece of what would eventually be over 300 compositions by King, it remains his best-known work and is one of the most familiar and best-loved marches ever written.
-Mike Carney, UUCC Music Director