Organ Concert Series ~ Music for Good Friday ~ 4/15/22

Office of the Chaplain presents 
Organ Concert Series Music for Good Friday 
The Reverend David A. Van Epps, Liturgist
Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Organ
James Wildman, Recording Engineer
Friday, April 15, 2022
Gunnison Memorial Chapel

The music reflects on the texts of the ‘Seven Last Words of Christ.’

The First Word - Luke 23:34
‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.’

Sonata No. 1, BWV 525 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Adagio

The Second Word - Luke 24:43
‘Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’

O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618 by Johann Sebastian Bach 
(O Lamb of God, Innocent)

The Third Word - John 19:27
‘Woman, behold your son! Behold your mother!’

Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV 610 by Johann Sebastian Bach
(Jesus, My Friend)

The Fourth Word - Matthew 27:46

‘Eli, Eli, la’ma sabach-tha’ni?’
(My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

Wenn wir in höchstein Nöten sein, BWV 641, by Johann Sebastian Bach

The Fifth Word - John 19:28
‘I thirst.’

Da Jesus an den Kreuze stund, BWV 621 by Johann Sebastian Bach
(When on the Cross the Savior hung)

The Sixth Word - John 19:30
‘It is finished.’

O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 by Johann Sebastian Bach
(O Man, thy grievous sin bemoan)

The Seventh Word - Luke 23:46 
‘Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.’

Élégie by Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Silence

Were You There?     African-American Spiritual

The next offering of the Organ Concert Series 2021-2022 will be Meditation for Yom HaShoah, April 27, at 7:00 p.m. The music will support meditation upon the Holocaust and remembrance of all the people that were lost. Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Musician-in-Residence, will perform music by Herman Belinski, a German-American composer.

A Celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach will be presented on Saturday, April 30, at 3:00 p.m. For additional information, see the chapel website at https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/chaplains-office.