University Organ Series 1999-2000
Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs
Michael Burkhardt, Organist

Sunday, September 26, 1999, 2:30 p.m.
Organ Hall, ASU School of Music

Communities gather to sing songs of celebration
Reading:
Hymn:

"i thank You God" -E. E. Cummings
"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" -Henry van Dyke, Ludwig van Beethoven

Communities gather to sing stories and songs ofencouragement
Reading:
Hymn:

"From Heaven Above to Earth I Come"
"From Heaven Above to Earth I Come"

Silence:
Hymn:

for reflection and listening
"Open Your Ears, 0 Faithful People" -Hasidic Traditional, Israeli Folk Song

Ulrich Leupold
Martin Luther

Communities gather to sing songs ofprophets and visionaries
Reading:
Hymn:

"I Have A Dream''. - Martin Luther King
"Comfort, Comfort Now My People" Johann Olearius, French Folk Song

Communities gather to sing songs of divine mystery
Reading:
Hymn:

"Once Long Ago ..." from Old Turtle -Douglas Wood
"He Comes to Us As One Unkno\Vll" -Timothy Dudley Smith, Charles H.H. Parry

Communities gather to sing songs ofencounter
Reading:
Hymn:

"Amazing Grace" -Judy Collins
"Amazing Grace" - John Newton, Early American

Reading:
Hymn:

"It All Came from Something Felt" from Memos - Charles Ives
"Go Tell It On the Mountain" -Traditional Spiritual

Communities gather to sing songs ofliving
Reading:
Hymn:

"In Every Child" from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - James Agee
"Make Me a Channel of Your Peace" S. Temple

Communities gather to sing songs ofhope
Reading:
Hymn:

"My Soul Is Like a Bird" - Ken Gire
"The God of Abraham Praise" The Yigdal, Hebrew Melody

Communities gather to sing songs ofblessing
Reading:
Hymn:

-"Evensong" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"All Through the Night" -Harold Boulton/Thomas Oliphant, Welsh Folk Song

Organ Improvisation: "In Thee Is Gladness" (In dir ist Freude) - Michael Burkhardt