Music for the season of Advent
Piano Solo performed by Christina Robertson This piano medley consists of the tune for “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” (Hyfrydol) and a song I wrote entitled “How Can This Be?”– the question Mary asked upon learning that she was pregnant with the one who would redeem Israel.
Piano Solo performed by Christina Robertson This piano medley consists of two tunes: (1) a variation of Divinum Mysterium, an eleventh-century work that accompanies the Christmas hymn “Of the Father’s Love Begotten,” and (2) a tune I wrote to accompany the advent hymn, “In the Darkened Days of Winter.”
Piano Solo performed by Christina Robertson Advent Ponderings-(Although originally written with Advent in mind, one can simply change the name and call it Lenten Ponderings. Written in a minor key, it is appropriate for either of those seasons. It is written for piano, for organ, or as a violin-piano duet Read more…
Piano Solo performed by Christina Robertson This is a beautiful adaptation of an old tune frequently used in the Roman Catholic Church during mass or holy communion. These new words make it appropriate throughout the year but particularly during the advent season. Because there are unison sections for both men Read more…
Piano Solo performed by Christina Robertson A brief piano number, appropriate as a short prelude or offertory.
Piano Solo performed by Christina Robertson You may also call this “A Lenten Meditation in A Minor.” It is a brief piano number appropriate as either a prelude or offertory or even a postlude at the end of a Good Friday service.
Written for organ and oboe. This organ and oboe piece was written and used during a worship service at Catalina United Methodist Church. I have thought about reworking it but haven’t done so. It is a blend of the French Canadian Huron Carol, which is in a minor key, with Read more…
Written for piano. This piano medley is a more compact version of some of the other Advent or Christmas tunes. This includes brief harmonizations of the “Wexford Carol,” ”Jesous Ahatonhi,” ” Divinum Mysterium,” “In the Darkened Days of Winter,” and “How Can This Be?”
Written for piano. This piano medley consists of my harmonization of Ireland’s “Wexford Carol” and the French Canadian Huron tune (Jesous Ahatonhia) used in Jean de Brebeuf’s carol, “’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime.” Both are lovely quaint carols not played or sung often enough. Listen to a soulless, computer Read more…
Written for organ. When I was in high school, an organist friend played for me Jehan Alain’s Litanies. Since then, I have been enthralled with the piece and have wanted to write some hymn variation in the same style. Also, for years, I have been deeply moved by Charles Wesley’s Read more…