William Zeitler's Music Box

Month: June 2022

  • Hymns

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    Variations on “My Country, Tis of Thee”      L. Beethoven (1770-1827) [PIANO] “When In Our Music God is Glorified”    [ORGAN — note: offertory and postlude are ALWAYS organ, due to the logistics of me running up and down the stairs.] “All Glory, Laud and Honor”      arr. J.S. Bach [ORGAN] with Curtiss…

  • Sources and Sinks

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    “The Laughing Sage”      W. Zeitler [PIANO] “Oh, My Soul, Bless Your Redeemer” Improvisation [ORGAN] In electronics there is the concept of ‘sources’ and ‘sinks’. An electronics ‘source’ provides current to a circuit (for example, a battery), while a ‘sink’ consumes electricity (for example, a light bulb). I think this concept can also be…

  • “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

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    Woodland Dance        W. Zeitler [PIANO] “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Improvisation [ORGAN] Robert Robinson (1735-1790) had a rough beginning. His father died when he was aged five, but his maternal grandfather, Robert Wilkin, a wealthy gentleman of Mildenhall, who had never reconciled himself to his daughter’s lowly marriage, disinherited his grandson…

  • Coping with happiness

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    A Pentecost Prelude       C. Callahan [ORGAN + FLUTE] Susan Addington, Flute Meditation on “Jerusalem” [ORGAN] Improvisation [ORGAN] Who has trouble coping with happiness? The challenge is how to cope with adversity — when difficulty or calamity befalls, or we see Injustice we feel called to address. One classic approach was articulated by the…