William Zeitler's Music Box

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  • Lux Aeterna

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    I read an article this week by Ethan Siegel Ph.D., astrophysicist, writing about photons. He notes that in our expanding Universe, for billion upon billions of years, the photon seems to be one of the very few particle types that has an apparently infinite lifetime. Photons are the quanta that make up light, and in…

  • The Alchemical Crucible

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    The Alchemical Crucible                            W. Zeitler [ORGAN] (a new piece) Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven Chivalrous Virtues: Hope and the Knight’s Dagger                     W. Zeitler Alchemy is described as a medieval forerunner of…

  • Yes, Jesus Loves Me

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    Reflections on “Jesus Loves Me” W. Zeitler [piano] “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” Improvisation The verses to ‘Jesus Loves Me’ were written by Anna Bartlett Warner (1827 –1915). Anna’s father was Henry Warner, a wealthy New York City lawyer. When he lost most of his fortune in the 1837 depression,…

  • Trio Sonatas

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    Trio Sonata in Cm, 1st movement J.S.Bach (1685-1750) [ORGAN] “Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies Chivalrous Virtues: Confidence & the Horse’s Saddle W. Zeitler As we have seen in previous Music Boxes, a 35-year-old Bach, away performing, came home to discover that his wife Maria Barbara (1684–1720) had died and was already buried. After this,…

  • Telemann

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    Sonata in G: Cantabile & Allegro    Telemann (1681-1767) [FLUTE & PIANO? HARPSICHORD?] Susan Addington, Flute “When In Our Music God is Glorified” The Order of Chivalry: Reason & the Horse’s Shaffron     W. Zeitler [ORGAN] Georg Phillip Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer…

  • 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…

  • Isaac Watts & “Jesus Shall Reign”

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    Prelude in C BWV 547    J.S. Bach [ORGAN] Meditation on “Jesus Shall Reign” [ORGAN] Improvisation [ORGAN] Being Ascension Sunday, I thought a Big Bach organ piece was in order. He builds this particular piece on a slight variation of ascending scale, namely Do Re Mi | Mi Fa So | So La Ti |…