Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 12.12.2021 OOS Music and Poetry are both essential parts of our soul’s expression. This Sunday features unique pairings of poetry with musical companion pieces. Walt Whitman and Frédéric Chopin; Mary Oliver and Antonín Dvořák; Billy Collins and Bill Evans; Timothy Steele and Pytor Tchaikovsky; and … Continue reading A Service of Poetry and Music
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship There are many different cultural and religious traditions that feed into our hymnals. To name just a few, they include German Lutheran hymns of the reformation, Jewish hymns, Shaker and Quaker hymns of the 19th century, and contemporary hymns both composed by living Unitarian Universalists and borrowed from the popular music … Continue reading Music Sunday – The Hymns We Sing
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship When you log on to worship, you will now see an icon reading “LIVE Otter ai.” This is a transcription application that provides text for any Zoom meeting, a good tool for those with impaired hearing or anyone seeking clarity about what is being broadcast.You can see a tutorial here: https://tinyurl.com/OtterDemo … Continue reading Witnessing African-American Music, a Music Sunday
It is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludvig van Beethoven. Our choral celebration featuring the Adult, Children’s and Youth choirs, along with guest musicians, is on hold at present, but Music Director John Kramer will present some of Beethoven’s piano sonatas along with thoughts on his music and life. Beethoven overcame deafness and … Continue reading Overcoming Adversity: Lessons from Beethoven
On this Music Sunday we will hear The Ballad of the Brown King, a cantata written by Margaret Bonds with a libretto by Langston Hughes. This piece looks at the Christian nativity story from the perspective of Balthazar, the “brown king”, who came from Arabia or Ethiopia. It is a really rich piece musically, rewarding … Continue reading Music Sunday: The Ballad of the Brown King
This Sunday we celebrate the Earth with new music for choir and jazz quartet by music director John Kramer. This suite both celebrates the wonder of nature while addressing some of the serious issues that lie ahead. Texts include poetry by Emily Dickinson, Wendell Berry, and the summary of the October, 2018 IPCC report on … Continue reading Music Sunday: A Jazz Suite for Earth Day
We honor the long nights of the season with a meditative service including poetry, reflective music and silence.
This Music Sunday we explore and celebrate mystery. We celebrate the mystery and miracle of Hanukkah and Christmas, the mysterious power of music, and the mysterious wonder that is life. We explore this mystery through music of all kinds: celebratory music, beautiful music, joyful music and mysterious music. The adult and youth choir will sing … Continue reading Music Sunday
