HYMN - We Gather Together - KREMSER
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@mkl62 Ah, that explains it. Thank you!
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@bhigdaddymark ELCA stands for Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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@mkl62 I don't remember if it's you or not, but I've seen this announcement before: "I am an ELCA Lutheran" in messages to me and others. What is an ELCA, and why the need to mention it? No offense, I'm just curious as my Jewish and Muslim friends never make that proclamation first, and I've yet to have an Episcopalian state that they were Episcopalian at the start of a sentence. What's the significance in that, and why would anyone care? Again, no offense I'm just curious.
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I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (September 25), I played a hymn to this tune for Sunday School assembly. It was We Praise Thee, O God. The author is unknown, but the lyrics were translated by Julia Cory.
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@juxxzprecise Thank you, thank you! I'm trying hehe....
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You have the improvisational gifts to make these old hymns literally jump up and shout that someone has FINALLY come along that can makes them sound ever so much more glorious than most of the composers, themselves, could have even vaguely imagined. But, that's what the organ is for. I mean, who shows off on the piccolo? You don't play "at" the organ...you PLAY iT ...FOR REAL!
Very good. SO good to hear this hymn played in a meditative fashion ! In fact, it's good to hear this hymn at all! Churches have failed to recognize just how much their members like this hymn. THANK YOU, sir! Sincerely, DAVE, a fellow organist.
DainGerrUsss 3 months ago
@DainGerrUsss Thank you Dave, and you're quite welcome! It's a really nice hymn.
Regards,
Mark
bhigdaddymark 3 months ago
Who is the builder of the organ and where is it?? Very Very nice!!!
SingerGeneLeonard 3 months ago
@SingerGeneLeonard It's a Walker Technical Organ (digital) and my camera doesn't do it justice at all. It's located in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Winter Park, Florida just outside of Orlando, FL. Walker ONLY samples Aeolian-Skinner organs and mostly the G. Donald Harrison era instruments. I recorded a CD on this organ that'll be released in the not too distant future, so stay tuned for that announcement.
bhigdaddymark 3 months ago