Music 2020

Music 2020

Music plays an important role in our life. Each Sunday we sing uplifting hymns accompanied by the organ, and include inspiring choral or instrumental music in the service, along with an organ prelude and postlude.

Our choral group “Pilgrim Singers” is led by Adele Nisbet, former conductor of the Sanctuary Choir at St Andrew’s Uniting Church and former Head of Vocal Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium.

Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM - Organist for Pilgrim People Brisbane
Former Organist & Director of Music, St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Brisbane
Past-President, Organ Society of Queensland
Former Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, Griffith University
Website: www.stevennisbet.com.au
YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvTX2BQfmuV5wtMfgjXbOkg

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Sunday December 20 – Advent 4
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Steven is using the French Romantic organ setting on his Allen digital organ and enjoying it immensely. The stops are sampled from organs built by the legendary French organ builder Aristide Cavaille-Col.
Steven will be playing the music live at the Pilgrim People service on Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm.

Behold a Rose is Blooming - Chorale Prelude by Johannus Brahms
Video link https://youtu.be/y1LDZd17StU
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Hymn Prelude by Flor Peeters
Video link https://youtu.be/J_FgR751VKI
Of the Father's Love Begotten - Hymn Prelude by Flor Peeters
Video link https://youtu.be/qZ1rowgyxBU
Grand Chorus based on a French Carol by Cesar Franck
Video link https://youtu.be/vOjrdiWWUZ4

Sunday December 6 – Advent 2
The Pilgrim Singers will be singing the following music at the Pilgrim People Brisbane service on Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm.
The Pilgrim Singers are conducted by Adele Nisbet

Advent Candle Lighting: “My Soul In Stillness Waits” by Marty Haugen
Communion music: “Kyrie” (Lord have mercy), “Sanctus” (Holy, holy, holy), Benedictus (Blessed is he), and “Agnus Dei” (Lamb of God) by Giuseppe Concone, and
Anthem: "Jesu! The very thought is sweet" by Richard Shephard

Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude 1 – Chorale Improvisation “From heaven to earth I come” by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Video link https://youtu.be/8aZVM1Kuiqw
Organ Prelude 2 – Hymn Prelude “Comfort ye my people” by Flor Peeters
Video link https://youtu.be/i9bT3G43nsw
Organ Postlude – Variation on “Lo! he comes with clouds descending” by Steven Nisbet
Video link https://youtu.be/M3Cns8sKp3o

Sunday November 29 - Advent 1
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude 1 – “O come, O come, Emmanuel” arranged by Edward Bairstow
Video link https://youtu.be/0tVYx7c28ac
Organ Prelude 2 – Chorale Prelude “Come now Saviour of the Gentiles” by JS Bach
Video link https://youtu.be/9aCW-yJRFM8
Organ Postlude – Hymn Prelude “Wake, awake, for night is flying” by Steven Nisbet
Video link https://youtu.be/zO-srlCiV6o

Dear Friends,
Below are the YouTube links for the organ music for December 25th and 27th 2020.
I will also be playing the music live at the Pilgrim People Brisbane service on Christmas Day at 8.30am and Sunday afternoon 27th at 2.30pm. The organ for the next few months is an Allen CF8 digital organ, with a wonderful authentic pipe organ sound. It is on loan courtesy of Jim Clinch, from All Organs Australia. Thanks, Jim.

The Pilgrim Singers, conducted by Adele Nisbet, will be contributing to worship on Christmas Day.

I would like to say that it was very gratifying last September to be asked, along with Adele, to organise the music for Pilgrim People Brisbane services. Weekly PPB services have been held for three months now (from October to December).

It is a joy to be involved with the group, and it is very rewarding for our gifts to be supported and encouraged by the PPB leadership team rather than constrained. After experiencing our musical efforts at St Andrew’s Uniting Church over many years, the leadership team members have put their trust in us, and we appreciate that.

Cheers
Steven

Vieux Noel arranged by Cesar Franck: https://youtu.be/Ct1AE0a0Jzg
In Dulci Jubilo arranged by Franz Liszt: https://youtu.be/BDvHAiHg0p0
Come All Ye Faithful arranged by Eugene Gigout: https://youtu.be/NZicV_pncoE
Of the Father's Love Begotten arranged by Flor Peeters: https://youtu.be/jNfCaSN876U
Fantasia on In Dulci Jubilo by J S Bach: https://youtu.be/vxuZ40KE0aU

Sunday December 13 – Advent 3
The Pilgrim Singers will be singing the following music at the Pilgrim People Brisbane service on Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm.
The Pilgrim Singers are conducted by Adele Nisbet

Advent Candle Lighting: “My Soul In Stillness Waits” by Marty Haugen,
Communion music: “Kyrie” (Lord have mercy), “Sanctus” (Holy, holy, holy), Benedictus (Blessed is he), and “Agnus Dei” (Lamb of God) by Giuseppe Concone, and
Anthem: "Jesu! The very thought is sweet" by Richard Shephard

Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Steven is now using the French Romantic organ setting on his Allen digital organ and enjoying it immensely. The stops are sampled from organs built by the legendary French organ builder Aristide Cavaille-Coll.
Chorale Prelude “In Dulci Jubilo” by Dietrich Buxtehude
Video link https://youtu.be/opLf2GCZLew
Hymn Prelude “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” by Steven Nisbet
Video link https://youtu.be/wi-moI-svNY
Hymn Prelude “There's a Light upon the Mountains” by Steven Nisbet
Video link https://youtu.be/L_G1Qqvsy9M

Sunday November 22
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude 1 – The King's Majesty by Wilbur Held
Video link https://youtu.be/Ky2ViBuF1S4
Christ, the life of all the living by Flor Peeters
Video link https://youtu.be/AaESVqExPWY
Crown him with many crowns by Steven Nisbet
Video link https://youtu.be/pzQbvf8ktYw

Sunday November 15
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude 1 – Andante in B flat by Mendelssohn
Video link https://youtu.be/IvkSBInT634
Organ Prelude 2 – Andante from Sonata No 5 by Mendelssohn
Video link https://youtu.be/kKFILPGU3Z0
Organ Postlude – March from Scipio by Handel
Video link https://youtu.be/2UY76iVONBY

Sunday November 8
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude 1 – “I vow to thee, my country” by Cecil Spring-Rice & Gustav Holst
Video link https://youtu.be/gfDmMdZR-34
Organ Prelude 2 – Chorale Prelude “Sleepers wake, the watchman calls” by JS Bach
Video link https://youtu.be/DutSROKn4QQ
Organ Postlude – Hymn Prelude “Wake, awake, for night is flying” by Steven Nisbet
Video link https://youtu.be/xkftBu51zz8

Sunday November 1
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude – Suite for Organ by Paul de Maleingreau
Video link https://youtu.be/Oy0oA1vmi2I
Organ Postlude – Risoluto by William Lloyd Webber
Video link https://youtu.be/crpsrjAmgqM

Sunday October 25
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude 1 - Andante tranquillo from Sonata 3 by Mendelssohn
Video link https://youtu.be/3x0ap2qBx2E
Organ Prelude 2 - Aria by William Lloyd Webber
Video link https://youtu.be/D7llY7AUEDQ
Postlude - Variation on hymn tune “Dundee” (The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light) by CHH Parry
Video link https://youtu.be/7SKm6Ux2T3A

We enjoyed Steven’s ‘organ’ playing at the service on Sunday 25th October. The ‘organ’ was actually a keyboard connected to a laptop which enabled him to play a large pipe organ in Holland via a computer program called Hauptwerk.

All 7486 pipes of the organ in Laurenskerk in Rotterdam have been digitally sampled and stored, and the files have been made available for downloading from the internet. Many other organs around the world (England, Germany, France, Australia) have been similarly digitally sampled and stored on the internet.

Sunday October 18
Organ music is presented by Dr Steven Nisbet OAM
Organ Prelude – “Songs without words 1 & 2” by William Lloyd Webber
Video link https://youtu.be/oTtCj_evXKs
Organ Postlude – Variation on St Denio (Immortal, invisible) by Gordon Young
Video link https://youtu.be/Ecsp1zbgA6k

Please support the activities and outreach of Pilgrim People Brisbane