CUUC Music: Sun Nov 1

November’s Theme of Hospitality is illustrated by music written with a domestic purpose in mind. Johanna Sebastian Bach wrote his monumental “Goldberg Variations” to entertain the Russian ambassador to the Saxony court during his many bouts of insomnia. Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was the ambassador’s private harpsichordist, who would have played these pieces to relieve the ambassador’s tedium. CUUC’s Choir is also hand with two contrasting selections, ranging from introspective intimacy to celebratory joy. Read on for programming details.

Prelude: Georgianna Pappas, piano

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

            Aria—Variations 1 and 29

                                                J. S. Bach

Anthem: CUUC Choir directed by Lisa N. Meyer and accompanied by Georgianna Pappas

Think On Me  

 Alicia Ann Scott

Offertory:
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

            Variation 13

                                                                        Bach

Anthem:

Clap Your Hands and Sing  

 Mary Lynn Lightfoot