God's Glory Growing... Yesterday, Today, Forever

Organ Benefit Concert

As part of the Sesquicentennial celebration, in the month of June FBC Portland is celebrating music ministries.  Part of this was a concert to showcase (and to benefit) the church's 1958 Austin Organ.

This is a temporary page to make the sound files available.  We will eventually make the page look better, and we hope to edit the files here to trim dead space from the beginning and end, and so forth.  In the meanwhile, if you'd like to hear selections from the concert, please click on any of the links below.

NOTE: you'll need a computer with speakers, and the ability to play "MP3" files, to hear the concert.

NOTE also: these files are not currently in "streaming media" format, which means your computer will have to download them in their entirety before beginning to play.  If you have a slow Internet connection, this could take a while.  Be patient (it's worthwhile)!

Here are the tracks that will be on the CD:

• Introduction - Sharon Rich, co-chairman of the Anniversary Committee

• Invocation - Pastor Keith Madsen

• About the Organ - Larry Hawkins

• Congregational singing, Sing Praise to God who Reigns Above - Don Feely, organ

• Nimrod from Enigma Variations (Edward Elgar) - Don Feely, organ

• Just One Dream - Hannah Feely, vocal, Don Feely, organ

• Jesu Bambino - Keena Dewey, handbells, Phyllis Ernsberger, organ

• A-Minor Chorale (Franck) - Phyllis Ernsberger, organ

• {Intermission - no audio(!)}

• Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa) - Don Feely, organ

• Silent Movie, "The Uncovered Wagon", 1923 - Don Feely, organ (no video available on website)
      Introductory comments, Don Feely
      Accompaniment, Don Feely, organ

• Trumpet Voluntary (Stanley) - Philip Cansler, trumpet, Phyllis Ernsberger, organ

• A Collection of Hymns of the Church (very long track - may later be broken into separate tracks)
      All Hail the Power - Bruce Bridgess, piano, Robert Hinson, organ
      Congregational Singing, Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise - Robert Hinson, organ
      At The Cross (Hawkins) - Bruce Bridgess, vocal, Robert Hinson, organ
      Hymn Medly (various) - Robert Hinson, organ

• Cortege et Litanie (Dupre') - Robert Hinson, organ

• Closing comments - Sharon Rich

Please contact the church office for information about the availability of cassettes and CDs of the concert.

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