Tag: Ruth
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My Sister’s Hands, reaching
During our lectionary series on the book of Ruth, we’re enjoying Sally DeFord’s “My Sister’s Hands.” This song gets a lot of its emotional traction from the leaning notes (appoggiaturas) and the wide melodic intervals that are part of DeFord’s style. Both these features give you a sense of reaching. And this musical effect is…
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In memory of singers and voices
It’s a good time for mourning. As we enter our lectionary series on the book of Ruth, we play an elegy. One of our musicians has been moved to play Rachmaninov’s Elegy in E flat op.3, no.1, in memory of choir members. And when she brought this offering to the worship ministry team, they asked her…