CONCERTS BY DANA AND SUE TALLEY
Dana and Sue seek to tailor their
concerts to the needs and tastes of each individual audience or congregation.
They usually do not print a program, but choose the pieces after they arrive at
the church, speak to the pastor or worship leader, and test the available piano
and acoustics.
Each piece is preceded by a word of testimony or an introduction--how it came to be written, the relevance of its message to the Eastern European situation, or, if necessary, a translation. The usual program includes seven or eight vocal numbers and three or four piano and synthesizer solos. Length varies from an hour and a half to an hour and fifteen minutes. What follows are three SAMPLE programs which can be modified. (For a special occasion, classical selections may be requested, or a Atheme@ concert could be worked out in advance.)
Evangelical Program:
(Dana): Mine Eyes Have
Seen The Glory, Amazing Grace
in
Russian and English
(Sue): A Medley of Hebrew
Sacred Music (piano)
story about Alexander Men=
and his martyrdom, his significance to the people of Russia
(Dana): Bring Him Home
(from Les Miserables), The King is Coming
(Sue): Majesty (piano and
Kurzweil Synthesizer)
or Synthesizer selection arranged by Sue (possibly three folk hymns, for the
children)
(Dana): Selection of Two Spirituals or Favorite Hymns
(Sue): Classical Piano Selection or A Medley of Creation (Synthesizer)
(Dana): It Is Well With
My Soul
Popular alternate
selections:
The Lord's Prayer, How
Great Thou Art, The Holy City, I Love You, Lord, I am the Bread of Life, Amazing
Grace, Were You There?, Sweet Little Jesus Boy, The Great Gates of Kiev, I
Walked Today Where Jesus Walked, The Lord Is My Light, Mary's Little Boy Child,
etc.
See Repertory
Liturgical and Missions Program:
OPENING PRAYER AND INTRODUCTION
I AM THE BREAD Of LIFE
CHERUBIC HYMN
St. PATRICK'S HYMN (SUE)
3 FOLK SONGS:
EVENING BELLS (IN RUSSIAN ) RISEN LORD (IN ENGLISH) THE LITTLE CHURCH On THE HILL (IN GREEK)
A SELECTION By J.S.BACH, FOLK SONGS, OR PASCHA ARRANGED by (SUE)
AGIOS O THEOS
AMAZING GRACE OR CLASSICAL PIECE (or Paschal canon in New Vocal Setting by Sue)
THE CITY GATES (SUE)
I'LL WALK WITH GOD
CLOSING AND OFFERING By PASTOR
College Program:
Biblical Songs Antonin Dvorak
#3 Hear My Prayer
#4 23rd Psalm
#5 Songs of Gladness
In You Is Joy J. S. Bach
Core 'Ngrato
Salvatore Cardillo
Vaga luna
Vincenzo Bellini
Agnus
Dei Georges Bizet
Prelude, Chorale, et Fugue Cesar Franck
INTERMISSION
Lenski's Aria from Eugene Onegin Peter Tchaikowsky
Prelude for the
Left Hand Alexander Scriabine
Verborgenheit Hugo Wolf
Nun wandre, Maria Hugo Wolf
Er ist's Hugo Wolf
The City Gates, from Pictures at an Exhibition Modeste Moussorgsky
Give Me Jesus Spiritual
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord Spiritual
Were You There? Spiritual