Our
overseas tours included formal concerts for colleges and arts institutions and
visits to churches, public schools, military bases, hospitals, etc. We
usually had a preacher and often passed out material or bibles. This is a
program prepared for our last trip to Russia.
PROGRAM
I - About 2 hours, including talk by Fr. Michael
Meerson, in each program, should a formal recital be desired.
2
Songs, Archbishop JOHN (Shahovskoy)
In
Dir Ist Freude, J. S. Bach/Busoni
or
Prelude
& Fugue #22, J.S. Bach
Prelude,
Chorale, et Fugue, Cesar
Franck
MESSAGE
By The V. Rev. Fr. Michael A. Meerson
3
American Folk Hymns Arranged by Famous Composers:
I
Wonder As I Wander, J. J. Niles
Shall
We Gather? , A. Copeland
Arabesque,
O. Otey (Mexican composer)
2
Italian Songs, Glinka
Sonata, Movt. I , A. Ginastera
3
Songs, G. Gershwin
(Arr. for Piano by G.G.)
2
American Negro Spirituals:
Give Me
Jesus,
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
Program
II: This
would be for a more informal setting, possibly in a church hall or school, with
talks by Fr. Michael (Roshak), and/or Fr. Michael Meerson and others, (length would vary
depending on need) and could include some of the above, plus:
Agios
o Theos (Holy God), C.
Kyprios
Let
All Mortal Flesh
Keep
Silence, (from the Liturgy of St. James)
Folk
Hymn Arrangements for Piano
Great
Gates of Kiev, (From
Pictures)
I
am the Bread of Life, Toolan
Bring
Him Home, from "Les Miserables" - Claude-Michel Schonberg
I'll
Walk With God, N. Brodzky
Lenski's
Aria, or other opera arias
(Evening
Bells) (V'cher...)
O Sole Mio