Dale's Divertissements

A little town that is overflowing with people has no idea the role it will play in history for in a barn the long awaited Messiah will be born.

We are getting closer to Christmas and the music is reflecting that change. Today we look to the feed box of the animals for the Saviour of the World.

Today we review the themes of Advent – Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love with Offertory #1 for Advent written by Charles Alexis Chauvet.

We wander and we wonder about the miracle that is the birth of God Among Us. We see the wonders of creation of the world that God so loved!

Good Chrisian Friends Rejoice also known as In Dulci Jubilo (In sweet joy) gets 2 different treatments. The first is a happy dance and the other is a classic organ meditation. In this crazy time let’s focus on the things that bring us JOY!

Today we have a guest organist – a laptop computer playing a pipe organ. Ok I programmed the computer. This video (from 2014) shows off the new pipe organ at Paulin Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Grant to us, Peace is my first attempt at arranging music for handbells. This piece is designed as a duet with 5 handbells and 5 handchimes which can be rehearsed separately without sharing instruments. We pray “Grant to us, Peace”.

The moment I heard this song I bought copies for my bell choir. Alas due to the pandemic it wasn’t going to happen. SO I decided to adapt it into a bell solo. Thank you to Jason W. Krug for your encouragement in this project.

Here I am playing the traditional Christmas song – In the bleak mid-winter. Instead of the little drummer boy – Am I the older Bell man?

Today’s video was yesterday’s prelude at Epworth. It is a handbell/organ duet featuring one of my high school students in his handbell solo debut. Enjoy.