First Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg VA, June 9, 2013

This is the first official Sunday of the new Senior Pastor.  The order of worship has changed greatly.  There are two anthems--one after the first reading of scripture and the other at the offering.  The Gloria Patri and Doxology have been restored to the order of worship.

Prelude: 

Praise to the Lord, The Almighty...............Johann Gottfried Walther  (1684-1748)

The Penitent's Prayer....................................Leslie F. Watson (1859-1933)

My Inmost Heart Now Raises......................Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)

Postlude

Toccata in F Major..........................................Diedrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Hymn introductory fanfares are by Joyce Jones.

Alternate Harmonizations are by Noel Rawsthorne

Preludes and Postlude continue the vein of J. S. Bach's cousins and friends.  

Leslie F. Watson was the first Dean of the Virginia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, which was later the Richmond VA. Chapter.  He and his wife also were the first couple (or persons) in that chapter to pass an AGO exam.  He and his wife were organists in several Richmond VA churches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  He also conducted the Richmond Philharmonic and had numerous published works.  The Penitent's Prayer is in "A Richmond Organ Anthology" edited by Donald Traser.