Title: Spirit of Love
Instrumentation: for unison congregational singing and piano
Text: by composer
Spit-it of Love,
Teach us to give,
Come and walk be-side us
Show us how to live.
Spir-it be good,
Spir-it be kind,
Show us some for-give-ness,
Bring us peace of mind.
Life is full of dan-ger
Met at eve’ry turn.
Fill us with com-pas-sion,
Grant us time to learn.
Spit-it of Love,
Teach us to give,
Come and walk be-side us
Show us how to live.
Show us how to love.
Psalm 23
Thomas Gregg-Tenor
Carson Cooman-organ
At the River
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Christopher Wilkins Conductor
Teresa Wakim, soprano
(world premiere commission by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra)
Will there really be a morning?
D’Anna Fortunato-mezzo-soprano
John MacDonald-piano
The Book of Blues
music and words by Larry Bell
Philip Lima-baritone voice
Larry Bell-piano
live streaming on WERS.org
88.9 FM (Emerson College radio
Postlude from Liturgical Suite
Paul Cienniwa-organist
American Guild of Organists conference
The Triumph of Lightness, a Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Larry Bell I. Fanfare, Sam Ou-cellist, Boston Civic Symphony, Konstantine Debrokov-conductor, November 11, 2012 Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory
Designed for use for the First Church in Boston. The opening Invocation is normally spoken in unison. Here it is sung during the chalice lighting with the following text:
Love is the spirit of this church
And service is its law
This is our great covenant
To dwell together in peace
To seek the truth in love
And to help one another.
Opus number: op. 119
Title: The Book of Blues (words and music by Larry Bell)
Instrumentation: Baritone voice and Piano
Texts: 1. There’s a cold wind blowin’ 2. It was (is) a good life to be a slave 3. He wears his money on his sleeve 4. Why can’t we all get along?
Date written: 2013
Length: ten minutes
Premiere performance: September 17, 2013 David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music; Philip Lima-baritone, Larry Bell-piano
Program notes: The Book of Blues, Op. 119, is a set of songs for voice and piano that center on the form and style of American blues. The texts are by the composer and focus on the problems of race, politics, and religion as experienced from the perspective of the 21st century.
