A Festival of Hymns and Musical Celebration In Thanksgiving to God for the gift of Music and in Commemoration of the 50 th anniversary of the Schantz Pipe Organ Sunday, October 2, 2016 7:00 pm The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer 1515 Boundary Street Newberry, SC 29108
A Festival of Hymns and Musical Celebration All hymns are found in the red ELW hymnal in the pew rack. Welcome <We stand.> + WORD + Processional Hymn A Mighty Fortress is Our God ELW Hymn 504 Verses 1 and 2-harmony, Verse 3-unison, modulation, Verse 4-harmony <We sit.> Scripture Reading John 1: 1-14 Organ Solo Dearest Jesus, At Your Word arr. Paul Manz Choral Anthem Word of God, Come Down on Earth arr. John Ferguson + BAPTISM + Scripture Reading Galatians 3: 23-28 Hymn Borning Cry ELW Hymn 732 Choral Anthem This Child of Ours Paul D. Weber Gayle D. Lindley, soloist Organ Solo Baptized in Water arr. Franklin Ashdown + COMMUNION + Scripture Reading John 6: 52-58 Choral Anthem In the Singing arr. John Helgen Hymn I am the Bread of Life ELW Hymn 485 The verses are sung by our choir and the refrain is sung by the assembly. Organ Solo Liturgical Prelude Number 1 George Oldroyd My soul hath desire and longing to enter the courts of the Lord. + PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING +
Scripture Reading Psalm 100 <We stand.> Hymn All Creatures, Worship God Most High! ELW Hymn 835 Verse 1-All, Verse 2-Men, Verse 3-All, Verse 4-Women, Verse 5-All, Verse 6-All <We sit.> Choral Anthem When in Our Music, God is Glorified arr. Michael Costello This choral anthem was commissioned by The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer in honor of W. Darr Wise s 52 years of faithful service as organist and choirmaster. Please join in singing the verses labeled ALL.
Organ Solo Beautiful Savior arr. Michael Burkhardt <We kneel.> Prayer of Thanksgiving The Lord s Prayer <We sit.> Organ Solo Rigaudon Andre Campra <We stand.> Recessional Hymn Blessing and Honor ELW Hymn 854 Both Rigadon and Blessing and Honor were performed at the dedicatory organ recital at Redeemer on Sunday, October 2, 1966. Dismissal P: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord! C: Thanks be to God! Postlude Christ Is Alive! Let Christians Sing arr. J. Wayne Kerr A reception will follow in the St. John Room, adjacent to the Narthex. Worship Participants The Reverend Matthew B. Titus Presiding Minister Gayle D. Lindley Director of Music Huger P. Caughman, Jr. Organist Kayleigh A. Riser, David C. Schroer, and Corey E. Shaver Choral Scholars Carla B. Willingham, Kristin A. Caughman, and Corey E. Shaver Trumpets Benjamin D. Bowers Tympani Kathleen I. Riggin Acolyte and Crucifer History of the 1966 Schantz Pipe Organ at Redeemer The design of our organ embodies a solid foundation of tone such as that developed in the fine old classic organs in Germany between 1650 and 1750. However, the organ of the Romantic period from 1750 on, with its rich diapason tones, is the tonal type of organ with which our congregation and community are more familiar through the organ in our former church. Our new organ, therefore, was designed to include both the brilliant tones of the classic organ and the fundamental tones of the Romantic organ, thus bringing together in a single instrument a wealth of beautiful and inspiring tones.
Organ tone is divided into four classifications. Diapason tone is the fundamental and non-imitative type of tone characteristic of only the pipe organ. Flutes can be either imitative or non-imitative quality, string tone suggest the effect of massed strings of an orchestra. Reed tone forms the brass woodwind section of the organ, giving it brilliance as well as furnishing solo color of a unique quality. Tonally, our instrument must meet the needs of our liturgical worship, in the accompaniment of the choir and of the congregational singing. The Swell and Choir divisions are used primarily for accompaniment when the instrument is used for service playing. During the hymns, the Great division is mainly involved. There are also the special requirements for preludes, postludes, and for occasional recitals. The skillful meeting of all these varied requirements has resulted in flexibility adequate to fulfill every demand upon a church pipe organ. The organ has an unusually smooth build-up and fine cohesion through the entire range from the softest voices to the magnificence of the full organ. This flexibility, together with distinctive clarity and character throughout the entire pitch range permits the faithful interpretation of all the great organ music from all periods. Our new organ was built and installed by the Schantz Organ Company, Orville, Ohio, one of the country s leading builders established in 1873. The new organ consisted of twenty-one ranks (or voices) with a total of 1,349 pipes, plus the twenty-one note set of chimes retained from the former pipe organ. Three more ranks ordered for installation in 1967 raised the total to twenty-four ranks comprising 1,496 pipes and will complete the design by Mr. A. E. Lunsford, District Representative of the Schantz Organ Company. The pipes range in size from that of a small pencil to sixteen feet in length and a foot in diameter. The Great Organ s smaller pipes are exposed on the left side of the chancel, with twelve larger pipes placed just behind the grille cloth to achieve a balanced architectural design. The pipes of the Swell and Choir Organs are placed in expression boxes with shutters which may be opened or closed by the organist to vary the loudness of these pipes. The boxes and the large Pedal pipes are located in the chamber behind and on each side of the Great Organ. The Console (containing three manuals or keyboards for the hands and one pedal keyboard for the feet) is located on the right side of the chancel, with the organist facing the choirs. This fine instrument has been designed and custombuilt for our new building and for our Lutheran Services of Worship. Installation was by a crew of five men from the factory. Final tonal finishing and voicing was by Mr. Lunsford and Mr. Breck Camp. Since 1966, the organ has been enlarged by gifts from Mrs. Leonora Epting to complete the choir division, Mr. James W. Ingram, Jr. donated and installed a zimbelstern (star of bells), two electronic ranks in the pedal division were added (due to space constraints) through funds from the estate of Herman Langford, and the Trompette-en-Chamade was added in the balcony through a gift from
the estate of Kernie Wessinger. In 2003, the organ console was solid stated to increase the flexibility of the organ to include additional pistons, more levels of memory, a transposer, a sequencer, and a recorder. As part of our continued care of the organ, three years ago we began to restore the internal working of the windchest. Through a series of donations, we were able to replace the leather under each pipe with new leather, ensuring another fifty years of service. The Schantz Organ at Redeemer is twenty-nine ranks at present. The maintenance of the organ is managed by Stephen Spake and John Dower of Lincoln Pipe Organs in Lincolnton, NC. The history of the Schantz Pipe Organ at Redeemer is excerpted from the 1966 dedication programs and includes upgrades to the organ since that time. The covers of those programs are featured on the back cover of this program.
Pipe Organ Specifications-3 manuals/29 ranks Pedal 16' Prinzipal 16' Gedackt 16' Bourdon (electric) 8' Octav 8' Gedackt (Sw.) 8' Bourdon (electric) 4' Super Oktav 16' Contre Trompette 8' Trompette (Sw.) 4' Clarion Swell (enclosed) 8' Viola da Gamba 8' Viola Celeste 8' Gedackt 4' Rohrflote 2' Prinzipal III Plein Jeu 8' Trompette Tremulant Great (unenclosed and displayed on left side of chancel) 8' Prinzipal 8' Bourdon 4' Oktav 2' Waldflote 1 1/3' Quinte IV Mixtur Chimes (21 notes enclosed in Swell Chamber) Zimbelstern Reversible Pistons Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal Choir to Pedal Choir (enclosed) 8' Erzhaler 8' Erzhaler Celeste 8' Quintaton 4' Gemshorn 2' Octav 2 2/3' Nazard 1 3/5' Tierce 8' Trompette en Chamade (installed in rear gallery) 8' Krummhorn Tremulant Intra Couplers Swell to Swell 16 Swell to Swell 4 Great to Great 4 Choir to Choir 16 Choir to Choir 4 Inter Couplers Swell to Great 16 Swell to Great 8 Swell to Great 4 Choir to Great 16 Choir to Great 8 Choir to Great 4 Swell to Choir 16 Swell to Choir 8 Swell to Choir 4 Great to Pedal 8 Swell to Pedal 8 Swell to Pedal 4 Choir to Pedal 8 Choir to Pedal 4 50 levels of memory with 10 pistons per level