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CHRISTmas @ FPC 2023

Click here for The Program. Downloadable files are linked at the bottom.

1: Prelude: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [arr. Dan Forrest]

2: Anthem: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus [arr. Dan Forrest]

3: Hymn of Praise: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

4: Anthem: Let the Stable Still Astonish [Dan Forrest]

5: Congregation: O Holy Night

6: Choir: How Dark the Night [G. Habegger and C. Anderson / arr. M James]

7: Congregation: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

8: Hymn of Response: Angels We Have Heard on High


Direct links to the media files are below.
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1-Prelude: Hark the Herald Angels Sing

2 Anthem: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

3: Hymn of Praise: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

4: Anthem: Let the Stable Still Astonish

5: Congregation: O Holy Night

6: Choir: How Dark the Night

7: Congregation: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

8: Hymn of Response: Angels We Have Heard on High

Proclaim 2023 – individual parts


[Note: There IS no track 1, primarily because of Dyslexic Typing and Stupid Computers…..]

02 Elliott Everitt – Intro
03 Come Christians Join to Sing
04 Elliott Everitt – Reading
05 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
06 Rebecca Lanning
07 Psalm Metrical Setting – His Mercy is More
08 Michael McGhee on Martin Luther
09 Original Mighty Fortress [in German]
10 A Mighty Fortress – There is one Gospel
11 Nan Pownall and Phebe Settles
12 It is Well with My Soul
13 Michael McGhee – Why Christmas Music
14 Hark the Herald Angels Sing
15 Michael McGhee – Old AND New
16 O God Our Help in Ages Past – He Will Hold Me Fast
17 Justin Leslein – Reading
18 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
19 Chris Anderson – Worship Music and God’s Grace
20 The Lord Almighty – All hail the Power of Jesus Name
21 Chip Miller – Closing
22 All My Boast is in Jesus – Doxology

Proclaim 2023 – full program

October 29, 2023, at First Presbyterian Church in Macon, GA.

Proclaim is “An Evening of Congregational Singing for the Glory of Christ” – and literally is that, the congregational singing, in a building that significantly enhances the experience.

Here is the entire event in one MP3 file – the link to download is below the player.

CLICK HERE to download the MP3 file

Easter 2023

Easter Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Macon, GA, on April 9, 2023.

You should be able to download the MP3 files by clicking on the 3-dot menu, there on the right of the player bar.

Prelude

Congregation: Christ Our Hope in Life and Death

Congregation: Rejoice the Lord is King

Choir: Worthy is the Lamb [from Messiah]

Offertory: Before the Throne of God Above

Congregation: Before the Throne of God Above

Choir: I Am Not My Own [Craig Courtney]

Congregation: Christ the Lord is Risen Today


Below are the full services from start to finish.

9 am

11 am

FPC Christmas 2022

December 11, 2022

These tracks are the “Best of….” between the two services. Enjoy!

1 Prelude: And the Glory of the Lord
2 Good Christians All Rejoice
3 Joy to the World
4 O Holy Night
5 See Amid the Winter’s Snow – O little Town of Bethlehem – Hark the Herald Angels Sing
6 Behold Our God – O Come All ye Faithful

Right-click [or Ctrl-click] these links to download the MP3s.

1 Prelude: And the Glory of the Lord

2 Good Christians All Rejoice

3 Joy to the World

4 O Holy Night

5 See Amid the Winter’s Snow – O little Town of Bethlehem – Hark the Herald Angels Sing

6 Behold Our God – O Come All ye Faithful

Proclaim 2022 – individual parts

Here are the individual musical selections from Proclaim 2022, held at First Presbyterian Church in Macon, GA. As the booklet says, it is an evening of Congregational Singing for the Glory of Christ.

So it is much more than “just a concert” or “just an evening of music at a church”. First, the congregation turns to the inside aisle and sings to the other side – which changes the sound AND the experience for all involved. Secondly, the building acoustics itself radically support congregational singing – it is just fun to sing in that room. [The flip side of that room is that we must be judicious on instrumental usage – it is really easy to overload the room acoustically speaking.]

If you’d like to hear the whole program from start to finish, CLICK HERE. Below are the individual music selections for listening and for downloading.

Prelude – All Creatures of our God and King with Duo on Violin.
Come, Christians Join to Sing
Only a Holy God
In Christ Alone / How Deep the Father’s Love for Us / When I Survey
He Will Hold Me Fast – Praise to the Lord
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks – All Hail the Power
Great is Thy Faithfulness – Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor
The Lord Almighty Reigns – Crown Him with Many Crowns
Christ, Our Hope in Life and Death

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Proclaim 2022 – full program

This is the full program for Proclaim 2022. CLICK HERE to access individual music files you can listen and download.

The Full Program

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE MP3

Proclaim 2022, at First Presbyterian Church in Macon, GA, on October 30, 2022

Recording tech notes, for those interested:

  • Recorded from the back of the sanctuary, in the balcony.
  • Audio interface is a Presonus iTwo, storage provided by an iPad running VRP [Voice Record Pro}
  • Mid-side setup, so I could control width of the stereo image when mixing.
  • Side channel: Large format condensor from Warm Audio [WA47jr] in Figure 8 pattern
  • Mid channel: Large format condensor from Cascade Audio
  • Edited/mastered using Studio One Pro v4, Presonus Eris 8 monitors, a Firestudio Project interface.
  • ……. on an iMac from 2015. Yeah, I stretch my gear out.

Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah

Arrangement by Michael McGhee/Tom Rule. Violin performance by Duo.

Guide Me O Though Great Jehovah, with Duo on violin and Tom on piano. November 6, 2022

CLICK HERE to download it (you may have to right-click and select “download link”, or words to that effect.)

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

An improvised prelude played at FPC Macon on August 7, 2022.

Version A | Version B

What a Friend We Have in Jesus, version A
What a Friend We Have in Jesus, version B

It Is Well

An original arrangement of It Is Well with Trombone and Trumpet. Brass parts by Dr. Michael McGhee. Performed at FPC Macon on May 29, 2022.

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It Is Well, with trumpet and trombone