Author: Hilton Kean Jones

Composer and performer, retired college music professor, lyricist.

Pescador

PescadorOne of the favorite hymns at Lakewood UCC is #173 in the New Century Hymnal: Tú has venido a la orilla (better known as Pescador de hombres) — English: You Have Come down to the Lakeshore.

Thought you might enjoy it during your morning prayers

Just a reminder that the complete collection of these hymn recordings is available for free listening (streaming) at https://soundcloud.com/hilton-kean-jones/sets/hymns-at-lakewood. When each new recording is posted on the church website, it is also added to this album.

Viennese Ladies’ Ländler and Ecossaises

I’m so lucky to get to play and direct at Lakewood UCC because they are the most accepting and forgiving audience one could ever hope to have. Forgiving you can tell from all my mistakes (especially in today’s selection) and accepting because they put up with my occasional kilts and t-shirts and leisure pants and moccasins but also my VERY eclectic taste in music (some might say “no taste” in music). I get to program almost anything I want, from my own music, through the Grateful Dead through J.S. Bach. Today selection is an example. When I do this one, some of the ladies in the congregation get up and spontaneously start dancing in the style. I love working there!!!

O Gott Du Frommer Gott

Another sleepless night, so another bit of music to tide us over while we’re practicing social isolation.

Sometimes I would bring my laptop to church and play into it from two synthesizers as if they were two manuals of a pipe organ. The sounds didn’t come from the synthesizers, however. The sounds came from within the laptop. They were sampled sounds of actual pipe organ pipes from around the world.

This piece, by J. S. Bach, is a piece just for manuals (there’s no pedal part) so I was able to do it on the two synths.

I remember when I was a little kid listening to recordings of Albert Schweitzer playing organ. I wondered: Why does he play so slowly?! I played everything at least two times as fast as he did. Well…now I know why he did! LOL I’m at least 20 years older now than he was back then. My tempi have a lot more lasagna in them than hot peppers.

Same disclaimer as last time: this is mistakes and all. It’s offered only to help you remember what Sunday mornings used to be like at Lakewood UCC.

Music in honor of St. Patrick

revised IRISH TUNES coverThroughout March, Hilton is playing music during the service exclusively from the rich tradition of Irish folk songs. If you click on the arrow in the player below, you can hear 15 of the pieces he’s playing this month. This streaming music is for free and with no need to download anything.

Here’s a list on the songs in this playlist:

  1. Sally Gardens
  2. Red Haired Boy
  3. Carrickfergus
  4. The Maid That Sold Her Barley
  5. Raglan Road
  6. Spancil Hill
  7. Come To The Hills
  8. My Love Is A Band Boy
  9. The Meeting Of The Waters
  10. The Durham Rangers
  11. Slievenamon
  12. St Anne’s Reel
  13. The Wild Rover
  14. 4 Jigs
  15. Wexford Carol