First Presbyterian Church
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Lenten Organ Recital
March 28, 2012, Noon
Shirley S. King, Organist
Rev. Jon A. Black, Reader
First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA
ROBERT LAU What Wondrous Love is This (85)
Born 1943
EDMUND SPENSER Amoretti LXVIII: Most Glorious
1552-1599 Lord of Life
Anonymous If I could shut the gate
J. S. BACH O Sacred Head Now Wounded (98)
1685-1750
LANGSTON HUGHES The Ballad of Mary’s Son
1902-1967
WILBUR HELD When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (100)
Born 1914
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Good Friday
1830-1894
WILBUR HELD Beneath the Cross of Jesus (92)
MARY OLIVER Gethsemane
Born 1935
DALE WOOD Were You There? (102)
1934-2003
MARY OLIVER Heron Rises from the Dark,
Summer Pond
DAVID CHERWIEN Postlude on Lift High the Cross (371)
Born 1957
First Presbyterian Church
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Lenten Organ Recital
March 28, 2012, Noon
Shirley S. King, Organist
Rev. Jon A. Black, Reader
First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA
ROBERT LAU What Wondrous Love is This (85)
Born 1943
EDMUND SPENSER Amoretti LXVIII: Most Glorious
1552-1599 Lord of Life
Anonymous If I could shut the gate
J. S. BACH O Sacred Head Now Wounded (98)
1685-1750
LANGSTON HUGHES The Ballad of Mary’s Son
1902-1967
WILBUR HELD When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (100)
Born 1914
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Good Friday
1830-1894
WILBUR HELD Beneath the Cross of Jesus (92)
MARY OLIVER Gethsemane
Born 1935
DALE WOOD Were You There? (102)
1934-2003
MARY OLIVER Heron Rises from the Dark,
Summer Pond
DAVID CHERWIEN Postlude on Lift High the Cross (371)
Born 1957
2012 Lenten Organ Concerts (Wednesdays, Noon)
February 29 – Brian Joseph Rotz, St. John’s Episcopal, Carlisle
March 7 -- Shirley S. King, First Presbyterian, Carlisle
March 14 – Anthony Hoke, Second Presbyterian, Carlisle
March 21 – Steven Middernacht, First Lutheran, Carlisle
March 28 – Shirley King and Rev. Jon Black, First Presbyterian, Carlisle
Following the recital you are invited to join others in the Gathering Room (immediately behind the sanctuary) for a soup luncheon.
Your $5 donation goes to Project SHARE.
REV. JON A. BLACK is a native of Franklin, Pennsylvania anda graduate of Grove City College (BA in English). He earned hisMaster of Divinitydegree atPrinceton Theological Seminary. Upon graduation, he served for two years as assistant pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Erie. From 1974 until 1996 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kane, PA, and has served as pastor of First, Carlisle since March, 1996. A member of Carlisle Presbytery,Jon has served on various committees through the yearsand was Moderator of the Presbytery in 2007. Jon and his wife Jane have two adult children and two grandsons.
SHIRLEY SPRUNGER KING is a graduate of Bluffton University (Ohio), the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Kansas, where she earned the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance. King’s primary organ teachers include Peter Hurford, Roberta Gary, and James Higdon. An active member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), King has been National Secretary and National Director for the AGO Committee on Membership Development and Chapter Support. As a member of the Harrisburg AGO Chapter, King was the Coordinator of the Region III Convention in June 2011, hosted by the Harrisburg Chapter.
2012 Lenten Organ Concerts (Wednesdays, Noon)
February 29 – Brian Joseph Rotz, St. John’s Episcopal, Carlisle
March 7 -- Shirley S. King, First Presbyterian, Carlisle
March 14 – Anthony Hoke, Second Presbyterian, Carlisle
March 21 – Steven Middernacht, First Lutheran, Carlisle
March 28 – Shirley King and Rev. Jon Black, First Presbyterian, Carlisle
Following the recital you are invited to join others in the Gathering Room (immediately behind the sanctuary) for a soup luncheon.
Your $5 donation goes to Project SHARE.
REV. JON A. BLACK is a native of Franklin, Pennsylvania anda graduate of Grove City College (BA in English). He earned hisMaster of Divinitydegree atPrinceton Theological Seminary. Upon graduation, he served for two years as assistant pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Erie. From 1974 until 1996 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kane, PA, and has served as pastor of First, Carlisle since March, 1996. A member of Carlisle Presbytery,Jon has served on various committees through the yearsand was Moderator of the Presbytery in 2007. Jon and his wife Jane have two adult children and two grandsons.
SHIRLEY SPRUNGER KING is a graduate of Bluffton University (Ohio), the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Kansas, where she earned the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance. King’s primary organ teachers include Peter Hurford, Roberta Gary, and James Higdon. An active member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), King has been National Secretary and National Director for the AGO Committee on Membership Development and Chapter Support. As a member of the Harrisburg AGO Chapter, King was the Coordinator of the Region III Convention in June 2011, hosted by the Harrisburg Chapter.