Wm Glenn Osborne

CFAGO Easter Hymn Sing

wmglennosborne — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:48:13 +0000

Event Description:

Join with the
Central Florida Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Orlando Brass Quintet to celebrate the season of Easter in song. Among the hymns included on the program will be Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, O Sons and Daughters, Now the Green Blade Rises. Come even if you just want to listen because this will be a glorious occasion to bask in the joy of Eastertide.

Event Date

05/14/2013

Event Time

7:00 pm

Event Venue

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
1603 N. Thacker Ave.
Kissimmee, FL 34741

O Sons and Daughters

wmglennosborne — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:49:05 +0000

This is an arrangement of the Easter Hymn O Filii et Filiae for SATB choir, organ and brass quintet. It was originally written for the 25th anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Howard Hubbard as Bishop of the Diocese of Albany. The event was celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter and needed a lengthy piece for the entrance procession. In addition to including all nine verses of the hymn there are interludes between each verse. This arrangement served as the basis for the later arrangement used at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the Papal visit to New York City.

The score packet includes a full score, choral score, and parts for organ, horn, trumpet 1, trumpet 2, trombone 1, and trombone 2. Purchasers are granted permission to print or reprint scores as necessary for performance.

The British Way Concert Videos

wmglennosborne — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:50:07 +0000

While looking around on-line today, I discovered that TampaKurt had posted videos from the Festival Singers of Florida concert in January. The video playlist includes 11 selections from The British Way! and may be seen here. It was a pleasure to work with Dr Kevin Fenton and the Festival Singers.

As a teaser, here’s the first piece on the program: ‘Let The People Praise Thee, O God’ by William Mathias

Secret Concert – Lent

wmglennosborne — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:54:36 +0000

Event Description:

The Lenten Penance service is on the calendar for this Thursday. As mentioned for the previous “Secret Concert”, I’ll be playing background music during the sacrament of reconciliation. There will be no applause and all of the music will remain subdued. Most of the time, I improvise on familiar seasonal melodies, though I usually have a small stack of repertoire on hand to play when my mind needs a break from the prolonged restrained improvising. All are welcome to attend. The service will start at 7pm with a Liturgy of the Word with the “concert” starting when everyone is dismissed to go to individual confession, probably around 7:30.

Event Date

3/21/2013

Event Time

7:00 pm

Event Venue

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
1603 N. Thacker Ave.
Kissimmee, FL 34741

Trumpet Recital

wmglennosborne — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:26:12 +0000

Event Description:

Trumpet Recital by William Luckett
Wm. Glenn Osborne, piano and organ

Intrada – Joseph Turrin
The Hollow Men – Vincent Persichetti (ORGAN)
Four Lyrics: Mvt. III – Mist in the Valley – Eric Ewazen
Horizons Sonata – Joshua Hobbs – *world premier

INTERMISSION

Legende – Georges Enesco
Four Lyrics: Mvt. IV – The Buck in the Snow – Eric Ewazen
Sonata: Mvt. I Alan Hovhaness (ORGAN)
Cantabile et Scherzetto – Philippe Gaubert

Event Date

04/09/2013

Event Time

7:30 pm

Event Venue

First Presbyterian Church of Maitland
341 North Orlando Avenue
Maitland, FL 32751

Crucifixion Hymns

wmglennosborne — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:10:30 +0000

Americans are used to reading hymns with the text set between the treble and bass clef staffs with the syllables more or less lined up with the music. British hymns are usually set with the music at the top of the page and all the lyrics at the bottom in a format that makes the poetry more obvious. The score for The Crucifixion by John Stainer presents the five hymns in British style. While preparing for the CFAGO combined choir performance of the work, this has proved a bit of a challenge for my American choir, I have taken the time to set the text within the music and am offering the files for download below. Some files include the performance instructions which we followed.

Hymns from the Crucificion by John Stainer:

5 – The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation
10 – Litany of the Passion
13 – The Mystery of Intercession
15 – The Adoration of the Crucified
20 – For the Love of Jesus

Papal Resignation

wmglennosborne — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:45:02 +0000

With the surprise announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s retirement this month, this Friday’s Choral Mass will take on a special significance. While I hope everyone was planning on attending to hear the fabulous music (including some new compositions), in this time of transition, I hope more people will attend to give thanks for the leadership Pope Benedict XVI has provided and that a worthy successor may be found for the Chair of Peter.
I am thankful for the opportunities that I had to sing and compose music for the Papal visit to New York City. It was a very memorable occasion that, even though stressful at times, is something I’d be happy to do again for the new pope.

St. Patrick’s Day Concert

wmglennosborne — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:12:29 +0000

Event Description:

A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with the Basilica Choir and the Emerald String Quartet
Erin Go Bragh! Hear traditional Irish favorites along with new with a Celtic flavor composed by Robert Kerr.
Wm. Glenn Osborne, organist
Dr. William Picher, director
Tickets $10

Event Date

Sunday, 3/17/2013

Event Time

3:00pm

Event Venue

Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe
8300 Vineland Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32821
407-239-6600

Salvator Mundi

wmglennosborne — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:00:30 +0000

One of the difficulties in using a historical musical setting of the Latin Mass in the Novus Ordo is the lack of Memorial Acclamation and Amen. With only two syllables, it’s usually pretty easy to do some text replacement and derive an Amen from material in other movements. It may even be possible to simply use the amen found at the end of the Gloria or Credo as a stand alone Eucharistic acclamation. The Memorial Acclamation, regardless of the text option chosen, proves a much tougher challenge.

For the Choral Mass on February 22, 2013, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, Dr. William Picher gave me the task of creating something for him to use alongside Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli. While I initially wrote something for the SATTBB voicing that Palestrina uses, I forgot that this was to be a Latin Mass and set the English response “Save Us, Savior of the World.” Mea culpa. As six contrapuntal voices seemed a bit of a stretch for me in the limited time I had to prepare the piece, when I started over again with the equivalent Latin text, I opted for the more traditional (and perhaps more useful) SATB voicing.

I hope to have a recording of live singers performing the piece after February 22. In the meantime, the music notation program Finale has provided this rendering:

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Salvator mundi, salva nos, qui per crucem et resurrectionem tuam liberasti nos.
Lord, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free. You are the Savior of the world.

Rehearsal Preparation

wmglennosborne — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:24:43 +0000

For the upcoming CFAGO performance of The Crucifixion by John Stainer, there is a website offering midi files to download or listen to here. If you need a score, there are public domain versions available here. I am also in the process of setting the hymns “American style” for download here.

Listed below are .mp3 files for each voice part of my composition Ubi Caritas. Depending upon the browser, it may be necessary to control-click on the download link in order to save the file to disk.

Soprano – Download

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Alto – Download

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Tenor – Download

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Bass – Download

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