AMAZING GRACE
60 HYMNS OF FAITH & PRAISE

WILLIAM NEIL

JOHN JAY HOPKINS MEMORIAL ORGAN
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Opus 1456 (1969)
The National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.


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"The instrument [at The National Presbyterian Church] is one of the finest creations of the Aeolian-Skinner firm"
The American Organist, September 2005

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WILLIAM NEIL, Organist of the National Symphony Orchestra, is well known for his performances of traditional and contemporary organ music. Prior to his appointment in 2001 as Organist of The National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC he served as Organist of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago. He has performed with ensembles like the New York Trumpet Ensemble, Millar Brass Ensemble and Washington Symphonic Brass, and with the National Symphony under the baton of Slatkin, Rostropovich, Siciliani, Hogwood and others. Mr. Neil is the first Washington organist invited to perform on the Charles Fisk Organ at the Meyerson Center in Dallas, Texas. In 2001, he was a featured soloist in the inaugural concerts of the new Casavant Organ at Robert Jacoby Hall with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Inspired by the teaching of organists Leonard Raver, Arthur Poister and Will Headlee, and harpsichordist Anthony Newman, Mr. Neil has enjoyed a career both onstage and in the classroom, serving on the faculties of George Mason University and The Catholic University of America as organ instructor. Many of his former students hold prominent academic and church music positions in the United States and around the world, and he is featured in recordings on the MSR Classics, Philips Classics, Sony Classical, Naxos, Summit and Newport Classics labels. William Neil was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania and attended Penn State University and Syracuse University.

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CD1: HYMNS OF FAITH

ADVENT

O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Thomas Helmore, 1854

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Witt’s Psalmodia, 1715

Savior of the Nations, Come
Eyn Enchiridion, 1524

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
French Carol, 17th Century

Sleepers, Wake!
Philipp Nicolai, 1599

LENT

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
Hugh Wilson, 1827

Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
Day’s Psalter, 1562

O Love, How Deep
Agincourt Hymn, 1415

In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Ithamar Conkey, 1849

What Wondrous Love Is This
American Folk Hymn, 1811

PENTECOST

Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us
Thomas John Williams, 1890

Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
Plainsong, 4th Century

TRINITY

Sovereign Lord of All Creation
George Henry Day, 1940

Come, Thou Almighty King
Felice de Giardini, 1769

Holy, Holy, Holy
John Bacchus Dykes, 1861

CHRIST THE KING: ASCENSION

Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!
Arthur Henry Messiter, 1883

At the Name of Jesus
Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1925

Rejoice, the Lord is King
John Darwell, 1770

Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor
William Owen, 1852

Blessing and Honor
Paris Antiphoner, 1681

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
James Ellor, 1838

Crown Him with Many Crowns
George Job Elvey, 1868

PSALMS

As Morning Dawns (Ps. 5)
William Knapp, 1738

Out of the Depths (Ps. 130)
Martin Luther, 1524

When Morning Lights the Eastern Skies (Ps. 143)
William Jones, 1789

O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Ps. 90)
William Croft, 1708

The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Ps. 23)
Ancient Irish Melody

Your Faithfulness, O Lord, Is Sure (Ps.145: 13-21)
Musikalisches Handbuch, 1690

Give Praise to the Lord (Ps. 149)
C. Hubert H. Parry, 1915

O Lord, You Are My God and King (Ps.145: 1-13)
C. Hubert H. Parry, 1916

 

CD2: HYMNS OF PRAISE

GOD

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Martin Luther, 1529

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Welsh Folk Melody, 1809

God of the Ages
George William Warren, 1892

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
Virginia Harmony, 1831

Great Is Thy Faithfulness
William Marion Runyan, 1923

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
John Hughes, 1907

JESUS CHRIST

O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
English Melody, arr. by R. Vaughan Williams, 1906

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
John Bacchus Dykes, 1806

Fairest Lord Jesus
Silesian Folk Melody, 1842

Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Plainsong, 11th Century

I Danced in the Morning
American Shaker Melody, 19th Century

HOLY SPIRIT

Breathe On Me, Breath of God
Robert Jackson, 1894

Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Frederick Cook Atkinson, 1870

HOLY SCRIPTURE

O Word of God Incarnate
Meiningisches Gesangbuch, 1693

Be Thou My Vision
Irish Melody, harm. by David Evans, 1927

LIFE IN CHRIST

Lift High the Cross
Sidney Hugo Nicholson, 1916

Precious Lord, Take My Hand
George Allen, 1844

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Rowland Hugh Pritchard, 1831

CHURCH: MISSION

Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak
Robert Schumann, 1839

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
Henry Purcell, 1680

We All Are One in Mission
Memmingen Manuscript, 17th Century

MORNING

O Worship the King
Johann Michael Haydn, 1815

All Creatures of Our God and King
Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824

EVENING

Abide with Me
William Henry Monk, 1861

The Day Thou Gavest
Clement Cottewill Scholefield, 1874

NATIONAL SONGS

Eternal Father, Strong to Save
John Bacchus Dykes, 1861

Lift Every Voice and Sing
J. Rosamond Johnson, 1921

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Samuel August Ward, 1882

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
Thesaurus Musicus, 1740

 

   

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