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Sacred Song
Service
For eight generations
Chautauquans have been gathering in the Amphitheater on Sunday
evenings to join the Chautauqua Choir for the Sacred Song Services.
Cast in a vesper format at the close of the day and bookended
by the beloved hymns "Day Is Dying in the West" and
"Now the Day Is Over", these services combine the musical
gifts of one of the world's largest singing congregations with
the 125-voice Chautauqua Choir, all led by the 5,640 pipes of
the Massey Memorial Organ. Many styles of music from the past
five hundred years are presented, and a special feature is the
inclusion of scriptural and devotional readings and prayers carefully
selected to reflect each week's theme. Since 1907, every Sacred
Song Service has closed with the playing of "Largo"
from George Frederick Handel's opera Xerxes, a beloved custom
which has been a vital part of the Chautauqua Experience for
many, many people over the years.
All services
begin at 8 p.m. and last approximately one hour.
Week 1 - 6/22/08
"Let Everything That Hath Breath Praise the Lord"
Week 2 - 6/29/08
An Evening with the Bells of Tower Hill Presbyterian Church
Week 3 - 7/6/08
"Tell Me the Stories of Jesus"
Week 4 - 7/13/08
Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest
Week 5 - 7/20/08
Lux Aurumque - "Golden Light"
Week 6 - 7/27/08
"Praise God with the Sound of the Trumpet"--An Evening
of Voices, Brass and Organ
Week 7 - 8/3/08
The Family of Abraham Gathers At The Well
Week 8 - 8/10//08
Rocking' the Amp with the Triumphant Gospel Swing Band
Week 9 -8/17/08
A Community Hymn Sing with Jared Jacobsen
Final - 8/24/08
"Leave My Heart Its Song": Final Chautauqua Thoughts |
