Praising Pilgrims Music

Oh, How I Love Jesus Oh, How I Love Jesus
This is a piano improvisation on 'Oh, How I Love Jesus.' The words were written by Frederick Whitfield, but the composer of the melody is unknown. The hymn first was published in 1889.
3/21/2009 Contemporary

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Version 2 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Version 2
This is a piano improvisation on 'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,' written in 1824 by Lowell Mason and Isaac Watts. This version is in 3/4 time.
3/21/2009 Contemporary

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Version 1 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Version 1
This is a contemplative piano improvisation on 'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,' written by Isaac Watts and Lowell Mason in 1824.
3/21/2009 Contemporary

O Sacred Head Now Wounded O Sacred Head Now Wounded
This is a piano improvisation on this old favorite of the Church (how old? It has been worked on by different folks since the 11th Century), by Bernard of Clairvaux, and Hans L. Hassler, famously harmonized by J.S. Bach
3/13/2009 Contemporary

Like a River Glorious Like a River Glorious
This is a piano improvisation on this beloved hymn written by Frances Havergal and James Mountain in 1876.
3/13/2009 Contemporary

Fairest Lord Jesus Fairest Lord Jesus
This is a piano improvisation on this favorite hymn written by German Jesuits in the 17th century. It was translated by Joseph A. Seiss into English, and Richard S. Willis (who arranged the music from a Silesian folk song) added music around 1873.
3/13/2009 Contemporary

Blessed Assurance Blessed Assurance
This is a joyful piano improvisation on this favorite hymn written in 1876 by Fanny Crosby and Phoebe P. Knapp.
3/13/2009 Contemporary

O God Our Help In Ages Past O God Our Help In Ages Past
This is a piano improvisation on this hymn by Isaac Watts and William Croft, from 1719.
3/13/2009 Contemporary

Who Is He In Yonder Stall? Who Is He In Yonder Stall?
This is a piano improvisation of this beloved Resurrection hymn written by Benjamin R. Hanby in 1866.
3/13/2009 Contemporary

And Can It Be And Can It Be
This is a piano improvisation on this beloved hymn by Charles Wesley and Thomas Campbell, from 1825.
3/13/2009 Contemporary

Count Your Blessings Count Your Blessings
This is a piano improvisation on the hymn 'Count Your Blessings' (1897).
3/13/2009 Contemporary

A Modern Christmas Carol A Modern Christmas Carol
This is an extended carol, stretching from the first advent to the present day . . .
11/24/2007 Contemporary

Immortal Plunge Immortal Plunge
This is a carol that describes the depths of the sacrifice the King of Kings made in coming from perfect Heaven to our imperfect Earth.
11/24/2007 Contemporary

Go Tell It On the Mountains (Black Spiritual) Go Tell It On the Mountains (Black Spiritual)
This is an African American Spiritual, hailing back to the days of the enslavement of Africans in America. In some sources it is described as the 'Christmas Song of the Plantation.'
11/24/2007 Christmas/Seasonal

Behold That Star (Black Spiritual) Behold That Star (Black Spiritual)
This is an African-American spiritual, hailing back to the time when Africans were enslaved in America.
11/24/2007 Contemporary

Shepherds, Rejoice Shepherds, Rejoice
The original setting of this carol appears most noticeably in The Sacred Harp, a famous shape-note hymnbook of the United States, but the words from Isaac Watts (1707) are here in a new setting.
11/24/2007 Contemporary

Come, O Prince of Peace Come, O Prince of Peace
This is a carol that looks backward to the first advent of Christ, and forward to His second -- it bounces off 'Joy To the World,' which really describes the blessings of the SECOND advent, though we sing it at Christmas time.
11/23/2007 Contemporary