Musical Events
Emmanuel Church is happy to present musical events for the Newport community.
Hymns for Use During Worship Privately or Online
These hymns are played by Raymond Buttero, the organist. Each video has the lyrics embedded so that you can sing along. Sorry, I couldn’t get a bouncing ball.
- Hymn 379 – God is Love, Let Heaven Adore Him
- Hymn 382 – King of Glory, King of Peace
- Hymn 657 – Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
- Hymn 304 – I Come With Joy to Meet My Lord
- Hymn 306 – Come, Risen Lord, and Deign to Be Our Guest
- Hymn 318 – Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face
- Hymn 321 – My God, Thy Table Now is Spread
Holy Week Hymns
Hymn 158 – Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
Hymn 166 – Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle
Hymn 167 – There is a green hill far away
Hymn 168 – O sacred head, sore wounded
Hymn 171 – Go to dark Gethsemane
Hymn 172 – Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Emmanuel’s Christmas music in 2020
Christmas Eve Prelude – December 24, 2020
Christmas Eve – Silent Night – December 24, 2020
Hymn 81 – Lo how a rose e’er blooming
Hymn 87 – Hark! the herald angels sing
Hymn 89 – It came upon a midnight clear
Hymn 96 – Angels we have heard on high
Hymn 99 – Go tell it on the mountain
Hymn 105 – God rest you merry, gentlemen
Hymn 112 – In the bleak midwinter
The Melody from the Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart
The Melody from the Magic Flute was arranged for handbells by Raymond Buttero.
Raymond Buttero’s Piano Concerts from his Home
Raymond Buttero, organist at Emmanuel Church, presented piano concerts from his home during the COVID pandemic.
These are the pieces he played and the dates when he played them. The links are to the YouTube videos of these concerts.
Organ Music Offered by Raymond Buttero
Andante from Organ Concerto No. 7 by G. F. Handel
Garotte from French Suite No. 5 by J. S. Bach, arranged by N. Rawsthorne
Pieds en l’air from Capriol Suite by P. Warlock, arranged by N. Rawsthorne
The Swan by C. Saint-Saens, arranged by A. Guilmant
Previous Musical Events:
We continue our tradition of Blessing the Animals in 2020. St. Francis of Assisi once again visited us to help the Rev. Della Wager Wells bless our four-legged congregants.
While not strictly a music event, the 2019 Blessing of the Animals was very musical with the chorus of dogs bringing their people forward for a blessing from the Rev. Della Wager Wells and our special guest, St. Francis of Assisi!
Lunau & Sund, the folk singer/songwriters from Denmark performed on April 13,2019. Watch
The Matsiko World Orphan Choir performed the Offertory Anthem and Communion Anthem on May 5, 2019.
Raymond Buttero’s postlude for Christ the King Sunday, November 24, 2019 was the Toccata from Symphony No. 5 by Charles-Marie Widor.