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Adagio - Tomasso Albinoni - Carl Bingle (organ)

Pieta Signore - Alessandro Stradella  - live performance (20 Mar 08) at Watertown First Presbyterian church Evgeniya Krachmarova-Sotirov (mezzo-soprano), Carl Bingle (organ)

"Have mercy, O Lord, upon my pain! Hear my prayer, do not
punish me with Thy wrath. Not so harshly, but with tender
forgiveness cast your regard upon me. Do not condemn me to
the eternal fires of hell, Great God; never may I be in the
fires of Thy wrath."

Du lieber Heiland Du (Bus und Reu) - Johann Sebastian Bach (Leipzig, 1729)- live performance at Watertown First Presbyterian church (2 Mar 08) Evgeniya Krachmarova-Sotirov (mezzo-soprano), Carl Bingle (organ)

"Thou dear Savior, while Thy disciples foolishly quarrel
because this woman would prepare Thy body with precious
ointment: Let me pour the tears from my own eyes upon Thy
head.

Penance and regret cut my sinner's hearth in two;
Let my teardrops bear a pleasing balm to Thee, O Jesus
Christ."

Erbarme dich, O Gott - Johann Sebastian Bach (Leipzig, 1729 from St Matthew Passion)- live performance at Watertown First Prebyterian church (18 May 08) Evgeniya Krachmarova-Sotirov (mezzo-soprano), Carl Bingle (organ), Trillium String Trio: Agnes McCarthy violin, Stephanie Widrick, violin, Christine Prevost, cello (download time approx 45 sec broadband)

"Have mercy on me, O God, for the sake of my tears"

Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi

Liber Scriptus Proferetur - rehearsal at Watertown First Presbyterian church (16 Mar 08) Evgeniya Krachmarova-Sotirov (mezzo-soprano), Carl Bingle (organ)

"The written book shall be offered, in which all things will
be contained for which the world shall be judged.
Therefore, when the Judge is seated, whatever is hidden
will appear; not one sin shall remain unseen. (Day of Wrath!)"

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