Stanford Memorial Church (Wikimedia Commons)

Easter Eve at Stanford's Memorial Church Stanford Daily reported on Saturday, April 19, a free performance will be held at Memorial Church to celebrate Easter— music of Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, & Gounod. Rudy was interested, so we've come here for "There is a Balm in Gilead: An Easter Celebration of Christ". I took ceiling photos of Archangels Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael. The hour & half program began at 3:30 pm with James Welch at the organ. Tenor Mason Neipp sang from Handel's Messiah "Comfort Ye My People Every Valley Shall Be Exalted". Violinist Mark Oshida, former concertmaster at Carnegie Hall played Samuel Webbe's "Come Ye Disconsolate" and J.S. Bach's "Erbarme Dich" from St. Matthew Passion. Mezzo-soprano Ariel Bybee with over 400 performances at Metropolitan Opera sang the Bach aria brilliantly as well as Charles Gounod's "O Divine Redeemer". Welch played Organ Sonata #3 in A Major of Felix Mendelssohn's "Con Moto Maestoso". Operatic soprano Jennie Litster sang "Weepin' Mary" & "Abide with Me, Tis Eventide". Law Professor Robert Daines told closing story— “My wife reminds her class 'The real importance of Easter begins with RE' and a boy yelled out 'RECYCLE!' — that's Palo Alto for you!”         Peter Y. Chou         Mountain View, 4-19-2014