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Gloria Gaither (1971); Author: Bill Gaither (1971) Tune Jennifer O'Bannan, viola Because He Lives - Lyrics ​God sent His son, they called Him Jesus; He came to love, heal and forgive; He lived and died to buy my pardon, An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives! Chorus Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, Because He lives, all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living, Just because He lives! How sweet to hold a newborn baby, And feel the pride and joy he gives; But greater still the calm assurance: This child can face uncertain days because He Lives! Chorus Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, Because He lives, all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living, Just because He lives! And then one day, I'll cross the river, I'll fight life's final war with pain; And then, as death gives way to victory, I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives! Chorus Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, Because He lives, all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living, Just because He lives!

0:00-02:12 And Can It Be 02:17- 05:12 Be Still My Soul 05:16-08:00 Be Thou My Vision 08:01-10:53 Blessed Assurance 10:56-12:58 Brighten the Corner 13:00-14:56 Children of the Heavenly Father 14:58-18:05 Crown Him With Many Crowns 18:10-22:13 He Hideth My Soul 22:16-26:33 His Eye is On the Sparrow 26:36-30:28 How Great Thou Art 30:32-32:51 I Have a Friend Who Loveth Me 32:56-36:25 I Love to Tell the Story 36:30-41:14 I'd Rather Have Jesus 41:16-45:04 I Need Thee Every Hour 45:07-49:03 Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross 49:05-51:47 It is Well with My Soul 51:53-56:17 Just As I Am 56:20-57:58 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms 58:00-1:01:20 My Tribute 1:01:22-1:03:09 O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus 1:03:11-1:05:16 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty 1:05:17-1:07:18 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (Solid Rock) 1:07:19-1:10:19 The Love of God 1:10:22-1:13:19 Thou Tender, Gracious Father 1:13:20-1:15:58 To God Be the Glory 1:16:04-1:20:17 Trusting Jesus 1:20:18-1:22:47 What a Friend We Have in Jesus 1:22:50-1:25:36 Eternal Father, Strong to Save (Navy Hymn)

My Tribute (To God be the Glory) - Andraé Crouch (lyrics below) Jennifer O'Bannan, viola [Verse:] How can I say thanks For the things You have done for me? Things so undeserved Yet You gave to prove Your love for me; The voices of a million angels Could not express my gratitude All that I am and ever hope to be I owe it all to Thee [Chorus 1:] To God be the glory To God be the glory To God be the glory For the things He has done [Chorus 2:] With His blood He has saved me With His power He has raised me; To God be the glory For the things He has done [Bridge:] Just let me live my life Let it pleasing, Lord to Thee And if I gain any praise Let it go to Calvary [Chorus 1:] To God be the glory To God be the glory To God be the glory For the things He has done Chorus 2:] With His blood He has saved me With His power He has raised me; To God be the glory For the things He has done

ecorded March 2020 Jennifer O'Bannan, viola I have a friend who loveth me Author: Nils Frykman Tune: FRYKMAN (Frykman) Nils took the name Frykman after the region where he grew up, Fryksdalen. In 1868, he graduated from teachers’ college in Karlstad, and went on to teach in Grums, Norrköping, and Sunne. He preached in the church in Sunne, and around that time began to write hymns. Eventually, his texts were printed in the magazine Sanningsvittnet. However, Frykman’s work was not sanctioned by Sweden’s state church, and almost led to the loss of his job as a teacher. Eventually he did resign his position over a controversy about his children’s baptism by an independent preacher. In 1888, he was called to serve as pastor in the Tabernacle Church in Chicago, Illinois, and later in Salem, Minnesota. After 18 years, he retired to Minneapolis. He also served in the Northwest Mission Association of the Covenant Church, as denominational vice-chairman, Ministerial Board chairman, the Northwest Ministerial Association chairman, and as chairman of the committee to publish the Swedish-American Covenant church’s first hymnal in 1906. Source: Hymnary.org

Recorded April 2020 Jennifer O'Bannan, viola Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Translator: Mary E. Byrne; Versifier: Eleanor H. Hull Tune: SLANE

Recorded March 2020 Jennifer O'Bannan, viola Children of the heavenly Father Translator: Ernst W. Olson; Author: Carolina Sandell (1855) Tune: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA Caroline W. Sandell Berg (b. Froderyd, Sweden, 1832; d. Stockholm, Sweden, 1903), is better known as Lina Sandell, the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden." "Lina" Wilhelmina Sandell Berg was the daughter of a Lutheran pastor to whom she was very close; she wrote hymns partly to cope with the fact that she witnessed his tragic death by drowning. Many of her 650 hymns were used in the revival services of Carl O. Rosenius, and a number of them gained popularity particularly because of the musical settings written by gospel singer Oskar Ahnfelt. Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish soprano, underwrote the cost of publishing a collection of Ahnfelt's music, Andeliga Sänger (1850), which consisted mainly of Berg's hymn texts. Ernst W. Olson (b. Skane, Sweden, 1870; d. Chicago, IL, 1958) prepared the English translation for the 1925 Hymnal of the Lutheran Augustana Synod. As editor, writer, poet, and translator, Olson made a valuable contribution to Swedish-American culture and to church music. His family immigrated to Nebraska when he was five years old, but he spent much of his life in the Chicago area. Educated at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, he was editor of several Swedish-American newspapers and spent most of his professional career as an editor for the Augustana Book Concern (1911-1949). Olson wrote History of the Swedes in Illinois (1908). He also contributed four original hymns and twenty-eight translations to The Hymnal (1925) of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod and served on the committee that produced the Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal (1958). Source - Hymnary.org

O the Deep, Deep love of Jesus | Story and Hymn | Jennifer O'Bannan, viola O the deep, deep love of Jesus Author: S. Trevor Francis Tune: EBENEZER (Williams) 1 O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free, rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me. Underneath me, all around me, is the current of thy love; leading onward, leading homeward, to thy glorious rest above. 2 O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Spread his praise from shore to shore; how he loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore; how he watches o'er his loved ones, died to call them all his own; how for them he intercedeth, watcheth o'er them from the throne. 3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Love of ev'ry love the best: 'tis an ocean vast of blessing, 'tis a haven sweet of rest. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! 'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me; and it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to thee.

Performance of the first movement of the Bach "Cello" Suite, No. 1, performed on viola. The six suites from which this movement comes, are standard repertoire for the viola as well the cello.

00:04​ Praise Him, Praise Him! 02:08​ All the Way My Savior Leads Me 02:12​ Tell Me the Story of Jesus 08:21​ Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross 12:24​ Day by Day and With Each Passing Moment 15:26​ Thy Holy Wings Dear Savior 17:25​ Thou Tender, Gracious Father 20:13​ Great Hills May Tremble 23:10​ Children of the Heavenly Father 25:30​ I'd Rather Have Jesus

0:00​ And Can it Be that I Should Gain 2:18​ Be Thou My Vision 5:04​ Blessed Assurance 8:00​ Crown Him With Many Crowns 11:10​ Great is Thy Faithfulness 14:08​ His Eye is on the Sparrow 18:30​ It is Well With My Soul 21:14​ My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (Navy Hymn tune) 24:00​ Praise to the Lord, the Almighty 26:05​ To God Be the Glory 28:43​ Simply Trusting

Crown Him With Many Crowns TEXT: Matthew Bridges, Godfrey Thring MUSIC: George Elvey Jennifer O'Bannan, violist

Jennifer O'Bannan, violist This video includes the following hymns (with lyrics) by Lina Sandell (1832-1903) 0:00​ Day by Day and With Each Passing Moment 3:00​ Thy Holy Wings, Dear Savior 4:50​ Thou Tender, Gracious Father 7:52​ Great Hills May Tremble 10:47​ Children of the Heavenly Father

I'd Rather Have Jesus Text: Rhea F. Miller (1922) Music: George Beverly Shea Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist

O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Christmas Hymn for Viola in Four Parts Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist Translator: J. M. Neale (1851) Tune: VENI EMMANUEL (Chant) 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel shall come to you, O Israel. 2 O come, O Wisdom from on high, who ordered all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show and teach us in its ways to go. Refrain 3 O come, O Bright and Morning Star, and bring us comfort from afar! Dispel the shadows of the night and turn our darkness into light. Refrain 4 O come, O King of nations, bind in one the hearts of all mankind. Bid all our sad divisions cease and be yourself our King of Peace. Refrain

Simply trusting every day Author: Edgar Page (1876) Tune: Ira Sankey Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist Lyrics 1. Simply trusting every day, Trusting through a stormy way; Even when my faith is small, Trusting Jesus, that is all. Refrain: Trusting as the moments fly, Trusting as the days go by; Trusting Him whate’er befall, Trusting Jesus, that is all. 2. Brightly doth His Spirit shine Into this poor heart of mine; While He leads I cannot fall; Trusting Jesus, that is all. 3. Singing if my way is clear, Praying if the path be drear; If in danger for Him call; Trusting Jesus, that is all. 4. Trusting Him while life shall last, Trusting Him till earth be past; Till within the jasper wall, Trusting Jesus, that is all.

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Author: Joachim Neander (1680) Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN Jennifer O'Bannan, violist

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (with lyrics) Music also known as "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (Navy Hymn) Words: Edward Mote (1834) Music: Melita Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist

It is Well With My Soul (Lyrics shown below) Lyrics:Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888) Music:Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876 Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist 1 When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say, “It is well, it is well with my soul!” It is well with my soul! It is well, it is well with my soul! 2 Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul. 3 And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul.

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior Author: Anna Ölander (1904) Tune: ÖLANDER Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist 1. If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Were my life worth living for a day? Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort In the things that soon must pass away? If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife? Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing For a moment with a Christ-filled life? 2. Had I wealth and love in fullest measure, And a name revered both far and near, Yet no hope beyond, no harbor waiting, Where my storm-tossed vessel I could steer; If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Who endured the cross and died for me, Could then all the world afford a refuge, Whither, in my anguish, I might flee? 3. O what emptiness!—without the Savior ’Mid the sins and sorrows here below! And eternity, how dark without Him! Only night and tears and endless woe! What, though I might live without the Savior, When I come to die, how would it be? O to face the valley’s gloom without Him! And without Him all eternity! 4. O the joy of having all in Jesus! What a balm the broken heart to heal! Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it, Nor a sorrow that He does not feel! If I have but Jesus, only Jesus, Nothing else in all the world beside— O then everything is mine in Jesus; For my needs and more He will provide.

Composed and words by NIls Frykman, 1842-1911 (Lyrics shown below) Jennifer O"Bannan, Violist Lyrics: 1. I have a friend who loveth me, He gave His life on Calvary; Upon the cross my sins He bore, And I am saved forevermore. Refrain Oh, hallelujah, He’s my friend, He guides me to the journey’s end, He walks beside me all the way, And gives to me a crown some day. 2. My Savior’s love so full and free Doth light the weary way for me; It fills with joy each passing day And drives my sorrows all away. [Refrain] 3. I have a friend, a mighty friend, Upon His power I may depend; He reigneth over every land, O’er valley, hill, on sea and strand. [Refrain] 4. O brother, join us in our song! This friend to you would fain belong; Tho’ far from what you’d like to be, His grace sufficient is for thee. [Refrain]

HOW GREAT THOU ART (Lyrics shown below) "How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Boberg (1859–1940) in Mönsterås, Sweden, in 1885. Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. Chorus: Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art! When through the woods, and forest glades I wander, And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees. When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art! And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing; Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in; That on a Cross, my burdens gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art! When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart. Then I shall bow, in humble adoration, And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!" Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

“His Eye is on the Sparrow” Words: Ci­vil­la D. Mar­tin, 1905 Music: Charles H. Ga­bri­el Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist Why should I feel discouraged, Why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, And long for Heav’n and home, When Jesus is my portion, My constant friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me. Refrain I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, For His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me. Let not your heart be troubled, His tender word I hear, And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears; Though by the path He leadeth, But one step I may see; His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me. Refrain Whenever I am tempted, Whenever clouds arise, When songs give place to sighing, When hope within me dies, I draw the closer to Him, From care He sets me free; His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me. Refrain

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father Author: Thomas O. Chisholm (1923) Tune: FAITHFULNESS (Runyan) Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist 1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see: all I have needed thy hand hath provided-- Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain]

Swedish folk song with words by Lina Sandel, 1832-1903 (Lyrics shown below) Jennifer O'Bannan, Violist Children of the Heavenly Father Safely in His bosom gather Nestling bird nor star in heaven Such a refuge e'er was given God His own doth tend and nourish In His holy courts they flourish From all evil things He spares them In His mighty arms He bears them Neither life nor death shall ever From the Lord His children sever Unto them His grace He showeth And their sorrows all He knoweth Praise the Lord in joyful numbers Your Protector never slumbers At the will of your Defender Ev'ry foe man must surrender. Though He giveth or He taketh God His children ne'er forsaketh His the loving purpose solely To preserve them pure and holy