A Lifetime Performance

When you were with Charles, you were the most important person in the world to him. His time, money, talents, and very life were continuously offered to others. We received all this and relished in who he was. Charles loved sipping Margaret's Hope 2nd Flush Darjeeling and buying coffee for as many people as he could at Lux. He sometimes arrived at his Tuesday morning book study unprepared because he had given his book away. He had photographic memory. He had "absolute pitch"; play any note, on any instrument, and he could name or replay that note. At the age of 24, he had already composed four symphonies, three operas, multiple piano and organ works, a host of songs for voice and piano/orchestra accompaniment, string quartets and piano trios. He traveled extensively. He learned several languages; German particularly fluently. He performed many recitals at private concerts around the world, premiered and recorded works from some of the world's most exemplary living composers. Yet, foremost, we discovered rather quickly the thing which was closest to Charles' heart and soul: Jesus Christ; his mother, Louise; and everyone else he met. Charles gave us an understanding of what a life given to others looks like, feels like, and sounds like.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Memorial Service Downloads

Note: To listen to the audio clips on this page, you need Quicktime. Get it here. It's in the middle of the page, the gray area, up top - and when you get there, don't be fooled by the request for your email. Just uncheck those two little boxes, select the version you need and click "Free Download Now" (big blue button). Install it and come back here to play the audio.
When this section is completed, I'll send an announcement to everyone on the email list (see top/left of the website). I'll continue to update it every few days.


The Program

There are two PDF's for the Memorial Service Program. Click this for the outer pages and click this for the song insert. (When the color insert of Charles is available, I'll post it here.)


The Introduction
(Dwight Brewer)




The Eulogy  
(Tom Horne)

Click here to read or download the transcription. 


Musical Offering
(Cello Suite in D Minor No. 1, Prelude, J.S. Bach; performed by Susan Ung)

Tributes

(a lover of books; by Jeff Gennero)

(a Christian serving; by Don Smith)

(a piano teacher; by Elliot Lee)

Homily
(Reverend Dan Flemming)

Video Montage

(Joey Parks)




Benediction
(Reverend Dan Flemming)

Tolling of the Bells


(for leaving the service in quiet rumination)


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joey, thank you for making these items available! I've told others about Tom Horne's comments, so I'm glad to have the transcript. The "Program' files links give me an "error" message. Sharon

November 27, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Joey Robert Parks said...

Sharon,

That's so great that you're telling other people about the eulogy Tom Horne gave. I thought it was really wonderful. I've also corrected the bad "program" link you mentioned.

Joey

December 3, 2009 at 11:16 AM

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