21St CENTURYGOWANS & LARSSON

CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Back Page (24) Front Page (1) Piano Choir Kevin Larsson Keyboard Sue Blyth Nicholas King Cheryl Hatcliffe Guitar Stephanie Lamplough Israel Doria Gillian McCredie Bass Guitar Joanne McIntosh Paul Scott Lesley Nicholson Drum Kit Suzanne Rose Glen Little Hayley Stubbs Auxiliary Percussion Samantha Turner Jonathan Whitmore Stacey Wilson Ian French Peter Jones 21st CENTURY GOWANS & LARSSON Jared Littlewood Paul Main Trumpets Mark Norwood Gary Rose Jonathan Bradley Kevin Sims John Docter (add. flugel) David Scott Alex Gibson Trombones Adam Goldsmith Paul Hooper James Morley Andrew Mercer CC CC SPS338 Booklet-Pgs24&1 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Page 2 Page 23 21st CENTURY GOWANS & LARSSON 1 When the Army comes to town 2.16 2 You can’t stop God from loving you – Soloist Stephanie Lamplough 2.43 3 Hundreds and thousands – Soloist Jared Littlewood 3.13 4 Could you care? – Soloists Sue Blyth and Stephanie Lamplough 3.48 5 There’s someone who knows – Soloists Gary Rose and Paul Main 4.44 6 A dif-ferent man – Soloist Jared Littlewood 2.16 7 Wonders begin when the Lord comes in – Trombone Ensemble 3.29 8 Follow me – Soloist Mark Norwood 3.34 John Larsson John Gowans Kevin Larsson 9 I’ll make my promises – Soloist Stephanie Lamplough 4.43 10 Down the street – Soloist Gary Rose 5.07 It was whilst listening to the easy flow of 2014. This studio recording includes all of the 11 I dream of a day – Soloists Jared Littlewood and Sue Blyth 4.11 well-loved song melodies arranged by John special arrangements used in the concert, and 12 If you knew – Soloist Mark Norwood 3.23 Wilson for one of his concerts that the idea came to is performed by the select group of vocal soloists 13 Cleanliness is next to godliness 2.20 Dr Stephen Cobb. Why not ask Kevin Larsson, he and chorus, backed by big band instrumentalists thought, to do the same for some of the songs from drawn from the UK and Los Angeles, that originally 14 Army cup of tea – Soloist Sue Blyth 2.58 the musicals by John Gowans and John Larsson? presented the arrangements. 15 There is a time for tears – Instrumental 2.59 As the Music Director for the Southern California 16 I’ll not turn back – Soloist Mark Norwood 5.08 Division, a prolific composer and arranger in his General John Gowans and I wrote ten full-length own right, and the son of the original composer, musicals between the years 1967 and 1990 and 17 Love cannot fail – Soloist Jared Littlewood 4.20 Kevin seemed tailor made for the task! each of those musicals is represented on the CD. 18 What does the Spirit say to the churches? – Soloists Sue Blyth, Ian French, Hayley Stubbs and Paul Main 3.06 The songs are grouped by themes as they were From that moment of inspiration flowed the in the concert. In these new arrangements that 21st Century Gowans and Larsson concert, range from the exquisite to the exhilarating, Kevin Total CD Playing Time 65.05 first performed at Regent Hall in June 2013 fits under the ‘21st Century’ umbrella music styles All music arranged by Kevin Larsson and then again in Birmingham Citadel in June that span many decades. © The Salvation Army USA Western Territory. CC CC SPS338 Booklet-Pgs2&23 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Page 22 Page 3 What does the Spirit say to the churches? What does the Spirit say to the churches? When the Army comes to town (Glory! 1976) sets our feet tapping as the citizens of Folkestone What does the Spirit say to you? look forward to welcoming the Army to their town. If you have ears then hear from the Spirit, Do what the Spirit tells you to! Two songs then follow that speak of WONDER - the amazing wonder of God’s love for us. You can’t stop God from loving you (Hosea 1969) highlights the eternal truth the prophet proclaimed – You love me less than you used to love me, that however bad we humans might be, nothing will stop God from loving us. Hundreds and I know your strengths and your weakness too; thousands (Take-over Bid 1967), tells of the wonder that ‘God knows everyone and God knows Love me again as you used to love me, me!’ This is the children’s song from that musical. Since its writing it has been sung by hundreds and Do once again as you used to do. thousands of school children because the song has been included in school hymnals. You have a wonderful reputation, The next theme is CARING. In Could you care? (White Rose 1977), Clare, a Parisian young mother Far and away how your fame has spread! sunk in despair, approaches an Army girl who looks to her like an angel. Clare is seeking for someone True, you are always so very busy, who will care for her, and the ‘angel’ Salvationist promises that she will. There’s someone who No-one would guess that in fact you’re dead! knows (The Meeting 1990) continues in the same vein, with the verses asking whether there is someone who cares, and the refrain bringing the reassuring answer that there is: ‘That someone is You are so proud and suppose you’re clever, Jesus – he cares’. I know you’re neither cold nor hot! Luke warm! That’s you and it makes you useless, The programme continues with two songs from Take-over Bid that take TRANSFORMATION as their You think you’re rich but you’re not! You’re not! theme. In the enduring favourite A dif-ferent man Harry tells how his life has been totally changed ‘since I let the love of the Lord inside of me’. In Wonders begin when the Lord comes in, You are afraid of the Spirit’s leading, here rendered as a trombone instrumental, the very essence of the good news of transformation is I set before you an open door, stated in just the opening line alone. No man can shut what the Spirit opens, What in the world are you waiting for? Focusing on the theme of FOLLOWING, the song Follow me (Jesus Folk 1973) captures the effervescent joy of the disciples as they set out to follow Jesus. I’ll make my promises (The What does the Spirit say? Blood of the Lamb 1978) takes us deep into a Russian forest where a young convert is secretly being What does the Spirit of God say to you? enrolled as a Salvation Army soldier. CC CC SPS338 Booklet-Pgs22&3 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Page 4 Page 21 Love cannot fail WITNESSING is the next theme, and in another song from Hosea, Down the street, light fingered If I can understand the hidden mysteries of life, Unless I gave the love of God, Freddy gives his testimony. But it is not only Freddy who witnesses, for the band does as well. It If I could know the secrets all men seek, The all embracing love of God, witnesses when ‘down the street comes the band of The Salvation Army with trumpets, tabrettes and If I could know the reason why the world is what it is, Unless I gave the love of God, trombones!’ Why every human being is unique... I would give nothing, I would give nothing. The next couple of songs are grouped under the theme of YEARNING. In I dream of a day from Unless I knew the love of God, Love is patient, love is always kind, Take-over Bid, John and Julie sing wistfully of the world they long to see. The number that follows, If The all embracing love of God, Love is never jealous or rude, you knew (Son of Man 1983) speaks of the yearnings of Jesus himself. He weeps over the city of Unless I knew the love of God Never selfish, slow to take offence, Jerusalem and, based on the New English Bible translation of Luke 19:41-44, sings words that apply I would know nothing I would know nothing! Never cruel or crude. those yearnings to our own hearts. ‘If you only knew…’ he exclaims, ‘but you did not recognise God’s moment when it came.’ If I could hold the wealth of all the world within my hands, Love can take no pleasure in other men’s sins, Possess the priceless treasures of the earth, Love always delights in the truth, Two cheerful numbers focus on the theme of SERVING. Cleanliness is next to godliness from If all the precious things that men have prized belonged to me, Love believes all things, love endures all things, Glory! tells of early-day community service as the Army lasses in Folkestone clean the house of Mrs And lovely things of unimagined worth... Through trouble and travail, Fishbob. Army cup of tea, the fourth song from Take-over Bid on the CD, honours a simple form of All else may fall or fade, ministry for which the Army has become famous. Unless I had the love of God, Love cannot fail! The all embracing love of God, Grouped under the heading of REFLECTING is first of all There is a time for tears. This song from Unless I had the love of God, Glory! – here arranged as an instrumental item – takes us to the funeral scene in that musical. Then I would have nothing, I would have nothing. follows the deeply reflective I’ll not turn back (Man Mark II 1985), a song that John and I, from the moment we wrote it, felt would have a special power.

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