Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous organ of the Cathedral in Riga where the composer has been living for a long time. Like in almost all his compositions, the basic idea of 'Musica seria' is the personal human examination of Creation: on the one hand the beauty of Nature, on the other hand the destruction of Nature by man.
Vasks' organ music does not provide any great difficulties but rather displays an impressive tonal variety of the most intimate, held back sounds to tremendous chordal eruptions.

Matthias Weckmann, born in Niederdorla near Muhlhausen (Thuringia) in 1616 and died in Hamburg in 1674, was trained as a musician by Heinrich Schutz in Dresden among others. He worked as an organist in Dresden (Schlosskirche) and Hamburg (St. Jakobi). It is particularly for the Jakobi organ that he wrote his elaborate and virtuoso organ works. Our new edition in the renowned series 'Masters of the North German Organ School' faithfully transfers the works which survived in letter tablature, providing a reliably edited urtext. Volume 1 contains the cantus firmus-based works, 8 authentic verse cycles with 2-7 movements each in which chorale melodies such as 'Es ist das Heil uns kommen her', 'Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ)' or the 'Magnificat' are varied, as well as a cycle on 'Ach wir armen Sunder' attributed to Weckmann. Volume 2 proves him to a master of concertante organ music, containing 3 works with pedal (Fantasia, Fuga and Praeambulum in D) as well as several moderately difficult works to be played on manuals only (6 toccatas, 5 canzonas). Reliable standard edition of the music by one of the great (North) German organ masters.

Song List: Now Thank We All Our God (J Cruger) Morning has Broken Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts (Henry Baker) On Christmas Night (Arr: Fred Bock) Be Thou My Vision LORD'S MY SHEPHERD, THE (ARR: FRED BOCK)

A simple arrangement of the classic HIt is not only because of Gershwin\'s enthusiasm for the organ that his
\'3 Pr�.ludes\' virtually suggest themselves to be performed on the organ. They are preludes in a traditional style, character pieces with idiomatic jazz figurations and exciting harmonies. Therefore it is certainly appropriate to use these miniatures in churches and especially in organ concerts. Jazz music on the church organ? Why not! Although notated jazz music is not real improvised jazz music, Gershwin undoubtedly influenced jazz (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), and his preludes are a valuable addition even to the organ repertoire.erbie Hancock \"cool\" tune. The melody get\'s passed around the quartet and allows for improvisation, with a Bass Trombone and 1st Trombone solo in the middle. Aimed at amateur ensembles with an intermediate range, with solos that explore the harmony of the tune without getting too crazy.

As recorded by Super Bone on YouTube.

Beautifully laid out in A4 size, the score and parts are easy to read and available NOW for digital download. We suggest you print on 80gsm paper, to ensure that the copies last longer in your bands library. If you\'re printing on letter size paper, please fit to page when sending to the printer.

The present volume of 12 Motet Intabulations complements the 3 volumes .already published .with organ music by Heinrich Scheidemann (around 1595-1663), so that the complete organ oeuvre of the organist from Hamburg is now available in a modern editorial standard. From 1611-1614 Scheidemann studied with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in Amsterdam and from 1629 worked as an organist at St. Catherine's in Hamburg for about three and a half decades. He amalgamated the style of his teacher with North German tradition and is thus regarded as co-founder of the North German Organ School. For a long time, the skill to transfer vocal compositions into finger notation had been one of the main demands on a competently trained organist. At the beginning of the 17th century, however, the rather technical 'intabulation practice' faded into the background in favour of innovative forms of arrangement of the sacred cantus firmi. To Scheidemann belongs the credit for helping the genre tradition, which had unmistakably been in decline, to experience a late revival with his Motet Intabulations and for virtually erecting a glorious monument of excellent artistic quality to this type of composition &ndash. an important document in the history of organ music, and an interesting addition to the organ repertoire.

Song List: Easter Chant Wondrous Love I Know That My Redeemer Lives Beside Still Waters O Lamb of God Most Holy! Trumpet Tune Meditation on Passion Chorale Fanfare On Victory At the Cross, Her Station Keeping

Song List: Song of Joy Postlude on Old Hundredth Holiday Jesus Shall Reign We Come As Guests Invited Prelude on Deo Gracias Grand Processional

Buxtehude's organ music fascinated J. S. Bach and generations of organists ever since. Our new edition in the renowned series 'Masters of the North German Organ School' is based on the original version while taking the latest findings of the Buxtehude research into account. Vol. 1 contains 18 Preludes (pedaliter), Vol. 2 three toccatas, 1 preambulum, 2 ciacones, 9 canzonas and 3 fugues.