O Praise the Name (Anastasis) is a great praise and worship song for the Easter season, or anytime! The lyrics speak of the crucifixion of Christ, his burial, resurrection and 2nd coming. This piano solo is arranged for advanced intermediate and contains helpful fingering, LH octaves, and up to 4 note chords in the RH. (If 4 notes are too hard to reach, just leave off the lowest note and adjust the fingering). The song starts quietly and builds into a powerful last chorus. A fun interlude comes between the last verse and chorus. Great song for church prelude or special music, recital, or personal worship. Written by Benjamin Hastings, Marty Sampson, and Dean Ussher; arranged by Amy J. Snyder. Visit Amy at www.facebook.com/amyjsnyder7. © 2015 HILLSONG MUSIC PUBLISHING (APRA) (If you like this song, you may also like Amy's arrangements of Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, Via Dolorosa, Lamb of God, Way Maker, The Goodness of God, What a Beautiful Name, The Power of the Cross, Glorious Day, Oceans, You Raise Me Up, 10,000 Reasons, and I Can Only Imagine.)

Build My Life is a terrific, worshipful contemporary Christian song with a great message: "Worthy of every song I could ever sing...I will build my life upon Your love, it is a firm foundation." This is an advanced intermediate level piano solo, containing arpeggios in the L.H. and single melody line, 3rds and 6ths in the R.H. The arrangements builds toward the bridge then comes back down to worshipful tones at the end. The bridge is repeated several times with each repeat a little different in difficulty. Measures 63-66 and their repeat in measures 75-78 are challenging; but so rewarding once you can play them! If it's too much of a challenge, you can easily substitute m. 59-62 (and m. 79-82 on the repeated phrase), or just skip them all together. There's also lots of helpful fingering added. Written by Matt Redman, Pat Barrett, Kirby Kaple, Brett Younker, Karl Martin. Arranged by Amy J. Snyder. Visit Amy at www.facebook.com/amyjsnyder7 . If you like this arrangement, you may also like Amy's arrangement of WayMaker,
The Blessing, O Praise the Name, Goodness of God, I Can Only Imagine, Oceans, What a Beautiful Name,
Reckless Love, King of My Heart, You Raise Me Up, Good Good Father, O To See the Dawn, Revelation Song, and more.

Sounds like: Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Liz Story's "The Gift", George Winston's "December", early Windham Hill solo piano artists, and "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.


Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Contents:
1. Bring A Torch (Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella)
2. Children Go Where I Send Thee / The Holly & The Ivy
3. Star Of Wonder (We Three Kings of Orient Are)
4. Silent (Silent Night, Holy Night)
5. Midnight (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear)
6. What Child Is This?
7. Greensleeves (homage to Liz Story)
8. Three Ships (I Saw Three Ships, Come Sailing In)
9. The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla, Lullay)
10. Sing We Now Of Christmas (Noël Nouvelet)
11. Carol Of The Bells

Album & Songbook review by: Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):

I have discovered a real wealth of great solo piano Christmas CDs this year! Isadar?s In Search For the Meaning of Christmas definitely falls into this category! Thoughtful, introspective, and a bit moody, Isadar?s arrangements are true to the carols (with some small melody changes in ?Bring a Torch? and ?Carol of the Bells? that bother me just a little) and still seem very personal. ?Bring a Torch?, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, and ?I Saw Three Ships? are given a lighthearted, joyful treatment. ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)?, ?What Child Is This??, ?The Coventry Carol?, and ?Sing We Now of Christmas? are all minor, somber, reverent pieces, and all four are given loving arrangements that keep the dark, mysterious nature of the songs and reflect Isadar?s own sensibilities. ?Carol of the Bells? and Isadar's take on Liz Story?s arrangement of ?Greensleeves? are energetic without losing all abandon. ?Silent Night? and ?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? present us with a very cold, deep solitude - both feel like late night with moonlight reflecting off the snow. Both are moody, but very beautifully so. George Winston?s ?December? is one of my all-time favorite holiday albums, and I feel In Search For the Meaning of Christmas holds up exceptionally well next to it. This is an excellent collection of Christmas music, and I highly recommend it!

In Search For the Meaning of Christmas is the companion songbook to Isadar?s 1999 solo piano release by the same name. Meticulously transcribed note-for-note by David Shenton of New York Music Publishing, the music is faithful to the recording in every way (except for the pianist - YOU!). The scores are clear, concise, and easy to read, and also include chord indications for improvisation or the use of instruments other than or in addition to the piano. Isadar?s arrangements cover a whole range of emotions, from very dark and somber to joyful and buoyant. All of the pieces from the CD are here, including Isadar?s homage to Liz Story and her beautiful version of ?Greensleeves.? My personal favorites of the eleven songs in this book are the bright and cheerful ?Bring A Torch,? ?What Child Is This??, ?Greensleeves,? the darkly gorgeous ?The Coventry Carol,? and ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? Other titles that I really like are ?Children Go Where I Send Thee/The Holly and the Ivy,? ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)," ?Carol of the Bells,? and the effervescent ?Three Ships.? ?Silent? (Silent Night) and ?Midnight? (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) are a bit too dark for my own holiday tastes, but are interesting and very personal arrangements. This book will make a great addition to your holiday sheet music collection and is available from isadar.com and amazon.com.

Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, the latter featuring some of today's biggest names in solo piano music, including Ludovico Einaudi, David Nevue, Brian Crain, Kevin Kern, Robin Spielberg, Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley and over 300 more...

Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.

For more information, visit his website at: http://www.isadar.com