Song List: Shepherds Pipe Carol Austrian Shepherds Carol Sussex Carol Forest Green In dulci jubilo Carol Of The Manger Christmas Is Here

Song List: We Three Kings (John Hopkins, Jr.) Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (G Kirchengesang) The First Noel Il Est Ne' (He Is Born) (Arr: Diane Bish) Christmas Fantasy (Arr: Diane Bish)

This score is based on the old British Carol "I saw three ships." There are seven variations preceding the fugue. After the theme has been stated, the first two variations extend the theme; the third variation introduces the pedals. The next three variations are in the style of Baroque genres: the fourth variation is a noel written as an homage to Daquin; the fifth variation is a figured chorale, in which the chorale Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her makes its first appearance; and the sixth is a Handelian rigaudon. The seventh variation is a "carillion" in which Von Himmel hoch reappears. After a dramatic, dissonant chord, the score concludes with a chorale fugue during which Von Himmel hoch appears in the pedal. Composed for and dedicated to David Higgs, in celebration of his twenty-five years of teaching at the Eastman School of Music. Duration: 6:45.

Six traditional carols

Six distinctive settings of traditional carols Each tune was chosen for its meditative qualities, and each setting sparkles with originality and inventiveness.

Away In A Manger
He Is Born, The Divine Christ Child
How Far Is It To Bethlehem?
Sing We Now of Christmas
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
When Christmas Morn Is Dawning

Here are SIX Advent and Christmas favorites (with a bonus Seventh work!) in one useful set. These are creative arrangements that feature these holiday melodies in easily recognizable fashion, but with new and updated versions. The tunes included are:
Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
Puer Nobis Nascitur (On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry, or Come Thou Redeemer of the Earth)
Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)
In Dulci Jubilo (Now Sing We, Now Rejoice)
Personent Hodie (On This Day, Earth Shall Ring)
Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night)
Bonus: Picardy (Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence), for trombone (or baritone, trumpet) and organ

Each of these works is available separately here, and full recordings and videos are also on this website, or on my YouTube channel of "OrganGuyPhil".

I hope you enjoy these seasonal favorites!

This collection will be of great use for your Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services! Starting with Advent\'s \"O Lord How Shall I Meet Thee\" (Valet will ich dir geben), continuing with Christmas favorites \"In the Bleak Midwinter\", \"Still, Still, Still\", and \"Angels We Have Heard on High\", an Epiphany standard \"As With Gladness Men of Old\" (Dix), it also includes a Christmas work for trombone (or trumpet) and organ, the peaceful \"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly\". All of these were written on a two manual instrument and are easily playable. The trombone work is aimed at a younger, less experienced musician, with a very supportive organ part. There are full recordings and videos of each on my YouTube channel of OrganGuyPhil. I hope you enjoy playing these holiday works!

ISBN 9780787765927.

For more than thirty years, George Emlen was music director of the legendary \"Christmas Revels,\" a musical and theatrical presentation that explores Christmas music and perspectives from a different world culture each year. Drawing on his deep knowledge and love of the repertoire, Emlen arranged carols from ten different countries as organ solos. This unique Christmas collection is sure to provide something fresh for your seasonal repertoire. The arrangements stand alone as voluntaries or can be combined into varied groupings as concert suites.

Song List: Angels We Have Heard On High On Jordans Banks the Baptists Cry Christians Awake Lo How a Rose Joy To The World O Come All Ye Faithful What Child Is This O Little Town of Bethlehem Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence It Came Upon the Midnight Clear In a Lowly Manger Born Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Song List: O Come O Come Emmanuel He Is Born Of The Fathers Love Begotten First Noel The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came The Good Christian Friends Rejoice How Brightly Shines the Morning Star On Jordans Banks the Baptists Cry

The choralepreludes in this volume combine traditional classical form with stilistic elementsof Celtic folk music such as dance rhythms, syncopation, and ornamental figuresthat give them a certain lightness.

Almost allchorals, almost all of which are ecumenical, were composed for practical use. Therefore,they are mostly kept quite short (about 1 min.) and quote the chorale melodycompletely as cantus firmus in the approximate singing tempo. Some preludes have a quasi baroque design, but most also have a certain Celtic flavor. Indications aboutstops have been omitted, the indications SW (Swell) and HW(Great) just indicatewhere the c. f. is to be emphasized. The preludes arefollowed by accompanying movements. Listen to the youtube video which lets you hear all movements: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqlqjKo3xGg&t=506s