Songs of Praise for Organ by television music composer Herbert Chappell was commissioned by the BBC in 1980 as the signature theme for the long running television programme of the same name and continued to be used until the late 1980s. This piece is lively toccata underpinned by a hymn-like melody and is suitable for organists of moderate abilities and may be used as a thrilling recital piece. 'I decided it should be a lively toccata; this I underpinned with a broad-shouldered hymn-like melody rather than a choral. It was recorded for television by Simon Preston at the organ of Christ Church Oxford and quickly became somethingif a favourite with organists all around the world (possibly because it sounds impressively virtuostic and makes a lot of noise but is not that difficult to play). For example it brought a spirited conclusion to the service that celebrated with a pack congregation the life of Dame Thora Hird for so many years the presenter of the programme on BBC television.' Herbet Chappell 29th September 2010

The Ten Choral Preludes for Organ are intended for both liturgical purposes and concert performance. For this reason the notation is written in two staves which is not usual for the Organ. The former of the two purposes forced the composer to respect certain limitations of technical complexity so that even an untrained organist could perform the pieces. The themes to each overture are taken from Bohemian Brethren chorales which appear in their original form as brief ?intonations? in the first few bars preceding each overture. The piece was composed in 1971.Contents:O svetlo Trojice svatá / Es geht daher des Tages Schein / Oh Light the HolyTrinity.Ej nuz lacn z zniv / Wohlauf die ihr hungrig seid / Ye Who Are Hungry and Trinity.D ky vzdávám / Ich Dank dir schon durch deinen Sohn / I giv Thank.In Natali Domino.Jiz zasla slunce záre / Hinunter ist der Sonne Schein / The Sunshine Has Departed.Umucen N. P. Jezu Krista / Jesu Kreuz Leiden und Pein / The Suffering of Our Lord Jesus Christ.O clovece povstaniz / Sonne der Gerechtigkeit / Oh Man Arise.Hr chu svych oplakej / Es sind doch selig alle / Bewail Thy Sins.Nastala noc / Die Nacht ist gekommen / Night Has Fallen.Jat jsem v tom rozveselen / Lob Gott getrost mit Singen / I Rejoice In It

The Blue Rose Variations is one of several works in which the composer has drawn on ragtime and blues. The organ work is based on two transformations of the popular piano piece To A Wild Rose (Woodland Sketches Op.51 No.1) by the American composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908). During the course of the Variations To A Wild Rose appears as a blues and also as a classical rag often as both together.The sections are Theme: a quiet blues; Variation I: a pedal solo in varied metres based on the blues in fast tempo; Variation II: the first appearance of the rag as a background to the blues as a 2' pedal solo; Variation III: a version of Variation I nowinvolving manuals too; Variation IV: another blues solo against the rag; Variation V: another version of Variation I with the pedal solo almost entirely transferred to the manuals; Variation VI: a final confrontation between the blues and the rag now much decorated. First performed in New York in April 1986. Duration c.15 mins.

Complete Organ Works Volume III: Organist at the Church ?La Madeleine?: Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue (1890) Messe de Mariage:Cinq Pièces pour Orgue (1891)During his tenure at ?La Madeleine? in Paris Théodore Dubois composed a large number of Organ works. Volume III together with the already published Volumes II and IV brings Barenreiter's first complete Urtext edition of this body of music to a close. It contains Trois Pièces (Praeludium-grave Adoratio et Vox Angelica Hosannah) and the well-known and frequently performed wedding piece Messe de Mariage (Entrée du Cortège Bénédiction nuptiale Offertoire Invocation Laus Deo [Sortie]).Like thetwo previous volumes this volume contains many facsimile pages a Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) a catalogue of sources and a detailed Foreword that sheds light on the composer?s life instrument-specific issues and performance practice.First complete Urtext edition of Théodore Dubois? Organ worksBased on the latest research findingsSuitable for church worship and concert performanceDetailed Foreword Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) and facsimile pagesAlready published:Théodore Dubois: Complete Organ WorksVolume I: Early Works and Works with little or facultative pedal use BA8468Volume II: Organist at the Church ?La Madeleine?: Douze Pièces pour Orgue ou Piano-Pédalier (1886) BA8469 Volume IV: Organist at the Church ?La Madeleine?: Douze Pièces nouvelles (1893) / Ascendit Deus (1902) BA8471Volume V: His Last Organ Works: Dix Pièces (nouvelles) (1921) / Fantasietta avec Variations (1922) BA9208

Louis Vierne (1870-1937) studied privately with Cesar Franck and was appointed titulaire organist at Notre-Dame (Paris) in 1900. Numerous concert tours throughout Europe and the USA made him well-known outside France.Vierne?s Organ works are masterpieces of Organ music and are firm favourites in the virtuoso Organ repertoire. In particular Vierne raised the form of the Organ symphony to a stylistic peak.The famous collection of ?Pieces de Fantaisie? comprising 24 fantasy pieces in four volumes (Livres I-IV) has become internationally known. With their varying degrees of difficulty the pieces are suitable for bothprofessional organists as well as advanced pupils and students.The collection comprises mainly individual movements which are suitable for use on many different types of occasion.The ?Pieces en style libre pour orgue ou harmonium? comprising 24 pieces in two volumes are shorter and technically easier. These are ?miniatures? of a rather meditative character equally suitable for Organ teaching or concert use.- Evaluation of all available autograph manuscripts first printed editions and previously unpublished letters.- Editorial clarification superseding the long-standing international correction lists.- Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) and foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) with detailed performance practice tips.- Numerous illustrations and facsimile pages.

Präludien und Fugen I - mit CD-ROM-Breitkopf Urtext edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's Complete Organ Works. Music text faithful to the sources and reflecting the current status of Bach research. Developed for musical practice through the cooperation of scholars and performers. Contains all of Bach's Keyboard works that require an independent pedal manual. Contains all authentic early versions and fragmentarily transmitted or dubious works that can be attributed to Bach with a fair amount of certainty. Features comprehensive introductions extensive source descriptions and text-critical notes. Featuressupplementary material illustrated synoptically on CD-ROM (in printable quality) Brochure in large format (32 x 25 cm) and compact music engraving clear easy to read with convenient page turns. With repertoire works musicians often have the choice between editions conceived for practical music-making and others that are more scholarly in concept. This also applies to the Organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach which are available today in various editions. Among them is that of Heinz Lohmann which Breitkopf & H?rtel began publishing in 1967 and whose concept strove for an amalgamation of practice and Urtext. Current Urtext status historically informed edited with performers in mind:More than 40 years later the demands made on a new Urtext edition of Bach's Organ works are as stringent as ever before. Next to the results of scholarly research on Bach and the sources aspects of a historically informed performance practice are increasingly claiming our attention today. Also important for study teaching and concert performance are in addition to the above-mentioned demands such external criteria as format paper convenient page turns and an easily legible layout that helps the user quickly grasp the musical context. The new edition beginning in 2010 also contains all Keyboard works with pedal and the 'dubious works' that are hardly dubious anymore.This edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's Organ works wants to do justice to these demands. Next to the core contents of

Pieces for Organ without pedal-At the cutting edge of scholarship.Music in every key for church worship and concert performance.Detailed Foreword Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) and facsimiles.Volume VI presents 42 easy to moderately difficult pieces without pedal for Organ or Harmonium in every key and brings the complete edition of Theodore Dubois Organ works to a close. With their contrasting length and character the pieces offer a wide range of performance possibilities both inside and outside the liturgy.Since Dubois was a master of melody several of the pieces can also be rendered on the Piano further enhancing the collection's practicalvalue.Already published:Volume I: Early Works and Works with Minimal or Optional Use of the Pedals BA 8468Volume II: Organist an La Madeleine Douze Pi?cesBA 8469Volume III: Trois Pi?ces pour Grand Orgue (1890) Messe de Mariage Cinq Pi?cesBA 8470Volume IV: Organist an La Madeleine Douze Pi?ces Nouvelles Offertoire pour la f?te de l???AscensionBA 8471Volume V: Dix Pieces pour Grand Orgue; Fantasietta avec Variations BA 9208

St Asaph Toccata was commissioned by Symphony Hall Birmingham as part of the Bach to the Future Series. The composer writes: 'The original title for the piece was Toccata Machine as I had an image of the gigantic Symphony Hall organ as some kind of mad machine uncontrollably spewing out manic toccata figuration. Except for a short oasis of calm two-thirds of the way through the piece is very loud and has millions of notes in it. The eventual title refers to the street in South London where I live rather than the Welsh Saint Asaph'.

Bach: Complete Organ Works Vol. 6 Clavierübung III / Schübler-Choräle / Canonische Veränderungen über 'Vom Himmel hoch' - ed. by Werner Breig Bach Organ Works Printed During the Composer's Lifetime Volume 6 contains the chorale-related organ works that Bach personally had printed: the Dritte Theil der Clavier Übung was published (for organists) in 1739; the Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle) and the Canonische Veränderungen were released in separate editions most likely in 1747/48. None of these collections had from the start the appearance which the composer considered as valid in the end. For this reason, Werner Breig focuses in particular on questions of origin in his introduction. Fundamental findings on the genesis of the Clavier Übung III were made only after the publication of the work in the Neue Bach-Ausgabe. The basically unproblematic state of the sources means that this volume contains no CD-ROM with supplementary materials. It was, however, considered editorially necessary to print the Canonische Veränderungen BWV 769 in three versions: as a facsimile of the original print, in a practical arrangement, and in the autograph version (BWV 769a). Table des matières 1 Praeludium pro Organo pleno BWV 552/1 2 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 669 3 Christe, aller Welt Trost BWV 670 4 Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 671 5 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 672 6 Christe, aller Welt Trost BWV 673 7 Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 674 8 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 675 9 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676 10 Fughetta super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 677 11 Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot BWV 678 12 Fughetta super Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot BWV 679 13 Wir gläuben all an einen Gott BWV 680 14 Fughetta super Wir gläuben all an einen Gott BWV 681 15 Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV 682 16 Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV 683 17 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV 684 18 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV 685 19 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 686 20 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 687 21 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 688 22 Fuga super Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 689 23 Duetto I BWV 802 24 Duetto II BWV 803 25 Duetto III BWV 804 26 Duetto IV BWV 805 27 Fuga pro Organo pleno BWV 552/2 28 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (Choräle von verschiedener Art / ?Schübler-Choräle?, Nr. 1) 29 Wo soll ich fliehen hin oder Auf meinen lieben Gott BWV 646 (Choräle von verschiedener Art / ?Schübler-Choräle?, Nr. 2) 30 Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 647 (Choräle von verschiedener Art / ?Schübler-Choräle?, Nr. 3) 31 Meine Seele erhebt den Herren BWV 648 (Choräle von verschiedener Art / ?Schübler-Choräle?, Nr. 4) 32 Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 649 (Choräle von verschiedener Art / ?Schübler-Choräle?, Nr. 5) 33 Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter BWV 650 (Choräle von verschiedener Art / ?Schübler-Choräle?, Nr. 6) 34 Einige canonische Veränderungen über ?Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her? BWV 769 (Faksimile des Originaldrucks / Fassung des Originaldrucks in spielpraktischer Einrichtung / Fassung des Autographs BWV 769a)

Suite Française For Organ by Jean Langlais is a set of ten French pieces for Organ. Of increasing difficulty these pieces require an advanced knowledge of the instrument its technique and of the use of pedals. The book is divided in the following pieces: I. Prélude sur les grands jeux - Allegro II. Nazard - Moderato III. Contrepoint sur des jeux d’anche – Espressivo IV. Française - Allegro V. Choral sur la voix humaine - Andantino VI. Arabesque sur les flutes - Vivace VII. Méditation sur les jeux de fonds - Largo VIII. Trio - Moderato IX. Voix céleste – Vivo/Lento X. Final Rhapsodique - Vivo Jean Langlais was a French composer who contributed greatly to the Organ repertoire.

Judith Weir's The Tree Of Peace was composed in 2016 for Organ. Commissioned in loving memory of Richard Axtell (1952-2015) talented and much-loved organist at the Parish of St. Andrew West Tarring. 'It'senormously inspiring to see the Master of the Queen's Music turning her attention to the organ once again. Judith Weir's The Tree Of Peace is a short piece commissioned in memory of the organist Richard Axtell... Despite thesimplicity of the music it carries all the hallmarks of Weir's unmistakeably refined idiom.' - Stephen Farr Choir and Organ Jan 2018 From the Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir comes The Tree ofPeace which was commissioned in memory of Richard Axtell organist of the parish church in West Tarring West Sussex. It was given its first performance there by Charles Harrison on the 17 June 2017. It lasts some 4 minutes andproves to be a thoroughly engaging piece in her customary refined idiom. It is in three main sections with a graded increase of tempo throughout. Thematic material is presented at the start cantabile. The central sectionprovides an energetic development marked animato leading to the conclusion molto mosso which gives the theme as in the opening but in augmentation. Throughout I feel an orchestral sense of colour and interrelationships inthe music - and have found it delightful to play. A modest two manual and pedal instrument with some contrasted quiet colours available will suffice and the technical demands are by no means severe. A delightful addition to therepertoire of short self-contained delightful pieces. - Organists' Review Duration: Approx 4 minutes.

Fantaisie sur un chant populaire basque. Par ROTH DANIEL. “The pretty Basque song “Iru erége”, which tells of the three wise men from the Orient travelling to Bethlehem to worship the baby Jesus, gave me the idea for a musical interpretation of this astonishing event (Gospel according to Matthew II, 1-12). In registering the work for the wonderful organ in Santa Maria del Coro I wished to pay homage to the great organ-builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, who died a century ago. The performer should aim to reproduce the wonderful sound qualities of that organ as closely as possible on the instrument available to them, or else find their own solutions in the spirit of this piece.” Daniel Roth/ Répertoire / Orgue