Prelude On Lasst Uns Erfreuen is a work by renowned contemporary composer Nico Muhly for Organ. Lasting around 6 minutes it was composed in 2007. The composition was dedicated to Alison Shafer commemorating 25 years of service for Christian Lane and the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ Frederick Maryland. In the September/October 2015 issue of Choir & Organ Stephen Farr writes that this work 'applies a variety of motivic treatments and a corresponding variety of rhythmic twists to the well-known melody...would be effective in either concert or liturgicalcontexts'.

Handbook of classical-modern organ playing-Handbook of classical-modern Organ playing.Barenreiter's two-volume edition is the first to offer a reference work on Organ technique systematically subdivided into 60 exercise units. It provides an overview of all relevant topics on manual and pedal playing based on the tutors by Marcel Dupré Fernando Germani Charles-Louis Hanon and Johannes Brahms as well as on their sequels and supplements. There is also a comprehensive set of exercises to maintain the achieved performance level.This compendium is a tutor for all levels of expertise and training from ambitious semi-professional organists through to fully professional church musicians and conservatorystudents. Furthermore it is aimed at all of those who teach the Organ whether privately or at academies colleges conservatories or universities.Two-volume reference work on Organ technique (Ger/Eng)Covers all relevant areas of manual and pedal playingIncludes a comprehensive set of exercisesConcise introductory text (Ger/Eng)Index for topics and keywords on teaching and performing issuesFor every level of expertise and trainingPeter Wagner (b. Karlstadt 1967) studied Catholic church music (A-level certification) Organ improvisation concert Organ and music theory in Cologne Würzburg and Salzburg. His later career led him to a wide variety of teaching consultancy and jury activities in the areas of Organ playing music theory choral and orchestral conducting voice training and children?s choirs. He has also given concert tours in Germany and abroad. From 2001 to 2003 Wagner was an educational consultant and teacher at the Bavarian State Academy of Music in Hammelburg. Since then he has been cathedral organist and choral director in Minden as well dean church musician for the archbishopric of Paderborn.

Written by J. S. Bach and arranged by Maurice Duruflé for Organ “Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jésus que ma joie demeure) is the tenth movement extract of the “Rejoice Yourself My Soul” The Cantata BWV 147. Part of the expanded version composed for the feast of Visitation it was added to the main Cantata in 1923.This religious piece is quite difficult and features the use of: - Swell: Oboe 8’ - Choir: Bourdons 16’ 8’ Principal 8’ Octave 4’ Fifteen 2’ Mixture - Great: Bourdon 8’ -Pedals: Bourdons 16’ 8’

A solo Organ arrangement of Norgard's 1976 setting of two poems by Ole Sarvig. This challenguing and complex work uses a wide variety of textures throughout from a single melodic line to complex 16-part polyphony. The original choral version was first performed by the Da Camera Choir conducted by Erling Kulberg at St. Mark’s Church Odense in December 1976

As publishers and musicians ourselves we understand the financial restraints faced by many choir directors. Even if you use just one of the pieces in the set you are paying only the usual price of a single choral piece. If youuse two you're getting double value and if you use three four five or more you're quids in! Reflective Music - Set 1 includes seven pieces for the Organ: Adagio (ma non troppo) (John Stainer) Allegretto Tranquillo (Alexandre Guilmant) An Evening Meditation (Stanley Vann) Pastorale (Elizabeth Hill) Reflection (Charles Wood) Reflection (Colin Murphy/Andrew Wright) andThe Angels' Song (Charles Villiers Stanford).

Rakugo or ‘fallen words’ is a traditional form of Japanese entertainment performed by a lone seated storyteller (rakugoka) with very few props if any at all. The complications of each story its dramatic arc characterizations and plot turns are expressed using extremely minimal means relying on the verbal talents of the rakugoka to maintain interest. This idea is explored in this work for solo organ by Tarik O'Regan: Fallen Words. The piece uses a simple pedal-like thread from start to finish around which is woven the performer’s ‘story’. Stephen Farr in the March/April 2015 issue of Choir and OrganMagazine suggests that a 'good performance' of Fallen Words 'will be hypnotic' and 'the ability of the performer to engage an audience with the most subtle of nuances is of crucial importance.'

The Sacred Hour (Reverie) was first published in 1929. It is a musical story of a young priest playing the Organ in a Catholic church when he is interrupted by a choir singing the Ave Maria. He then adapts to this new melody rising to a climax of devotional fervour. Albert William Ketelbey (1875-1959) was a British composer pianist and conductor. He studied Piano at Trinity College of Music in London before branching out and earning a living as a composer and arranger. He became the foremost composer of cinema and light music between the wars so much so that he was hailed as ?Britain?s greatest living composer? in some circles.

These service preludes are well-written accessible melodious and very practical and provide excellent additional literature for church organists.Don Michael Dicie (b.1941)Don Michael Dicie has been fond of spirituals folk songs and plainsong since he began music lessons in elementary school in Birmingham Alabama. During his formal music training he developed his main musical interests of music theory and composition while studying with William Baxter and Hugh Thomas. From 1966 to 1972 he was the organist and choir director at the Cathedral of St. Paul Minnesota. From 1973 to 1994 Dicie taught reading and vocal music in Nashville public schoolsand from 1976 to 1994 was organist and choir director at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin Tennessee. He then served as organist and Church Music Director at Trinity United Methodist Church Franklin Tennessee. In January 2005 Dicie returned to St. Paul's Episcopal Church where he is currently the organist and composer in residence.Contents:Westminster AbbeyAberystwythSlaneMiddlebury

Contemporary English composer and Organist Arthur Wills was Director of Music at Ely Cathedral when he composed this pair of works. He is a prolific composer who has toured extensively as a recitalist made many broadcast appearances and has recorded widely as a soloist and with the Ely Choir

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a prominent in his day best remembered for his Ave Maria and his opera Faust. 1854 saw the premiere of his Messe Solennelle also known as the Messe De Sainte-Cécile. This work fully established Gounod as a noteworthy composer. Despite being a minor composer to us today Gounod was famed in his day so much so that at his funeral Camille Saint-Saëns played the Organ and Gabriel Fauré conducted. Gounod''s Messe Solennelle De Sainte-Cécile proves the composer's extraordinary talent and caught theattention of much of Paris when it was first performed. Famous recordings include that of the Chorus of Radio France with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. For all aspiring choirs Gounod''s Messe Solennelle De Sainte-Cécile is an imperative sublime addition to the repertoire.

Coronation Anthem for Mixed Choir and Orchestra-Zadok The Priest HWV 258 (BA10258) and The King Shall Rejoice HWV 260 (BA10259) are the best-known of the four coronation anthems that Handel wrote for the crowning of George II in London (1727). HWV 258 accompanied the king’s anointment HWV 260 his actual coronation. Thanks to their festive and majestic structure befitting the occasion as well as their spacious scoring for Large Choir and Orchestra it comes as no surprise that motifs from Zadok the priest have found their way into the official hymn of the UEFA Champions League. The present editions by the authoritative Handel scholar Stephan Blaut are the first to offerthese two anthems based on the Urtext from the Halle Handel Edition. Bilingual Forewords (Ger/Eng) Idiomatic Piano reductions Based on the Halle Handel Edition Full score parts and vocal score available for sale

Henry Purcell was an English composer and although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar well into the 19 th century.Edited by Anthony Lewis and Nigel Fortune for SATB Voices (Verse and Chorus) for this Novello edition O Give Thanks Unto The Lord is averse anthem composed to the words of Psalm 106 in 1693. A perfect addition of aBaroque piece to the choir repertoire!

This volume devised by Martin Weyer contains organ music of easy to medium technical difficulty for use at communion. The broad range of styles encompasses Johann Sebastian Bach and early Classical works through to the late Romantic period.

The album contains original compositions and first publications as well as arrangements for organ and twelve pieces for communion in settings by Johann Sebastian Bach with melodies and texts appropriate to communion. Some of the pieces can also be performed with solo instruments (in C, Bb or F). Corresponding instrumental parts are included with the score.

- Organ music of easy to medium technical difficulty for use at communion
- Broad range of styles
- Includes first publications
- Original compositions and arrangements for organ, some which can be performed with solo instruments. / [Musique pour Communion] / Célébrations / Partition /

Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for their 2012 convention here is the first major work from the pen of Rosephanye Powell. With text from the Book of Jeremiah the four movements follow the prophet's feelings of abandonment and redemption by God. Powell combines this ancient text with music that draws simultaneously from the African American musical heritage as well as the classical music traditions.