A transcription justifies itself only by forgetting that it is a transcription and by incorporating the 'new' instrument into the work as it were Jean Guillou writes in the preface to this edition.Especially transcribing a work for organ which was originally written for piano possesses a certain risk. Such a transcription should not sound like a piano score played on the organ. Rather the specific possibilities offered by the organ have to be considered. That is why typically pianistic passages have to be rewritten to get an organistic character. Jean Guillou has masterfully succeeded in turning this great piano and orchestral work into a work for organ.

The organ part and reduced score Symphony No. 4 - An Organ Symphony (2008) by Poul Ruders. Full score: WH31186 Orch. parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk Preface / Programme Note When introducing a large-scale symphonic work not only as a symphony but as an organ symphony it would be impossible not to think of and perhaps compare it with Camille Saint-Saëns’s famous SYMPHONY NO. 3 popularly known as the Organ Symphony. Well that is a risk I am prepared to take – and live with the consequences.Saint-Saëns however listed his work as a symphony avec/withorgan. The organ only appears in two out of the four sections of thepiece. In my symphony the instrument plays a far more significant part and is featured in all four movements. But it is not a concerto for organ and orchestra rather a symphony with organo obligato - a symphony with an organ part of a soloistic nature. So an Organ Symphony it is. The first movement PRELUDE is exactly that: a foreplay to what is in store for the rest of the symphony. It is slow (very slow!) and predominantly hushed: the organ and the orchestra wake up side-by-side getting to know one another.The second movement CORTÈGE is a slowly moving processional and it evokes extreme solemnity and austerity. Later on the music takes flight and the atmosphere lightens considerably a far more playful music emerging.This leads to the third movement ETUDE an exercise in instrumental virtuosity and technical challenge.The fourth and last movement is called CHACONNE but I could just as well have named it passacaglia (the definition of those two terms seems to blur even among the learned). Bearing in mind the last movement of Johannes Brahms´s SYMPHONY NO.4 which is universally agreed on as being a passacaglia I chose to avoid the Wrath of the Gods and opted for

Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer music teacher and conductor. Stanford composed a substantial number of concert works including seven symphonies but his best-remembered pieces are his choral works for church performance chiefly composed in the Anglican tradition. Admitted to Queens College Cambridge with an Organ scholarship Stanford had written a substantial number of compositions including vocal music both sacred and secular and orchestral works before getting involved with the university’s Musical Society. While still an undergraduate Stanford was appointed organist of Trinity College Cambridge.Part of the‘Four Intermezzi Op. 189’ Intermezzo On An Irish Air for Organ is based on the melody of the well-known ‘Londonderry Air’. The traditional Irish tune was first collected in the mid 19th century by Jane Ross and is recognised all around the world by the Irish Diaspora. Duration ca. 6:20.

Music for Manuals-As publishers and church musicians ourselves we understand the financial restraints faced by many organists.So here's our contribution to the solution: several pieces for the price of one. Even if you use just one of thepieces in the set you are paying only the usual price of a single Organ piece. If you use two you're getting double value and if you use three four five or more you're quids in!Music For Manuals: Joyful Music -Set 2 includes 11 well-known pieces for the Organ repertoire: Gavotte (William Boyce) Gavotte from Suite No. 3 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Jubilato Deo (Norman Warren) Little Toccata(Elizabeth Hill) March (Richard Lloyd) March from the Occasional Oratorio (George Frideric Handel) Sortie (Robert Jones) Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke) Trumpeting Tune (JuneNixon) Two Trumpet Tunes and Air (Henry Purcell) and Use the Reeds (Colin Mawby).

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).