SKU: CA.1805200

ISBN 9790007100209.

SKU: ST.H449

ISBN 9790220221286.

A well-known teacher and compiler of Stainer & Bell's Opera Gala series, John Norris has created Wedding Gala with an ear to giving church organists a mix of favourites and exciting discoveries to brighten the routine of music for the service of holy matrimony.

No album would be complete without the traditional wedding music of Mendelssohn and Wagner, and it can be found here in this collection alongside other classics of the wedding repertoire by Jeremiah Clarke, Bach and Handel. But there's also a thoroughly contemporary leavening, with arrangements of Sydney Carter's One More Step and Lord of the Dance, both firm favourites, plus Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Charpentier's Prelude, adding a note of splendour.

But the real bonus is for lovers of English music, with Elgar's Chanson de Matin and 'The Call' from the Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, seldom found in comparable collections. And there's also a rare new discovery: the ravishing Chosen Tune by Herbert Howells, transcribed from his Three Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 28, and available as an organ piece for the first time.

Each piece is comprehensively registered by the arranger, and the collection as a whole will be welcomed by all organists of intermediate standard as a source of new material not only for liturgical use but also for recitals.

SKU: JK.09157

Repertoire volume accompanying Keeler and Blackham's Basic Organ Technique (#00018 - a collection of pieces for teaching and learning organ technique, available separately).
Volume includes:
Largo from Sonata, Op. 5, No. 7 - Corelli
Peace Be Unto Thee - Mozart
Durch Adam's Fall - Pachelbel
Benediction - Josquin des Pres
Christus Der Ist Meines Lebens - Marpurg
Duo - Dandrieu
Chorale Prelude In Quiet Joy - Bach
Aus Meines Herzens Grunde - Bach
Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend - Walther
Allein Gott In Der Hoh' Sei Ehr' - Armsdorf
Allein Gott In Der Hoh' Sei Ehr' - Zachau
Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her - Zachau
Prelude in G Minor - Bach
Adagio - Handel
Supplication - Schubert
Pastoral - Zipoli
Prelude and Fugue in G Major - Bach
Tocatta In E Minor - Pachelbel
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Pachelbel
Largo - Vivaldi
Freu Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele - Karg-Elert
Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben - Bach
Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimmme - Walther
Jesu, Word of God Incarnate (Ave Verum) - Mozart
Prelude and Fugue in F Major - Bach
Composer: Various
Editor: J. J. Keeler
Arranger: E. Donnell Blackham
Difficulty: Medium Advanced.

SKU: ST.H464

ISBN 9790220222139.

Well-chosen music is an essential adjunct to the dignity and reverence of funerals and acts of remembrance, comforting those who mourn, and shining light upon the personality of the departed person.

Among these fifteen new arrangements, organists will find a wealth of material from which to select the right piece appropriate to the occasion. There are classics such as Mendelssohn's O rest in the Lord and Handel's Dead March from Saul, romantic masterpieces like Elgar's Nimrod and Mahler's Adagietto, as well as a contemporary favourite, Candle in the Wind, which featured so memorably at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.

A leading arranger and teacher for the organ, John Norris has also included his own Improvisation on Brother James' Air, an arrangement of Sibelius's Finlandia ('Be still, my soul'), and a novelty item The Broken Melody by Auguste van Biene. The collection concludes, appropriately, with Stanford's uplifting Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service in C.