Organ
SKU: ST.H464
Composed by Various.
Arranged by Norris. Organ
music. Fifteen pieces for
use at Funerals and
Memorial Services.
Arranged by John Norris..
Score. Stainer & Bell
Ltd. #H464. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(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.
