The 'organ plus brass? series presents original works and arrangements for organ and brass choir specially tailored to meet the needs of amateur ensembles and non-professional organists. The pieces may be played by any constellation of brass ensemble.Volume IV contains arrangements of church music by Charles Villiers Stanford, both chorale-based and freely composed. The original works for choir an…

The 'organ plus brass? series presents original works and arrangements for organ and brass choir specially tailored to meet the needs of amateur ensembles and non-professional organists. The pieces may be played by any constellation of brass ensemble.Volume IV contains arrangements of church music by Charles Villiers Stanford, both chorale-based and freely composed. The original works for choir an…

This useful series is ideal for keyboard players who find themselves playing church organs for village services. Each volume provides a wide selection of material suitable for use as voluntaries for which pedal parts are not required.Volume 4 contains: BACH JS - Adagio from Organ Concerto in A minor BWV593, BATTISHILL - Voluntary, DANDRIEU - Basse et Dessus de Trompette from Magnificat in A, FELTO…

It may come as a surprise to learn that Anton Webern's delicate, refined and intimate music can be transferred to the organ. Xavier Durasse (1934-1992), a pupil of Durufle and Messiaen, has produced an organ adaptation of the famous three-movement Variations for piano op. 27 (1936), a groundbreaking composition in serial music. His arrangement is accompanied by judicious registration marks and div…

Par OGDEN NIGEL. Easy liturgical organ music in an accessible modern style is always welcome, and Nigel Ogden, well-known contributor to Stainer & Bell’s ‘Light Organ’ series and host of ‘the Organist Entertains’ on BBC Radio 2, has composed fifteen new pieces for use within the communion service or other acts of worship. They are suitable both for traditional and electronic keyboard instruments, …

The Orgelbüchlein Project is a collective composition project aiming to complete Bach's unfinished manuscript known as 'Orgelbüchlein'. In the 'Little Organ Book', Bach laid out a complete hymnal of short organ chorale, 164 in all, but only completed 46 of them. Why the remaining 118 were left as blank pages, with only a title at the head, remains a mystery, but they inspired organists William Whi…

French organist and composer, Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) is also remembered as a significant pedagogue. His Complete Study of the Fugue is an excellent introduction to the important technique. The book is in two parts, the secondgiving focus to elements such as the subject, the coda, modulations, the pedal, and structure, amongst other aspects. Dupré studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Louis Vie…

Par CERHA FRIEDRICH. Cerha (b. 1926) has had a long, varied, and distinguished career as composer, conductor, educator, and more. Having written many orchestral and chamber works, along with a number of works for solo instruments, Cerha has turned his attention to the king of instruments with a new set of inventions and preludes for organ. Written in 2011 and 2012, Cerha's new organ works add his …

Since the last movement of this piece, which is perhaps the most beautiful of Hindemith's pieces, is a chorale, a version for string instrument plus organ is the obvious work to publish. Thus, 'Trauermusik' can now be performed in churches as well.Versions of 'Trauermusik' for viola or violin or violoncello with piano have been available for quite some time. Now, organists too can include this fam…