Rhonda Furr teaches at Houston Baptist University is the organist at First Presbyterian Church of Houston and the Coordinator for the AGO National Convention in 2016. This arrangement of “Holy Holy Holy” is one ofher most popular. It works well in a worship service or at concerts.

Oratorio-Immediately after completing “St. Paul” in 1836 Mendelssohn mulled over the idea of composing a further oratorio. However a whole decade elapsed before the composition of “Elijah” which takes as its theme the story of the Biblical prophet from the 1 st Book of Kings.When he received the invitation to write a major work for the Birmingham Music Festival Mendelssohn finally embarked on work on the oratorio. “Elijah” was premiered in 1846 in Birmingham with great success and has enjoyed great popularity ever since.Following the firstperformance Mendelssohn undertook a revision of the oratorio in which whole numbers were removed and new ones substituted. This is the version which was first heard in 1847 in London and which is still performed today.To mark the Mendelssohn anniversary year 2009 the Mendelssohn specialist Douglass Seaton Professor at Florida State University prepared a critical new edition of the oratorio. The edition reflects the latest research findings and includes both English and German singing texts.A critical commentary completes the new edition.- One of Mendelssohn’s most popular works in an edition reflecting the latest editorial knowledge- Bärenreiter-Urtext including numbers from the original version for the first time- English and German singing texts- Critical Commentary (Eng)

Joan Cabanilles Selected Works for OrganVolume I: BA11228Volume II: BA11229Although quite some time has passed since the multifaceted organ music from Spain's Golden Age could be called an ?insider's tip? it had yet to attain popularity with any wide audience outside the countries of the Iberian Peninsula. The three-volume Urtext edition of selected works by Joan Cabanilles the cathedral organist from Valencia now has every chance of becoming a milestone in its own right. The Iberian organ tradition of the 17th century appears to have reached its climax in his tientos diferencias and versos. In the first two volumes the editors Gerhard Doderer and MiguelBernal Ripoll present a total of 22 of his most appealing and most significant tientos.Urtext edition based on the latest research findingsPreface by the editors (in German English and Spanish)

Our hymn preludes are always popular choices and the wide range in this edition helps you add valuable thematic material to any service.

English Organist and composer Henry Smart was one of a family of accomplished musicians active in the 19th century. During his lifetime Smart was widely considered to be one of the premiere composers in British history but that popularity was not sustained in the years since his death. He is best known now for the hymn tune Regent Square which is sung to Angels From the Realms of Glory.This Organ Postlude In C reveals Smart to have been an accomplished composer with an excellent understanding of his instrument and undoubtedly of the musical tastes of his era.

4 Interludes-The music of small forms was what the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845 1924) focused on. In 1874 after many years spent in the 'provinces' the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of organist in Paris; later he not only worked as a church musician but also as a teacher.In the summer of 1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane Op. 50 originally intended for a concert providing light entertainment which soon gained wide popularity as an orchestral setting with and without the chorus added by Fauré. The romantic slightly melancholic melody is a catchy tune which thanks to the present arrangement can now also be performed soloistically with piano accompaniment.