Two Carols for Organ

20 spectacular arrangements-In Carols for Organists Colin Mawby has taken 20 of the most widely used carols and worked his magic on them. These are not just last-verse treatments but complete mini recompositions for each tune. There is anIntroduction (the sort that always sounds impressive but which contains enough of the hymn tune to act as an encouragement to the congregation) the standard harmonisation a short Interlude before the last verse and a last-versearrangement of great beauty and originality followed by a fitting few bars of conclusion. Colin Mawby's approach to this well-loved music is unique: he brings new life to the carol tradition.

Festal Voluntaries for Organ -- Advent is a superb resource. It collects six adaptations for Organ of traditional hymn tunes and carols by six different important Organists of the 20th century. The collection includes:Toccata-Prelude on Wachet auf by Francis JacksonFantasia on Veni Emmanuel by Heathcote StathamVoluntary on Winchester New by C S LangMeditation on Conditor Alme by Alec RowleyRhapsody on Helmsley by William Lloyd WebberThe church or cathedral Organist will certainly find works suited to the season and the instrument in this collection.

Organists and keyboard players in search of appropriate music for the Christmas season will welcome this rich selection of noels or carols by three renowned 18th-Century French organ composers Louis-Claude Daquin Jean-Francois Dandrieu and Claude-Benigne Balbastre. Each composition is a set of variations on a French carol popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The music is highly ornamented in the French classical style and moderate to advanced in difficulty. Reprinted from authoritative editions.

Noël 2 is an exciting collection of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed voice choirs, which follows on from the highly acclaimed Noël! Volume 1 (Catalogue No. NOV310800). The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: from Byrd and Sweelinck, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages to Howells and Leighton, and work by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Eric Whitacre, John Tavener Tarik O'Regan and Richard Allain. Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. Selected and edited by David Hill, Choral Advisor to Novello, Chief Conductor of the BBC singers, Musical Director of The Bach Choir, Chief Conductor of The Southern Sinfonia and Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Southampton in 2002 in recognition of his Services to Music. 'Noël was a welcome addition to the Christmas list for decent standard choirs - Noël 2 adds even more to the repertoire in a handy volume... The main enticements are some fantastic new arrangements of old favourites, a number of works previously only available in single sheets (Whitacre's Lux Arumque among others) and some fantastic new surprises. Adrian Peacock's Venite, Gaudete is a wonderfully original and vibrant setting, Richard Rodney Bennet's I Wonder as I Wander is both reflective and effective, and there are plenty more. Some of the pieces here will challenge your choir, but there's a vast amount to get the Christmas inspiration flowing. ' - Jonathan Wikeley, Music Teacher November 2009 '?an outstanding resource for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany ' Andrew Stewart, Choir and amp - Organ November/December 2010 Noel! 2 Interview With David Hill by Musicroom / Choeur SATB Et Orgue (Ou Piano)

An anthology of Carols and Anthems by Kenneth Leighton one of the most distinguished of the British post-war composers chiefly regarded today for his choral output. This anthology includes many pieces that are less well known and find themselves in no other collection. Arranged for mixed voice choir SATB and organ.

The third of a trilogy of choral works A Year's Carols for SATB Choir and Organ commissioned by David Whitehead and the choir of St John's Cathedral Portsmouth. This is a vibrant setting of an English translation of traditional Flemish text.

A prolific editor and arranger for the organ Best also composed church music carols glees piano music orchestral pieces as well as works for the organ. Major works for the 'King of Instruments' include 'Four Concert Fantasias' of which 'Fantasia on a Welsh March' is number two in the set. Based on the Welsh tune 'Men of Harlech' it subjects the march to virtuosic treatment that makes demands on both player and instrument. It is a fine work and worthy of inclusion in any recital programme.

POD Firm Sale Only- Duration:  5 - 6 minutes This work was commissioned as the final voluntary in the 2005 Christmas Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge. It was broadcast live on Christmas Eve 2005 on BBC Radio Three and again in a repeat transmission on Christmas Day performed by the Senior Organ Scholar Tom Winpenny to whom it is dedicated.

Designed specially for schools without an SATB choir this collection contains 21 settings for unison and two-part voices. These arrangements all compatible with The Novello Book Of Carols are scored for tuned and untuned percussion two melody parts (each in C and B flat) guitar chords bass line and simplified piano. These carols provide the ideal opportunity of junior and middle school choirs to join adult choirs in performance whilst fulfilling the need for ensemble music throughout the year. Edited by William Llewellyn.

John Innes has set some beautiful carols of Christmas in this third volume especially for the Advent season: Joy to the World £ Lo How a Rose E're Blooming £ What Child Is This £ and more.