Album for organ solo from the composer of the much-recorded 'Miroir?. The album consists of four pieces of between 2½ and 4 minutes' duration respectively. 'Play it cool!? was composed as the mandatory test piece in the 2012 First Breda International Organ Competition, with the Grote Kerk's four-manual Flentrop/Van den Heuvel instrument in mind. As the title suggests, the piece makes great play on syncopated, jazz- and rock-inflected figures. Suitable for advanced standard performers. 'The Messenger on the Hill?, while similarly syncopated and witty, is within easy reach of intermediate standard players. Laid out for two-manual instrument it features an almost continuous oscillating left-hand figure with right-hand melody and a very simple pedal part. 'Rejoice!? is an arrangement of a work for saxophone and organ, made at the request of, and in collaboration with, Thomas Trotter. A duo for contrasting manuals, with a simple, syncopated bass part in the pedals. Suitable for advanced standard performers. '­Passacaglia?, also for two-manual instrument, is composed almost entirely for the white notes. The simple passacaglia theme is repeated throughout on the pedals. Above this, melodic material derived from the theme is played in the right hand against a sustained, chordal left-hand accompaniment. Later on, there is dialogue between the hands, with some optional ornamentation in the right hand. Suitable for intermediate standard performers. / Orgue

pour Orgue-Six Études Op. 5 is a set of studies for Organ by Jeanne Demessieux with a preface by Marcel Dupré. For upper-intermediate and above players these studies were conceived to help the progression of the player to enable them to acquire the necessary skills and to maintain their high level. Each study focuses on a special aspect and uses both hands and feet: 1. E minor: Alternating toes-tend 2. B major: Alternating thirds 3. F sharp major: Alternating sixths 4. F major: Alternating chords 5. E major: Repeated notes 6. C sharp minor: octaves Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968) was a Frenchorganist pianist composer and pedagogue. She studied Organ with Marcel Dupré and was the main organist at La Madeleine in Paris.

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 distinctive voice to the repertoire. For intermediate to advanced organists./ Répertoire / Orgue

Jehan Alain (1911-1940) was a French organist and composer. The second volume of Alain's Organ Works is comprised of Variations on a Theme by Clément Jannequin The Suspended Garden and Aria as well as other favourites from the composer. Alain studied with Organ virtuosos Guilmant and Vierne and was primarily an organist and composer of religious music. Whilst at the Paris Conservatoire Alain won many prizes and his composition catalogue comprises some 140 works. The compositions in the second volume of Organ Works by Jehan Alain are full of life mirroring his personality. From lively and comical pieces to sensitive and unexpected works Alain's pieces are diverse in musicality. Moreover the composer exploits Organ techniques making for an exciting and varied collection for intermediate to advanced level organists.

3 Fantaisies et Fugues / 5 Toccatas et Fugues-Part of the Organ collection by J. S. Bach this 3rd Volume The Little Organ Book – Three Fantasies and Fugues five Toccatas and Fugues is an edition of the Orgelbüchlein composed from 1708 to 1717. First published in 1900 this volume is translated in English and French and features the annotation of Marcel Dupré a French organist to help the performer get the most out of the music. This third book contains the eight following pieces: - Fantasia and Fugue – C minor - Fantasia and Fugue – G minor - Fantasia and Fugue – A minor - Toccata Adagio and Fugue– C major - Toccata and Fugue – D minor - Toccata and Fugue – D minor - Toccata and Fugue – E major - Toccata and Fugue – F major The preface of these Three Fantasies and Fugues five Toccatas and Fugues is well written with explanations of the comments and descriptions of the techniques to use for a good interpretation of this work. This volume can be used by intermediate players and above.

All-time classical favourites-This collection presents manuals-only Organ arrangements of ten favourite classical melodies from a variety of composers including Mahler Bruch Beethoven Mozart Pachelbel Handel Allegri and Vivaldi. A Classic TopTen for Manuals is an essential classical collection for the organist arranged for intermediate level.

Hommage À Frescobaldi by Jean Langlais is a set of eight pieces for Organ. Dedicated to his professor Marcel Dupré these pieces require the use of pedals and could be practised by upper-intermediate / advanced players. The pieces are: 1. Prélude au Kyrie 2. Offertoire 3. Elevation 4. Communion 5. Fantaisie 6. Antienne 7. Thème et variations 8. Épilogue While all the pieces include keyboard and pedals the epilogue is a pedal solo. Girolamo Frescobaldi was an Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque period who was also appointedSt Peter’s main organist. His work was some of the most influential music of the 17th century. Jean Langlais was a French composer who contributed prolifically to the Organ repertoire.

Beginning and intermediate organists can sample a wide variety of composers and styles with this excellent collection. Ranging from Palestrina's 16th-century Ricercare to latter-day works such as Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Improvisation on 'Nearer My God to Thee ' it spans more than four centuries of music.Selected from authoritative sources by musicologist and organist Rollin Smith this compilation features such famous works as J. S. Bach's Pastorale BWV 590; Couperin's Chaconne in F; and Handel's Concerto No. 13 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale.' Other well-known selections include compositions by Brahms Gounod Haydn Liszt Mendelssohn Vierne andWidor.Dover Original.

Edited by C.H. Trevor this book selectively compiles 27 intermediate standard pieces for organ. Although the pieces have suggestions for registration on an organ of two (and sometimes three) manuals all the pieces can be played effectively on a one-manual instrument with appropriate stops. The pedals can be used at the player's discretion. Composers such as Scarlatti Telemann Charpentier Mozart Franck and Pachelbel all appear in this edition which boasts music spanning 200 years and more.

Suitable for intermediate and experienced organists this appealing collection features 43 organ works in slow tempo. Its tremendous variety includes pieces by such celebrated composers for organ as J. S. Bach Guilmant Vierne and Widor as well as works by Brahms Couperin Mendelssohn Mozart Schumann Saint-Saëns and others.

W G Alcock was among the most highly respect cathedral Organists of the early twentieth century and had the unique distinction of having performed in Westminster Abbey for the coronations of three English monarchs Edward VII George V and George VI. He was Organist of Salisbury Cathedral for thirty years and travelled extensively as an Organ recitalist.His compositions for Organ are now performed less frequently than they once were. These short voluntaries would be appropriate for the intermediate level Organist.

Virgil Fox has arranged here a stirring and powerful organ arrangement of Bach???s setting of the famous hymn as originally presented by Bach in his Cantata No. 79. This version should be within the reach of most late intermediate level organists with uncomplicated pedaling and a nice variety of registration suggestions included.

This is a marvellous collection of pieces by Henry Purcell newly arranged for the Organ by concert organist Martin Setchell. Purcell's music is perfectly suited to the Organ and a number of his pieces have long been popular with players. This volume brings together a range of well-known pieces - trumpet tunes the Rondeau from Abdelazer Dido's Lament and movements from The Fairy Queen - and combines these with a wonderful selection of lesser-known pieces from across Purcell's work. There are sprightly tunes and hornpipes from the stage works lovely reflective songs and airs and a wide range of dances and chaconnes. The result is a set of pieceswith wise and varied church and concert use perfectly accessible to intermediate players and making a valuable addition to any organist's repertoire. Martin Setchell is Associate Professor of Music University Organist and tutor in Organ at the University of Canterbury School Of Music New Zealand. He combines his university teaching and research career with a busy and international schedule of recitals and concerts as soloist accompanist and continuo player on Organ and Harpsichord.

For the intermediate player the second volume in a series of graded pieces for solo Organ edited and compiled by Anne Marsden Thomas.Incorporating popular as well as more obscure pieces this is a superb collection containing great variety and contrast.

Organ-This wonderful collection of Christmas carols has been set by France's master of the organ Jean Langlais. It contains some of the best-loved tunes arranged for the intermediate to advanced player. Titles include: Angels We HaveHeard on High • He Is Born • In Dulci Jubilo • Joy to the World • O Come All Ye Faithful • Silent Night.