Gentry-Publications - Organ

Organ-Written in the French organ/ toccata style (in the style of Mulet's “Thou Art the Rock”) this is a joyful setting of a popular Christmas classic. While not easy this piece is not outside the reach of the averageorganist who may have experience with this style or with standard French literature. This challenging and rewarding selection is a “showstopper” for a Christmas organ concert or a wonderful postlude for Christmas Eveservices.

Selecting music from the baroque classical and romantic periods Diane Bish has arranged this collection of 20 classical favorites for the organ. Some titles include ?Alleluia? from ?Christmas Oratorio?by Camille Saint-Saens ?Echo Noel? by Louis Claude D'Aquin ?Glory to God in the Highest? by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Handel's ?Hallelujah Chorus.? Spiral bound.

This very moving and expressive selection was adapted from the second movement of Camille Saint-Saens' Symphony for Organ and Orchestra Opus No. 78.

These selections are popular favorites of many organists though several are available only as separate editions. Diane Bish has edited these favorites and put them together in one fine collection with new engravings written-outtrills for easier playing and settings of medium difficulty. Having proved their endurance in using these pieces for concerts and for teaching Bish has compiled a collection of materials that should be in every organist'slibrary. Spiral bound.

Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for their 2012 convention here is the first major work from the pen of Rosephanye Powell. With text from the Book of Jeremiah the four movements follow the prophet's feelings of abandonment and redemption by God. Powell combines this ancient text with music that draws simultaneously from the African American musical heritage as well as the classical music traditions.