A Christmas Celebration for Organ

A Christmas Celebration is a festive suite of seven familiar carols pleasantly arranged to complement any size choral organization. James Kimball sensitively considers the average church choir and orchestra with this usefulnew work. Community groups will find this piece full of holiday favorites making it perfectly adaptive to carol sings and Christmas concert programming. A full complement of support products is available to enhance yourperformance options. Highly recommended!

This lively carol for SATB and organ won the under-18s category in the 'A Carol for Christmas' competition. Full of catchy rhythms Let Christians All With Joyful Mirth has the chorus and organ imitating rhythms and themes that are sure to stick in the memory.A review in the September 2015 issue of Sunday by Sunday from the Royal School of Church Music says that this work has 'accessible straightforward harmonies but underpinned by an accompaniment alternating 6/8 and 3/4 time' making this 'an arrangement that will enliven any choir's Christmas celebration.'

The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers presents a comprehensive survey of historical organ pieces by women composers alongside six newly commissioned works. The music is stylistically varied and encompasses secular and sacred repertoire from a range of periods. In addition to original organ repertoire, the collection also contains several organ transcriptions in new arrangements for the instrument. ? 42 pieces for manuals and pedals, in a variety of musical forms, suitable for use at church services or as recital repertoire ? Original music for the instrument, spanning the sixteenth century to the present day, including compositions by Amy Beach, Clementine de Bourges, Nadia Boulanger, Jeanne Demessieux, Cecilia McDowall, Clara Schumann, and Ethyl Smyth, plus commissions from Kristina Arakelyan, Miriam Carpinetti, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Isabelle Ryder, Amy Summers, and Rebecca Groom te Velde ? Standalone miniatures, movements from organ sonatas and symphonies, transcriptions of piano, harpsichord, and flute pieces, and an orchestral opera overture ? A variety of difficulty levels, from ABRSM Grades 2-3 through to Diploma standard, with a graded index provided

Snow-covered rooftops lights on the trees sounds of carolers families together... these are some of the many joys of Christmas celebrated in Michael W. Smiths 2007 song recently reissued in a new duet with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland whichadapts beautifully to chorus. You will love performing this in your holiday concerts!

The Planets-The Planets is cast as a single unit consisting of seven movements varying greatly in character each of which describes a planet or a celestial body. Saturn the symbol of pleasure celebration and Christmas. The joyful celebrations of the Romans and the festivities of Christmas are easy to distinguish behind playful Latin rhythms and jubilant sounds.

Par BINGHAM JUDITH. A ten-minute suite consisting of four short pieces aimed at providing aspiring organists with new and progressive repertoire. These pieces celebrate different aspects of a child’s Christmas as seen from an adult perspective and takes influence from the text ‘A Box of Delights’ by John Masefield, with its magical and pagan overtones. In the music there are quotations from other Bingham pieces, and from Christmas carols. Christmas Past Christmas Present is also available for piano (https://www.musicroom.com/judith-bingham-christmas-past-christmas-present-piano-musnov100324). / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Orgue

Instruments: Organ Manuals Mostly ManualsA varied selection of styles and moods from the dreamy lullabies to the celebrative improvisations that will bring a seasonal lift to the service as it progresses.

A jolly Christmas carol-This lively carol was commissioned in 2005 by Lichfield Cathedral Special Choir (now called the Cathedral Chorus) to celebrate the birth of Hannah Scriven and Holly Mason the daughters of the two cathedral organists at that time. The words were specially written by Tony Barnard the then Canon Chancellor at Lichfield and a member of the choir. This carol whilst not entirely foreign to my normal style touches more ‘country and western’/popular buttons than I am in the habit of touching. But I wanted to write a tuneful piece which swayed and danced and reflected the colourful imagery of Tony Barnard’s text. Recommended recording: Comeout Lazar – The shorter choral works of Paul Spicer (Regent REGCD280) by The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge and Claire Innes-Hopkins (organ) directed by Sarah MacDonald. Text: This child of God who’s born on Christmas day whom shepherds view to whom kings homage pay is called to be a shepherd and a king. Sing alleluias praise this wondrous thing. This child of God is shepherd born to lead through pastures green by banks of golden reed; nor left nor right but ever on the way which leads to Calvary and endless day. This child of God this Son of David’s line is root of tree a shoot a fruitful vine it shelter gives to all who see the way which leads them to the cross and Easter day. This child of God this many spangled star is light’ning flash which dazzles near and far; bright light to guide our feet along the way that leads to Calvary and endless day. This child of God is called to save mankind to open eye and ear the heart and mind; to heal and make the lame man leap and play along the road that leads to Easter Day. This child of God let angel voices praise. Give God the glory live his loving ways. Let peace on earth o’er come our worldly strife through all who walk his road throughout their life. Tony Barnard