This second volume focuses on Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, but some titles are suitable for general worship as well. Titles include: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Appalachian Carol; God Rest Ye
This vibrant and resounding collection enthusiastically welcomes our Risen Christ on Easter morning! These three settings of very familiar hymn tunes provide three moments of musical celebration,
Easter Carillon is characterized by successive shifts of tonalities one third apart (B-flat to D or F to A-flat). During the course of the piece, suggestions of the traditional carillon tune appear
This exciting medley of the most famous and widely used Easter hymns is arranged for multiple ensembles with piano accompaniment. The melodies that are used and often intertwine with each other in
Beginning with a calm, reverent setting, these solos are expressive throughout. The middle section is somewhat freer in melodic presentation with the solo treated more as an obbligato line. The quiet ending
This sacred set of solos is presented in a reverent setting for Lent and Holy Week services. The soloist is provided the opportunity for musical expression with a fluid cadenza before the
This well-known piece, based on the tune EASTER HYMN, is arranged for brass quintet or sextet with timpani and organ at the medium level.
This magnificent collection at the intermediate level deserves a spot in every church music library! Each setting includes a festive introduction, a standard hymnal harmonization, and a last stanza
Imaginative and professional writing combine to make this collection quite delightful for the brass quintet to perform. The arrangements are all musically intriguing yet easy enough to be presented by the
This chorale prelude is in the form of a fantasia as it uses phrases from this hymn interspersed with a lot of free material. It can serve as either a prelude or postlude. The trombone uses a syncopated
A setting for brass quartet and organ of this classic festive composition.
Combine the memorable melody of this Keith Getty and Stuart Townend selection with the remarkable arranging talents of Mark Hayes, and you are assured an inspired instrumental addition to your worship
A collection of familiar hymns appropriate for the Easter season. The solos are arranged in a straightforward fashion, although frequent obbligato and variation passages are interwoven with the familiar
Powerful and compelling, this striking arrangement combines the tune for Jesus Christ Is Risen Again and Christ Is Arisen with the tune for Now the Green Blade Rises. It also
The traditional and majestic Easter hymn, arranged as an instrumental duet with piano accompaniment. Includes an additional C instrument or Bb instrument solo.
Presented in a pastoral setting, the melodic material in these solos is not modified to a large degree, allowing for a solemn and reflective setting to let the message of the hymn come through. A good
A stirring congregational treatment of this great hymn. Written for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
An exciting introduction sets the pace for this moving arrangement of the tune EASTER HYMN. Highly recommended for your Easter service!