NEW Organ Titles from MorningStar Music Monday, August 14, 2023
recommended by Christopher B., Organ Music Specialist
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me arr. Edwin T. Childs
This collection of frequently used favorite hymns is appropriate for worship services as well as funerals. Titles include: “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” “Let Us Break Bread Together,” “My Lord, What a Morning,” “Give Me Jesus,” “In Christ There Is No East or West,” “Steal Away,” “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me,” and “Were You There.”
30 Reharmonizations for Organ arr. André Lash
The fervor of hymn singing in congregations, where the composer spent five decades as organist and Minister of Music, inspired spontaneous creation of many of the accompaniments in this collection.
Seven Versets on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern arr. Tom Mueller
Based on the practices of the French Classical organ tradition, with an opening plein jeu, and a closing grand jeu. The various interior movements display a wide variety of compositional color.
Adagietto by Gerald Near
Near has composed a lush, original work that can be used in both worship and recitals.
Advent Organ Book (Seven Hymn Settings for Advent) arr. Michael D. Costello
This delightful collection of fresh arrangements sets seven traditional Advent melodies. Titles include: “Prepare the Royal Highway,” “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying,” “On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry,” “O Lord, How Shall I Meet You,” “Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers,” and “Savior of the Nations, Come.”
Noël (French Romantic Organ Music for Christmas) arr. Michael Burkhardt
Noël, the French word for “Christmas”, has been used to identify a genre of organ works for the Christmas Season since the time of the French Baroque Period. Noëls (carols and shepherd songs) provided organists with the opportunity to improvise variations on recognizable tunes in and out of worship during the Christmas Season. This collection provides a critical and practical edition of selected works. Includes settings by Pierre-Joseph Candeille, César Franck, Eugène Gigout, Alexandre Guilmant, Louis Lefébure-Wély, Clément Loret, Henri Mulet, and Charles Tournemire.
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About the Author:
Christopher B. grew up in eastern Kentucky in a musically diverse family, and began playing organ at the age of 12. He majored in vocal performance with minors in keyboards and conducting at Marshall University and later received a Master of Theological Studies in congregational ministry from Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Christopher has served as a church music director and organist for more than 20 years, presently serving as Director of Music and Worship Arts/Organist at Church of the Master United Methodist in Westerville, OH.