What Child Is This: Piano/Organ Duets for Christmas Friday, December 08, 2023
recommended by Christopher B., Organ Music Specialist
What Child Is This? arr. Ron Sprunger & Linda Sprunger
Featuring the creative writing skills of veteran arrangers Ron and Linda Sprunger, this diverse and sparkling addition to the Christmas repertoire for organ and piano duets is a treasure. Classic Christmas melodies and yuletide favorites are included in this rich collection. Two copies are required for performance. Titles include: “What Child Is This?,” “Adoration,” “He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child,” “O Holy Night,” “Manger Carols,” “Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming,” “Go, Tell It on the Mountain,” “The First Noel,” and “Love Has Come!”
The Sunday Morning Organist, Volume 11: Christmas Duos
This Christmas edition of the Sunday Morning Organist includes 14 arrangements for organ and piano. Classic carols capture the spirit of the season, and provide a memorable experience for your congregation. Featured in the collection are traditional Christmas hymns as well as show-stopping seasonal suites that can be used as both preludes and postludes. Bring in good tidings for all with Organ and Piano Christmas Duos. Title include: “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Joy to the World,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Silent Night,” and more.
A Christmas Festival arr. Jerry van der Pol
Organ/Piano duet teams will enjoy this easy to play, energetic medley of familiar Christmas season tunes. Church congregations will enjoy the beauty and energy it adds to worship services as well. Tunes used are: “Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep,” “As Lately We Watched,” and “Still, Still, Still.” Two parts are included in each cover.
Noel! He Is Born arr. Marilynn Ham & Lyndell Leatherman
This festive collection of organ and piano duets combines the talents of Marilynn Ham and Lyndell Leatherman. Based on familiar Christmas carols, the duets provide partners with bold options for their worship services. Titles include: “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,” “Sing We Now of Christmas,” “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,” “He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child,” “I Saw Three Ships,” and “The First Noel.”
What Shall I Give to the Child? arr. David Sarandon
This compendium of Christmas arrangements brings together the talents of five masters of the genre, such as John Innes, Gilbert M. Martin, and Douglas E. Wagner, to provide organ-and-piano-duet partners with a season’s worth of glorious settings. Including Advent as well as Christmas titles, this book will become an annual favorite at your church. Two copies are required for performance. Titles include: “What Shall I Give to the Child?,” “Once in Royal David’s City,” “The First Nowell,” “Of the Father’s Love Begotten,” “Angels from the Realms of Glory,” “I Wonder as I Wander,” “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” and “What Child Is This?.”
Come to Bethlehem (Sparkling Carol Duets Reflecting the Colors of Christmas) arr. Douglas E. Wagner
In a refreshing departure from traditional organ and piano offerings, Doug Wagner has created six uniquely stylized carol-based works that display the wide range of tonal colors and emotions that this versatile combination brings to the worship or concert setting. From the sparkling strains of “What Shall I Give to the Child?,” to the introspective meanderings of “I Wonder as I Wander,” the music of Christmas is presented with skill and imagination, idiomatically representative of each instrument. We hope that you will find this diverse collection as we have, fun to play, musically satisfying, and full of the sounds that warm the heart and delight the ear this joyous time of year. Two copies are required for performance. Titles include: “What Shall I Give to the Child?,” “On Christmas Night,” “I Wonder as I Wander,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly,” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”
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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.