Gladsome Tidings: New Organ Music from AUGSBURG Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Gladsome Tidings: Organ Settings for Christmas arr. Aaron Shows
Aaron Shows provides vibrant and colorful music in this Christmas collection for organ. The setting of “Angels We Have Heard on High” calls for 4’ flutes and is marked “twinkling, starry,” while the “Sans Day Carol” calls for an “Irish whistle-like” sound. Included are settings of “Patapan,” “Masters in This Hall,” and “Ding Dong, Merrily on High,” along with several other familiar carols. A joyful and welcomed addition to holiday services, concerts, and festivals.
Titles include: “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Coventry Carol,” “Ding Dong! Merrily on High,” “Gaudete!,” “In the Bleak Midwinter,” “Masters in This Hall,” “On Christmas Night,” “Patapan,” “Sans Day Carol,” and “Still, Still, Still.”
Hymns of Praise and Glory: Eleven Settings for Organ arr. Edwin T. Childs
Edwin Childs writes festival postludes on well-loved tunes that are innovative as well as practical.
Titles include: “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!,” “All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly,” “Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death,” “Come, Thou Almighty King,” “Crown Him with Many Crowns,” “In Christ There Is No East or West,” “Jesus, the Light of the World,” “Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor,” “Oh, Love, How Deep,” “The Church’s One Foundation,” and “What Wondrous Love Is This.”
Love and Rejoicing: Ten Settings for Organ arr. Chris Kovarik
Here is a collection of ten hymn settings from Chris Kovarik which showcases the versatility of the organ with writing that features varied styles, tonalities, and colors. Organists will enjoy delving into the rhapsodic and fantasy-like settings ideal for festivals, recitals, and worship.
Titles include: “Come, Thou Almighty King,” “God, Be the Lord to Search and Keep Me,” “Hallelujah! We Sing Your Praises,” “Introduction, Variations, and Finale on The Friendly Beasts,” “Let All Things Now Living,” “Look Who Gathers at Christ’s Table,” “Lord Christ, When First You Came to Earth,” “O Word of God Incarnate,” “Sometimes a Light Surprises,” and “Take My Life.”
Praise for the Singing: Organ Settings for Worship arr. Kristina Rizzotto
This collection of fourteen hymn arrangements by Kristina Rizzotto is well-constructed and thoughtfully composed, featuring settings that are useful throughout the year.
Titles include: “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Baptized in Water,” “Christ Is the King!,” “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” “Give Thanks for Saints,” “Here I Am, Lord,” “Just As I Am, Without One Plea,” “Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song,” “O God, My Faithful God,” “On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry,” “Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers,” “Take My Life, That I May Be,” “We Come to the Hungry Feast,” and “When Peace Like a River.”
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