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Contrasts - Organ works of meditation and exaltation
23 tracks of mainly contemporay composers:
Malcolm Archer, Paul Bryan, Edvard Greig, Colin Hand, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, John Marsh, Colin Mawby, June Nixon, Noel Rawsthorne, Alan Ridout, Martin Setchell and Christopher Tambling.
This CD can be obtained from:
In Britan- Kevin Mayhew Limited, Buxhall, Suffolk, IP30 0SZ, England.
Tel: 44 (0)1449 737978 | Fax: 44 (0)1449 737834 | Email: sales@kevinmayhewltd.com
In Australia – Contact June
A TRIBUTE TO
HERBERT SUMSION
Twelve tracks including Toccata on University , Introduction and Theme Intermezzo, Prelude on "Adeste Fideles".
Sixty eight minutes DDD
JUBILÄUM
ORGAN MUSIC OF RONALD WATSON
An exciting disc of previously unrecorded works by this contemporary British composer. Includes Introduction Passacaglia and Fugue, Promenade, and Happy Birthday Herr Bach.
Sixty nine minutes DDD
JOHN STAINER RECONSIDERED
Choral and Organ Music of this long neglected Composer
June Nixon, Siegfried Franke and Ingrid Sykes organ , with the choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral , Melbourne
Eleven tracks including “Lead kindly light”, On a Bass, Prelude and Fugetta, “Leave us not”.
Fifty five minutes DDD
This CD has received rave reviews in England
Videos
Compositions
To purchase any of the compositions below, please visit: Encore Publications
A BABE IN BETHLEM'S MANGER LAID
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, traditional words.
A LOVELY LADY SAT AND SANG
See under Sarah MacDonald (editor), Carols of Our Time
ADAM LAY YBOUNDEN
Carol for SATB, words 15th century.
ADVENT RESPONSORIES
For T solo (cantor), SATB (with divisions), words of the Matin and Vesper Responds for Advent Sunday.
ALLELUIA, CHRIST HAS RISEN
French traditional carol (Noel nouvelet) arranged for SATB and organ, words by Robin Morrish (b. 1938).
ALLELUIAS
Anthem for SSATB and organ, words by Gill Rogers (1934-2019).
BADINAGE ON THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
French traditional carol arranged for solo organ.
BALULALOW
Carol for SATB and organ, words paraphrased from Vom Himmel Hoch by Martin Luther (1483-1546).
BEHOLD A SIMPLE TENDER BABE
Carol for SATB, words by Robert Southwell (c.1561-95).
COVENTRY CAROL ON A GROUND
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, words 15th century from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors.
DING DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH
French traditional carol (16th century) arranged for SATB and organ, words by George Woodward (1848-1934).
DORMI, JESU! (The Virgin's Cradle Hymn)
Carol for SATB, words, 18th century, in Latin, plus a setting of the music using an English translation by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834).
EASTERN MONARCHS
Swedish folk tune arranged for SATB, organ and Arabian drum (optional), words 15th century, anonymous English translation.
FROM HEAVEN'S HEIGHT CHRIST SPAKE TO CALL
Anthem for SATB and organ, words by Peter Damiani (1007-72), translated by J.M. Neale (1818-66), 1 Corinthians 13.13 and Philippians 4.
GABRIEL'S MESSAGE
Basque carol arranged for SATB and organ, words by S. Baring-Gould (1834-1924).
HARVEST CAROL
Anthem for SATB and organ, words by W. Chatterton Dix (1837-98).
I SAW THREE SHIPS
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, traditional words.
IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
Carol by Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900) arranged for SATB and organ, words by Edmund H. Sears (1810-76).
LOVE'S REDEEMING WORK IS DONE
Hymn-tune Savannah arranged for SATB and organ, words by Charles Wesley (1707-88).
MAGNIFICAT & NUNC DIMITTIS (Plainsong with faburdens)
Evening Service for SATB, words from The Book of Common Prayer.
MAGNIFICAT & NUNC DIMITTIS (Plainsong with faburdens, Second Service)
Evening Service for SATB or AATB, words from The Book of Common Prayer.
MISSA NATIVITATIS DOMINI
Communion Service for SATB and organ, music based on traditional carols, words of the Mass in Latin. Kyrie eleison is based on Coventry Carol and Remember, O thou man; Gloria in excelsis is based on A babe in Bethlem's manger laid, I saw three ships, Gabriel's message, Eastern monarchs, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, A lovely lady sat and sing, and The holly and the ivy; Sanctus is based on Ding dong! merrily on high; Benedictus is based on Behold a simple tender Babe and Ding dong! merrily on high; Agnus Dei is based on Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
NEAR BETHLEHEM
Carol by Arthur Henry Brown (1830-1926) arranged for SATB and organ, traditional words.
ON EASTER-MORN, ERE BREAK OF DAY
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, words from the Greek office of Easter Lauds, translated by George Woodward (1848-1934).
PALM SUNDAY ANTIPHONS
Plainsong melody, Pueri Hebraeorum, arranged for SATB, words from Matthew 21.8-9. For use before the blessing of palms or during their distribution.
PRAISE OUR GOD WITH MIRTH!
Anthem for SATB and organ, words by Thomas Campion (1557-1620), composed to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Cathedral Music.
REMEMBER, O THOU MAN (ON A GROUND)
Carol by Thomas Ravenscroft (c.1588-c.1635) arranged for SATB and organ, words from Melismata (1611) and later sources.
RING OUT, YE CRYSTAL SPHERES
Anthem for SATB and organ, words by John Milton (1608-74) from On the morning of Christ's nativity.
SING, MY TONGUE, THE GLORIOUS BATTLE
Plainsong melody, Pange Lingua, arranged for SATB and organ, words translated from Latin by Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) and J.M. Neale (1818-66).
THE CHERRY TREE CAROL
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, traditional words.
THE CHERRY TREE CAROL
See also under Sarah MacDonald (editor), Carols of Our Time
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
French traditional carol arranged in three different scorings: for SATB and organ; upper voices (SSA) and organ; or for choir (SATB or SSA) with orchestra. English traditional words.
Choral edition I (SATB & organ)
Choral edition II (SSA & organ)
Orchestration (2.2.0.1, 0.0.0.0, org. & strings), available for hire from the publisher
THE SEVEN JOYS OF MARY
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, traditional words.
THERE IS A GREEN HILL
Hymn-tune Horsley arranged for SATB and organ, words by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-95).
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD
Anthem for SATB and organ, words by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) from For the fallen (Sept. 1914).
TOMORROW SHALL BE MY DANCING DAY
English traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, traditional words.
UP! GOOD CHRISTEN FOLK, AND LISTEN
Carol melody from Piae Cantiones (1582) arranged for SATB and organ, words by George Woodward (1848-1934).
WERE YOU THERE?
Spiritual arranged for SATB, traditional words.
WHENCE IS THAT GOODLY FRAGRANCE FLOWING? (QUELLE EST CETTE ODEUR AGREEABLE?)
French traditional carol arranged for SATB and organ, traditional French words, plus an English translation by A.B. Ramsay (1872-1955).