The Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music for Organ, Book 1

Description

33 grand ceremonial pieces that are ideal for use at weddings, as voluntaries, or for recitals. Not all the music is loud and extrovert: together with pieces like fanfares and marches, the collection contains a sprinkling of quieter items in solemn mood.

Contents:
• Chorale from Suite Gothique, Boëllmann
• Menuet gothique from Suite Gothique, Boëllmann
• Allegro from Symphony in D, Boyce
• Sun Dance from Organ Dances, Chilcott
• Fanfare from La péri, Dukas
• Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Elgar
• Toccata, Fletcher
• Grand choeur dialoguée, Gigout
• Two pieces from Judas Maccabeus (See, the conqu'ring hero come!; March), Handel
• La Rejouissance from Fireworks Music, Handel
• Minuet from Fireworks Music, Handel
• Interlude from Water Music, Handel
• Processional, Ives
• March, Jackson
• Tuba Magna, Madden
• Recessional, Mathias
• Fanfare, Mathias
• War march of the priests, Mendelssohn
• Les Gendarmes, Muffat
• Gavotte, Muffat
• Carillon, Murrill
• Elegy, Parry
• Festival voluntary, Peeters
• Rondo from Abdelazar, Purcell
• Three Pieces from Dioclesian (Dance of the Bacchanais), Purcell
• First Act Tune, Purcell
• Second Music, Purcell
• Grand Choeur, Salomé
• Ceremonial March, Sumsion
• Siciliene, von Paradis
• Solemn Melody, Walford Davies
• Introduction and March from the Battle of Britain, Walton