50 Hymn Trios for Organ: Hymns for the Church Year

Description

These short trios were designed to be performed as hymn introductions, short preludes or brief hymn meditations. They are highly accessible (almost sight-readable) and extremely flexible, and will prove a welcome addition to the library of organists with limited practice time. This amazing collection is presented in church year order and contains trios based on 50 familiar hymn tunes. From Advent through Pentecost, Rübsam’s trios are scored for a two-manual instrument, making them accessible to the majority of organists. In short, this collection of 50 Hymn Trios for Organ is easily accessible, extremely versatile, and will be a welcome addition to any organist’s library!

Contents:

ADVENT

Come, O Long-Expected Jesus (Stuttgart)
The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns (St. Stephen)
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Divinum mysterium)
On Jordan’s Banks (Winchester New)
Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Sleepers, Wake (Wachet auf)

CHRISTMAS

Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)
Angels From the Realms of Glory (Regent Square)
Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
Go, Tell It on the Mountain (Go, Tell It)

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (God Rest You Merry)
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (In dulci jubilo)
In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros’)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Once in Royal David’s City (Irby)
Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
The First Noel (The First Noel)

What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Winchester Old)

EPIPHANY/TRANSFIGURATION

As With Gladness Men of Old (Dix)
Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star)
O Wondrous Sight! (Wareham)
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg – setting 1)
We Three Kings (Kings of Orient)
What Star Is This (Puer nobis – setting 1)

LENT/HOLY WEEK

Ah, Holy Jesus (Herzliebster Jesu)
All Glory, Laud, and Honor (Valet will ich dir geben/St. Theodulph)
Forty Days and Forty Nights (Aus der Tiefe/Heinlein)
From Deepest Woe I Cry to Thee (Aus tiefer Not/De profundis)
Go to Dark Gethsemane (Petra)
Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (St. Flavian)
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Herzlich tut mich verlangen)
What Wondrous Love Is This (Wondrous Love)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)

EASTER/ASCENSION

At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg – setting 2)
Awake, Arise, Lift Up Your Voice (Richmond)
Christ Is Alive! (Truro)
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again (Christ ist erstanden)
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (St. Kevin)
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn/Lyra Davidica)
Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noël nouvelet)
O Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae)
See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph (In Babilone)
Strife Is O’er, The (Victory)
That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright (Puer nobis – setting 2)
The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns (St. Magnus)
This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)