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.
Edited by Robert Gower
"This is a useful collection of 33 pieces of varying styles and character . . . As with all Oxford publications, the quality of production is superb. The music is well annotated, with editorial markings in brackets. Heavyweight paper ensures the book will last for many years. Altogether, for many organists this is a collection that will be used and reused for many years. It contains a wealth of new compositions, useful arrangments, and old favourites. It contains some challenges for the organist, but also has pieces that could be read at sight. A highly recommended investment." - Organo Pleno (was Victorian Organ Journal), April 99
"Robert Gower has made a useful compilation of thirty one pieces, most of which are familiar but with just enough new or unusual ones to make the collection worth the additional investment . . . Printing and layout are clear and bold, with plenty of space around the stave for writing notes." - The Organ, May 98
Boëllmann: Chorale from Suite Gothique Boëllmann: Menuet gothique from Suite Gothique Boyce: Allegro from Symphony in D Chilcott: Sun Dance from Organ Dances Dukas: Fanfare from La péri Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations Fletcher: Toccata Gigout: Grand choeur dialoguée Handel: 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 Ives: Processional Jackson: March Lange: Tuba tune Madden: Tuba Magna Mathias: Recessional Mathias: Fanfare Mendelssohn: War march of the priests Muffat: Les Gendarmes Muffat: Gavotte Murrill: Carillon Parry: Elegy Peeters: Festival voluntary Purcell: Rondo from Abdelazar Purcell: Three Pieces from Dioclesian (Dance of the Bacchanais) Purcell: First Act Tune Purcell: Second Music Salomé: Grand Choeur Sumsion: Ceremonial March von Paradis: Siciliene Walford Davies: Solemn Melody Walton: Introduction and March from the Battle of Britain
