Essential Repertoire for the Church Organist is a comprehensive volume of organ music, providing a wide variety of interesting repertoire for the student organist. The book is divided into two parts, with Part 1 containing music written for manuals only, whereas Part 2 has pieces for both manuals and pedals.
Music for manuals
Air and Gavotte - Samuel Wesley
Basse de Trompette from ‘Suite du Second Ton’ - Jean Guilain
Élevation - Félix-Alexandre Guilmant
Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen - Johannes Brahms
Gavotte - Matthew Camidge
Gloria tibi Trinitas - Thomas Tallis
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit - Johann Sebastian Bach
Minuet for a Flute Clock - Franz Joseph Haydn
The Prince of Denmark’s March - Jeremiah Clarke
Tiento del Primer Tono - Antonio de Cabezón
Toccata - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Voluntary in C - Henry Purcell
Voluntary in D - John Stanley
Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen - Johann Gottfried Walther
Music for manuals and pedals
Adagio from Symphony No. 2 in D - Charles-Marie Widor
Adagio molto from Sonata No. 3 in C minor - Félix-Alexandre Guilmant
Agnus Dei from ‘Messe pour les Couvents’ - François Couperin
All’ Elevazione - Domenico Zipoli
Allegro maestoso e vivace from Sonata No. 2 in C minor - Felix Mendelssohn
Andante tranquillo from Sonata No. 3 in A - Felix Mendelssohn
Andantino - Edwin Lemare
Benedictus from ‘Messe pour les Paroisses’ - François Couperin
Berceuse - Louis Vierne
Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott - Max Reger
Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele - Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Johann Sebastian Bach
Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Johannes Brahms
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, meine Freude - Gustav Merkel
Largo from Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun danket alle Gott - Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Dietrich Buxtehude
Postlude on a theme by Orlando Gibbons - Charles Villiers Stanford
Praeludium in G - Dietrich Buxtehude
Praeludium No. 10 - Johann Fischer
Prélude from ‘Prélude, Fugue et Variation’ - César Franck
Prelude in G minor School of - Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata from Symphony No. 5 - Charles-Marie Widor
Trio in A minor - Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Trio in G - Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Variations on a theme by Thomas Campbell - Christopher Tambling
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her - Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Johann Sebastian Bach
