This is a collection of practical repertoire for church organists playing at funerals and memorial services. Covering a broad range of music for players of intermediate ability, it includes hymn preludes and newly commissioned arrangements, and constantly requested pieces by J.S. Bach, Dvorák, Elgar, Handel, Mendelssohn, Satie, and Rutter, among others. The result is a comprehensive, thoughtful, and welcome resource for working organists.
Thomas Attwood: A Grand Dirge
J.S. Bach: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf BWV 617
J.S. Bach: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BWV 616
J.S. Bach: Nun danket alle Gott BWV 657
J.S. Bach: Sonatina from Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit 'Actus Tragicus' BWV 106
J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV 156
Brahms: How lovely are thy dwellings from Deutsches Requiem
Dvorák: Largo from Symphony No. 9 'New World'
Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Fauré: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Handel: I know that my Redeemer liveth from Messiah
Handel: Ombra mai fu from Serse
Mendelssohn: O rest in the Lord from Elijah
Rutter: Lux aeterna from Requiem
Satie: Gymnopédie no. 1
Schubert: Andante con moto from Quartet in D minor Op. post. 'Death and the maiden'
Stölzel: Bist du bei mir from 1725 Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
Vierne: Berceuse Op. 31 No. 19
Whitlock: Folk Tune
Forces or Category: Organ
Difficulty: Easy