Music for Church

tubbs831 · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:08 am Post subject: Music for Church

I am lucky enough to play in a few different churches on a fairly regular basis. I am always looking for new repertoire to play. Some of my favorites:

The Wedding Collection (Chuck Seipp)
Sonata in D (Purcell)
Suite in D (Handel)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy/Romm)
Prayer of St. Gregory (Hovhaness)
The Old Castle (Mussorgsky/Stephenson)
Great Hymns (Phil Smith collection)

Piano and organ are available. Anyone have any suggestions for new pieces for me to check out?

Adam

dstdenis · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:52 am Post subject:

That's a nice list.

I suggest Sarabande, from Bach Cello Suite 2. It's unaccompanied. Jay Lichtmann has an arrangement on his website. You might like some of the other tunes he posted.

Alison Balsom recorded it on her Bach album. Her arrangement is slightly different than the Lichtmann arrangement, but you might be able to figure out some of the cello-like embellishments in her arrangement if you like.
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starkadder · Heavyweight Member Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 542

Phil Smith has a second 'Great Hymns' collection. When I ordered mine it came in a hand addressed envelope, and was autographed!

The second movement of the Hansen Sonata works well. It is out of copyright: http://bit.ly/2m45m02

Gounod's Ave Maria is always reliable.

I've also done Bach's 'Jesu Joy' and 'Wachtet Auf'

Don Herman rev2 · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:34 am Post subject:

There are the various books by Wallace-Head (several wedding and a couple for Christmas and Easter), the several Phil Smith/Curnow arrangements (couple of ones with hymns plus one or two with Christmas carols), and a number of books by folk like Stan Pethel, Douglas Smith, and (?) Snell for various instruments with piano/organ accompaniment. Along with a myriad of descant books, natch. I have a pile of them at home...
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craig garner · Regular Member Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 19

Here are a few arrangements for trumpet and organ:

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/agnus-dei-intermezzo-from-l-arlesienne-suite-2-for-trumpet-and-organ-digital-sheet-music/20362435?narrow_by=organ&orKey=dorm+40&withIn=true

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/intermezzo-from-cavalleria-rusticana-trumpet-and-organ-digital-sheet-music/20368254?narrow_by=organ&orKey=dorm+40&withIn=true

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/easter-hymn-from-cavalleria-rusticana-for-trumpet-s-and-organ-digital-sheet-music/20382399?narrow_by=organ&orKey=dorm+40&withIn=true
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RL · Veteran Member Joined: 06 Sep 2009 Posts: 162

This is a nice collection (and not expensive)

https://www.broekmans.com/NL/Bladmuziek/Product/1199735/24-Trumpet-Tunes-en-Airs-Trumpet-Organ

starkadder · Heavyweight Member Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 542

Here's another suggestion...

I recently played Saint Saens second 'Ave Maria' for a prelude and it was well received. Its not a well-know piece. I played the soprano line on a C trumpet; you could also transpose it.

Music is available on IMSLP : Ave_Maria_in_A_major_(1865)_(Saint-Saens,_Camille)

http://bit.ly/2soXAxB