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Brass Quintets
- Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain — rousing Resurrection hymn GAUDEAMUS PARITER
- Easter Anthem (William Billings) — joyful work ideal for prelude or postlude to Easter Day and Eastertide services of worship
- Easter Rejoicing — joyful medley of three Easter hymns, with optional timpani
- Fairest Lord Jesus, Beautiful Savior — Silesian folk melody aka CRUSADERS HYMN
- Go to Dark Gethsemane — hymn for Lent / Holy Week
- God So Loved the World — Sir John Stainer’s beloved anthem setting of John 3:16-17
- Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise — hymn tune LLANFAIR for Ascension Day
- Were You There? (When They Crucified My Lord) — African-American spiritual, especially fitting at Good Friday, Holy Week, Easter
- Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin? — hymn tune DONNE by John Hilton
Brass & Organ, Orchestra
- Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise — accompaniment for brass and organ to Arthur S. Sullivan’s hymn tune LUX EOI
- At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing — accompaniment for brass and organ to hymn tune SALZBURG
- The Day of Resurrection — Easter overture / hymn medley for church orchestra incorporating five well-known, joyful tunes
Instrumental Solos
Written for trombone and piano or organ, these may be also effectively performed by euphonium or cello. Ideal for offertory or communion meditations at Easter or at any time.
- BEACH SPRING (w/ piano, opt. flute) — American hymn tune from The Sacred Harp (1844)
- Fairest Lord Jesus / Beautiful Savior (w/ organ) — aka CRUSADERS HYMN, ST. ELIZABETH
- Let Us Break Bread Together (w/ organ) — American spiritual; ideal communion solo
- Meditation on WONDROUS LOVE (w/organ) — pensive tune from “Southern Harmony”
- PROSPECT (w/ piano) — simple, lyrical tune from “Southern Harmony”
- Saw Ye My Savior? (w/ piano) — American folk hymn tune, ideal for Holy Week services and as a meditative prelude, offertory, or communion selection
Choral Anthems
- Bread of the World, Bread of Heaven (SATB voices, organ; SAB voices, organ) — Communion anthem
- Create in Me a Clean Heart (SATB voices, organ) — Ash Wednesday / Lenten anthem
- Have, Have Ye No Regard? (solo baritone, SATB, organ) — Good Friday text from Robert Herrick’s “His Saviour’s Words, Going to the Cross”
- In the Hour of Trial (SATB voices, organ; SAB voices, organ) — especially appropriate in Lent and for memorial services, featuring a folk-like pentatonic tune and lovely harmonies
- Lord Jesus, Think on Me (SATB voices, organ) — Lenten / penitential anthem
- O Dulcis Virgo Mater (SATB voices) — Holy Week anthem recalling the emotional pain of the Blessed Mother Mary, and the pain of Jesus in his passion
- Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! (SATB voices, organ) — Palm Sunday text set to 15th-century English ballad “Deo Gracias” (aka The Agincourt Carol)
- Were You There? (solo baritone, SAB voices, piano) — very accessible yet emotionally evocative arrangement of a beloved African-American spiritual