The church organist will greatly appreciate this treasury of artistic settings for the demanding Eastertide season. With nearly all of the selections based on familiar hymn tunes, these four exciting arrangements for Palm Sunday, five poignant settings for Holy Week, and six thrilling selections for Easter will enhance the celebration of this unparalleled week in the Christian faith for years to come. Compiled by Michael Shea. Hymn Tunes: Charlestown; St. Theodulph; Ellacombe; Green Hill; Penitence; Judas Maccabeus; Near the Cross; Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen; St. Kevin; Easter Hymn; Sound the Trumpet of Victory
All Glory, Laud and Honor (Lani Smith) Behold the King (Lani Smith) Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (Michael Thomas) Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Thomas Bliss) Everlasting Victory (Humphrey Turner) Gates of Jerusalem, The (David Paxton) Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (Humphrey Turner) In the Hour of Trial (Vivian Vevenger) Near the Cross (Franklin Ritter) O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Prelude on “Charlestown” (Lani Smith) Sound the Trumpet of Victory (Patricia Lou Harris) There Is a Green Hill Far Away (Lucy Ann Warriner) Thine Is the Glory (Brian Glyncannon) Triumphal March (Humphrey Turner)