Purcell, Henry – Organ Album arr. Martin Setchell – Organ Solo Coulsons Sheet Music

A Purcell Organ Album
Selected and arranged by Martin Setchell

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A wonderful collection of pieces by Purcell, newly arranged for solo organ
Valuable addition to the organ repertoire
Mixture of well-known and less well-known pieces
Pieces of intermediate difficulty (Associated Board Grades 5-6)
Suitable for a wide range of concert and church service uses

This is a marvellous collection of pieces by Henry Purcell newly arranged for the organ by concert organist Martin Setchell. Purcell’s music works perfectly on the organ, and a number of his pieces have long been popular with players. This volume brings together all those must-have pieces – the trumpet tunes, rondeau from Abdelazer, and so on – and combines these with a wonderful selection of lesser-known pieces from across Purcell’s work. There are sprightly curtain tunes and hornpipes from the stage pieces, lovely reflective songs and airs, and a wide range of dances and chaconnes. The result is a set of pieces with wide and varied church and concert use, perfectly accessible to intermediate players. Publication in 2009 coincides with the 350th anniversary of the composer’s birth, and the volume makes a valuable addition to any organist’s repertoire.

Trumpet Tunes

• Symphony to Act V, from The Fairy Queen
• Trumpet Air, from The Indian Queen
• Trumpet Tune: Act V Consort, from King Arthur
• Trumpet Tune, from Dioclesian
• Trumpet Tune
• Trumpet Tune, called the Cibell
• Trumpet Tune: Warlike Consort, from King Arthur
• Trumpet Tune, from The Indian Queen

Airs and Dances

• Symphony and Chorus, from Come ye Sons of Art
• If love’s a sweet passion, from The Fairy Queen
• How blest are shepherds, from King Arthur
• Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying, from King Arthur
• Fairest Isle, from King Arthur
• When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas
• Air, from King Arthur
• Here’s the summer, sprightly, gay, from The Fairy Queen
• Hornpipe, from Amphitryon
• Bourrée, from Amphitryon
• Third Act Tune: Rondeau, from Abdelazar
• Minuett, from The Double Dealer
• Aire: Second Music, from Bonduca
• Round thy coast, from King Arthur
• Second Act Tune: Air, from The Fairy Queen
• First Act Tune: Jig, from The Fairy Queen
• Dance for the Fairies, from The Fairy Queen
• Rondeau, from The Fairy Queen
• Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman, from The Fairy Queen

Composer Information: Henry Purcell (1659-1695) / Selected and arranged by Martin Setchell

Purcell was the outstanding musician and composer of his time in Britain. Like other seventeenth-century musicians, Purcell’s career began in the church, first as a chorister at the Chapel Royal, then as organist at Westminster Abbey composing anthems. At court he enjoyed the favour of successive monarchs composing odes on special occasions, but his works for Mary II are the best known, composed when Purcell was reaching the height of his powers, just before his premature death.

Martin Setchell is an international concert organist who promotes entertaining organ music to a wide audience. Born and educated in England, he is based in New Zealand, as curator of the Rieger organ in Christchurch Town Hall, and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Canterbury. He regularly performs throughout the world, including tours in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and Japan. He has recorded several CDs, including A Taste of Shropshire, the highly successful Bonbons for Organ series, and Pink and White, an anthology of New Zealand organ music. Martin is often heard on BBC radio’s The Organist Entertains, the USA’s Pipe Dreams, and Radio New Zealand’s concert programme. He has arranged Fauré, Bizet, and Sousa (Kevin Mayhew Music), and edited OUP’s A Saint-Saëns Organ Album. He holds a Civic Award from the City of Christchurch for services to music in the community and the Town Hall organ in particular.

Paperback
Published: 09 July 2009
Difficulty: Easy – Moderately Difficult
64 Pages | 311x232mm
ISBN: 9780193365698