|
|
 |
|
|
A quiet prelude in jazz ballad style |
|
$7.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christmas Carols for Organ
IN JAZZ STYLES |
|
Night Tune(Silent Night) |
|
Midnight Blues(It Came upon the Midnight Clear) |
|
Faithdance (Adeste Fideles) |
|
"If you are looking for a change of pace, these pieces might fill the bill.
...Night Tune, is a quiet setting of Silent Night...Midnight Blues
imitates a jazz trio. The rhythmically active pedal part is literally a walking bass
part. The right hand takes the role of a solo instrument, perhaps a jazz
flute, while the left hand moves between jazz counterpoint and the
comping style of a jazz pianist. The use of complicated cross rhythms, i.e.
three against eight, adds to the excitement of the piece while making the
piece a challenge to play. [Faithdance] ...is an exciting piece which will
require much energy (both physical and mental) from the performer..."
|
|
-- Jon Holland, DMA, The Diapason |
|
$10.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Optional trumpet score |
|
$12.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"...an impressionistic and haunting version."
|
|
-- Paul Hale, Organists' Review |
|
$5.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep |
|
$5.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Utterback provides organists with an entertaining change of pace
with his Fantasy for Organ...a musical romp through the jazz landscape
with plenty of figuration and sustained pedal octaves...Utterback seems
to revel in colorful sonorities...A convincing performance of this
piece requires a flare for the dramatic and a willingness to throw
caution to the wind. A fun piece, but not recommended for the
faint-hearted..."
|
|
-- Marcia Van Oyen, The Diapason |
|
$8.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Four SONGS for Organ
Jazz ballad styles,
moderately easy |
|
$9.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spirit of God  |
|
Savior, Like a Shepherd |
|
My Hope Is Built |
|
Just a Closer Walk with Thee |
|
"[Utterback's style shines brightly in these settings of gospel tunes,
their vocal qualities easing naturally into Utterback's idiom.
"Savior, Like a Shepherd" and "Spirit of God" are set in flowing
chordal style with lush harmonies, while the Latin rhythms of "My Hope
Is Built" and the walking bass of "Just a Closer Walk" rollick across
the page.
|
|
-- Marcia Van Oyen, The Diapason |
|
$12.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
My Lord! What a Morning |
|
Were You There |
|
Somebody's Knocking at Your Door |
|
"As the title indicates, the music is written in a jazz idiom, so chords
with added sevenths and ninths, slides, blue notes, improvisational-sounding
licks, and elastic tempos abound. Modulations are sudden and remote from
a classical point of view, but are executed so smoothly that they seem logical,
even inevitable. ...My Lord! What a Morning is warm and laid back (the player
is directed to play "expansively" and "lazily" with an ad lib cadenza at the
end. Were You There? Is both reflective and intensely sad at the beginning
and end, where repeated chords in the left hand remind one of Bach's Erbarm
dich mein, O Herre Gott. Somebody's Knocking at Your Door, in contrast, swings
along "with a dancing spirit" and uses triplets in alternation with duplets
and sixteenth notes to create a compelling rhythmic texture. Congregations
who love spirituals will respond enthusiastically to these fresh, new settings."
|
|
-- Sarah Mahler Hughes, The Diapason |
|
"Three spirituals in jazz style and I must say I really find them entrancing."
|
|
-- Paul Hale, The Organist's Review |
|
$12.00
|
|
|
|
