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16 Tracks 26–28 Tracks 29–31 cph.org/newmusic Organ Christmas OR Enhance your Christmas worship services with these preludes by William H. Bates. Driving rhythmic passages, harmonic sequences, and imaginative counterpoints shore up the distinctive character of each tune. OR Ornament your Christmas worship with delightful fughettas! This large collection of fourteen hymn-based fugal settings by Donald Rotermund is creative and inventive. Having optional repeats throughout and designed for flexibility, these pieces could be used as solo organ stanzas; as preludes, voluntaries, or postludes; and as introductions or interludes using excerpts. OR These five Christmas preludes are unquestionably captivating. The opening prelude is based on a new hymn tune by the composer found in One and All Rejoice on the Slovak text "Come Rejoicing, Praises Voicing." A propelling "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" drives with intensity and strength, keeping listeners baited for every next note. "See amid the Winter's Snow" is set among musically falling snow, light and calm and most enchanting. "Now Sing We, Now Rejoice" is thrilling, with a constant driving eighth note rhythm. The final piece, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" can be registered lightly, setting forth the hymn in a jubilant way, or with the full intensity of a triumphal postlude. Christmas Christmas Christmas William H. Bates Donald Rotermund Benjamin M. Culli Christmas Impressions Christmastide Fughettas Tidings of Joy: Five Organ Preludes for Christmas Set 1: antioch; es ist ein ros; stille nacht; tempus adest floridum Set 2: away in a manger; cradle song; greensleeves; mendelssohn; nun komm, der heiden heiland; vom himmel hoch adeste fideles; antioch; divinum mysterium; freuet euch, ihr christen; freut euch, ihr lieben; fröhlich soll mein herze springen; gelobet seist du; gloria; gottes sohn ist kommen; lasst uns alle; lobt gott, ihr christen; narodil se kristus pán; noël nouvelet; tempus adest floridum come rejoicing; god rest you merry; humility; in dulci jubilo; mendelssohn Set 1 | 977056POD | $25.00 Set 2 | 978009 | $28.00 978035 | $30.00 978045 | $23.00 New! New!