Description
Depart in Peace
Ref
H464
Categories
Instrumental Music
,
Organ
By
John Norris
Fifteen pieces for use at Funerals and Memorial Services
Arranged by John Norris
Well-chosen music is an essential adjunct to the dignity and reverence of funerals and acts of remembrance, comforting those who mourn, and shining light upon the personality of the departed person.
Among these fifteen new arrangements, organists will find a wealth of material from which to select the right piece appropriate to the occasion. There are classics such as Mendelssohn’s
O rest in the Lord
and Handel’s
Dead March
from Saul, romantic masterpieces like Elgar’s
Nimrod
and Mahler’s
Adagietto
, as well as a contemporary favourite,
Candle in the Wind
, which featured so memorably at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
A leading arranger and teacher for the organ, John Norris has also included his own
Improvisation on Brother James’ Air
, an arrangement of Sibelius’s
Finlandia
(‘Be still, my soul’), and a novelty item
The Broken Melody
by Auguste van Biene. The collection concludes, appropriately, with Stanford’s uplifting
Nunc Dimittis
from the Evening Service in C.
