The Oxford Organ Library

This exciting work packs a huge amount of musical variety into its compact frame, despite being written with the needs of developing organists in mind. A fanfare-like section in 3-time twice gives way...

This virtuoso showpiece, dating from 2002, is worthy to stand alongside the Toccatas of Gigout and Boëllmann, and makes a superb conclusion to a service or recital on any size of organ. Its harmonic l...

Perfect as a showpiece voluntary, Herbert Murrill's vibrant 1949 Carillon for organ is a miniature toccata that sets agile passagework above purposeful chords, with flashes of brilliance from the peda...

Elegy for the Time of Change was written in response to the horrifying murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police in May 2020. Imbued with singing melodies and richly expressive har...

This exciting piece was composed as a television theme in 1959. Like an Elgar Pomp and Circumstance march, it alternates punchy fanfare textures with a warm and supremely 'English' melody. In the hand...

Chacun des six mouvements de cette belle suite est une esquisse de personnage exquise basée sur le texte d'un psaume. Les mouvements sont suffisamment diversifiés pour faire de l'ensemble de la suite...

Le Prélude et fugue en do mineur (1921) se caractérise par un sens du drame et est ponctué de dissonances étincelantes. L'alternance, à la manière d'une ritournelle, de la grandeur des accords et de s...

The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristli...

Processional bustles with cheerful positivity throughout, its rondo-like structure clarified by the memorability of its abundant melodies. The harmony is modal to begin with, but moves from this delib...

For solo organ. There are five sections, each reflecting a different verse of the hymn text. Musical styles vary between movements, making the work and interesting recital piece. Individual sections c...

La vibrante cantate Belshazzar's Feast de William Walton est ici arrangée par le célèbre organiste David Briggs et le percussionniste David Bending pour voix, orgue et percussions. Trois interprètes -...