Words and Music, Medical and Other

One of my own compositions for All Age worship. This is a processional for Palm Sunday. There is a touch of New Orleans about this that I hope is brought to light clearly in the clarinet part. Words and chords follow the links to the parts.

Bring to the King – Piano and Voice

Bring to the King – Violin 1 

Bring to the King – Recorder

Bring to the King – Horn

Bring to the King – Flute

Bring to the King – Bassoon

Bring to the King – Clarinet in A

Bring to the King

D                A7

Bring to the King

D                A7

Bring to the King

G7            A7            D

A Song of Praise to Sing

D                A°

Bring to the King

D                A°

Bring to the King

G7            A7       D     D7

A Song of Praise to Sing

     G         G#dim7        D/A            Bmin

Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes

E9(F nat)

Riding on a….

E9(F nat)

     G         G#dim7        D/A            Bmin

Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes

E9(F nat)     A         A7

Riding on a Donkey

Bring to the King

Bring to the King

A Song of Love to Sing

Bring to the King

Bring to the King

A Song of Love to Sing

Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes

In the Name of the…..

Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes

In the Name of the Lord!

Bring to the King

Bring to the King

A Song of Joy to Sing

Bring to the King

Bring to the King

A Song of Joy to Sing

Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes

Riding on a……

Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes

Riding on a Donkey

Bring to the King

Bring to the King

A Song of Peace to Sing

Bring to the King

Bring to the King

A Song of Peace to Sing

Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes

In the Name of the……

Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes

In the Name of the Lord!

GGGG DDDD

F7      A7

       D

Hosanna!

A famous hymn for Epiphany. A horn part written for my son Andrew to play at some service or other.

Brightest and Best (Epiphany Hymn) – Horn

Ms Cook’s song has been a favourite for many years. I am not sure why I only have a clarinet part for this. I will remedy the situation.

Before the throne of God above – Clarinet

The famous Irish tune in 4 parts, the instruments being those available on the day.

Be thou my vision – Violin 1

Be thou my vision – Trumpet in C

Be thou my vision – Trumpet in Bb

Be thou my vision – Violin 2

Be thou my vision – Flute

Be thou my vision – Bassoon

A lively children’s chorus.

Be bold Be strong – Horn

Be bold Be strong – Bassoon

A wonderfully martial hymn tune. I enjoyed writing a Sousa-like counter-melody for high instruments to play above the march.

At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow – Clarinet

At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow – Violin

At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow – Trumpet in Bb

At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow – Flute

This lovely gentle song as a harmonic link to Pachelbel’s very famous Canon. When asked to arrange it for a family wedding, I took advantage of this. The voices come in after 8 bars after the bassoons have played the ground bass and the trumpets have given a reminder of the tune.

The score and an mp3 of the orchestration are found below. The instruments are those I had access to on the joyous day.

As the deer pants for water – Full Score

As the deer – Trumpet

As the deer – Flute

As the deer – Bassoon

As the deer – Violin

As the deer – Violin top

Betty Pulkingham put this famous psalm into B minor (Sounds of Living Waters). We sang it at the Advent service at Christ church in 1994 at a time of much soul-searching in South Africa. This is my arrangement for that occasion, including the choir parts.

‘As a deer pants for water’ is another song based on Psalm 42. You can find my arrangement with its nod to Pachelbel’s Canon here.

As a Doe longs for cooling streams – Choir

As a doe longs for cooling streams – Trumpet

As a doe longs for cooling streams – Clarinet in Bb

As a doe longs for cooling streams – Clarinet in A

As a doe longs for cooling streams – Violin

This wonderful bright hymn is not much sung these days. A pity!

Angels praise him – Trumpet

Angels praise him – Trumpet

Angels praise him – Flute

One of Graham Kendrick’s more rhythmic songs, with emphases just off the beat to keep the instrumentalists on their toes:

And he shall reign for forever – Horn

And he shall reign for forever – Flute

And he shall reign for forever – Violin

And he shall reign for forever – Recorder