Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists: Lent and Passiontide

Rebecca Groom te Velde earned degrees in organ performance from Seattle Pacific University and the University of Western Ontario, also studying composition and church music. She continued her studies in Germany on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service. An active performer and clinician on service-playing, she holds the Associate Certificate from the American Guild of Organists. She has published organ music with Oxford University Press and Darcey Press and choral compositions with Santa Barbara Music Publishing. She is organist of First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, and adjunct instructor of organ at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.David Blackwell read music and studied the organ at Edinburgh University, where he gained his FRCO, and for many years worked in music publishing, becoming Head of Music Publishing at Oxford University Press. He has published anthems and carols with OUP, is co-editor of Carols for Choirs 5 (2011), and has published organ pieces in Oxford Service Music for Organ (OUP, 2010), compiled and edited by Anne Marsden Thomas. He is also co-writer of OUP's award-winning String Time books.

To have all of the [Oxford Hymns Settings] volumes in your hands would be to possess the entire church year . . . I was also very impressed with the music itself; and while I liked some pieces better than others, virtually all had something new to say . . . Several pieces were short and straightforward enough that I thought they would make wonderful hymn introductions . . . the publication is a valuable resource for church organists. The difficulty level is mostly between easy and medium, but well within the reach of most organists with a little work.

• A new commandment ; Aberystwyth ; Abridge ; Aus der Tiefe/Heinlein ; Breslau ; Caithness ; Caswall/Wem in Leidenstagen ; Ellacombe ; Erhalt uns, Herr ; Gerontius ; Grafton ; Hamburg ; Herongate ; Herzliebster Jesu ; Horsley ; Love unknown ; Olivet ; Pange lingua ; Passion Chorale/Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Lament) ; Passion Chorale/Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Meditation) ; Petra/Redhead No. 76 ; Rathbun ; Rockingham ; St Flavian ; St Theodulph/Valet will ich dir geben ; Song 13 ; Song 46 ; Southwell ; The King's Majesty ; The Servant King ; Ubi caritas ; Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten ; Were you there? ; Winchester New ; Wondrous Love