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Nigel Gaze

List of Compositions

Abacus  Suite of 9 pieces (A/B/B+)     £12.00ea

Prologue - Bicenium - Waltz-Trio - Alla Marcia - Chorale - Pastorale - Septenarius - Recitative - Peal

Nigel continues to provide delightful and stylistically widely ranging music that will make very useful voluntaries or indeed teaching pieces. Even the Mrs Things of this world (remember her ?) would be able to cope with some of these, and, if she were to do so, would surely be complimented on her imagination in selecting them.

 

An Advent Triptych on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ (B/B+)   Moderato -  Alla Sarabanda - Maestoso £8.00ea

Coincidentally this is the same tune put through slightly different paces - you could even use the three movements of this work before, during, and after the same service.  This is fluently written in a slightly spare idiom that suits the tune very well.

 

Carol Procession (B)  (manuals - with optional pedal) £3.00ea

This is a charming medieval pastiche, incorporating the ‘Song of the Nuns of Chester’, and the piece has an offbeat and original flavour which distinguishes itself from the usual Christmas offerings.

 

Claveçin (A/B)   Three Sketches for Harpsichord or Organ with Homage to François Couperin £7.00ea
Procession (B)

£5.00ea

 

It is good to welcome an old friend from Oecumuse days to the Fagus lists (there are some reissues below).  Many of you will have some of Nigel Gaze’s pieces already.  ‘Claveçin’ is an affectionate pastiche while ‘Procession’ was written for Nigel’s daughter’s wedding.  It is very suitable for such a purpose, but there is no reason why the piece should not be played on other occasions as appropriate, and it would make a very good postlude.

 

Epiphany (B-C) ((Three Improvisations on 'Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern')

£7.00

 This fluently written music based on ‘How brightly gleams the morning star’ will be found a very useful item once the excesses of the festive season are over.  The pieces could be played as a ‘prelude - offertory - postlude’ set if one wished.

 

Homage to Hayden (Minuet and Trio) (B)

£3.00

 The composer’s note says it all: ‘This piece is an arrangement of an earlier work scored for orchestra; though a pastiche, it may be useful in a programme where real organ music by Haydn (hard to come by) would be appropriate’.

 

In Memoriam (B)

£3.00

This is the composer’s response to the loss of a dear friend.  His note reads, ‘The dedicatee, Graham Thornhill, was a gentle and supportive all-round good-egg:  architect, skilled organist and singer, and enthusiast for the music of Bach and Elgar.  He also loved railways’.  Clearly the music is highly suited for a funeral or memorial service.

 

Old College Sketches (B)   

Lirica  - Poet’s Court

 £6.00

Nigel’s music has always gone down well with both Oecumuse and now Fagus customers.  Like the Clucas work above these are easy-going, melodious pieces but a touch more difficult and elaborate.

 

Healey Suite (A/B)   

Chorale - Bergamask - Minuett - Ballad - Morris

 £10.00

The composer says that, ‘while this Suite was written for a small one manual organ (like that in St Paul’s Church, Healey) there is no reason why it should not be played on an immense organ if required’.  This is effective and charming music.

 

Hymn Tune Voluntaries Vol. 1 (A/B+)   

 

 £15.00

Over the years Nigel has written many voluntaries based on hymn tunes and here is the first of two volumes containing the master’s further thoughts on his favourite tunes. The piece are quite substantial - the 10 included here occupy 47 pages.

Hymn Tune Voluntaries Vol. 2 (A/B+)   

 

 £15.00

Over the years Nigel has written many voluntaries based on hymn tunes and here is the second of two volumes containing the master’s further thoughts on his favourite tunes. The piece are quite substantial - the 10 included here occupy 42 pages.
Contents: Misericordia, Nicaea, Nun Freut Euch, Old 125th, Pastor Pastorum, St Columba, Slane, This Joyful Eastertide. To God be the Glory, Veni Creator

 Special offer: both Volumes £20.00

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Last updated: 16 May 2010