Sunday Song: Toccata on Joy to the World

Merry Christmas!

Concert organist Martin Setchell plays the Toccata on Joy to the World from his 3-Piece Suite, on the Rieger organ in the Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand. The score is available from www.fagus-music.com



Looking for more Christmas organ videos? Check out my posts from December 2010.

Sunday Song: Come, O Come Emmanuel

Recorded 5th of December 2009 at the Nathanael church in Berlin-Schöneberg. Organ improvisation by Maria Scharwieß over the hymn: Come, o come Emmanuel.

Sunday Song: Adeste Fideles Improvisation

Pierre Cochereau, Notre Dame's organist for 29 years until his death in 1984, improvised this series of variations on the old hymn tune for the cathedral's Christmas Eve Mass in 1970.

It was recorded at its single performance. Jeremy Filsell, Washington National Cathedral's Artist in Residence, transcribed it, & performs it here in a recording made in Liverpool in March 2000.

Sunday Song: Deck Them Halls

Richard Elliott performs his arrangement of "Deck the Halls" on the LDS Conference Center Organ. Elliott performed and wrote the music for the annual Christmas concert in 2010 that featured singing sensation David Archuleta.