Description

Composer: Martin Ellis
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Organ (3-Staff)
Each piece in Martin Ellis’s collection draws inspiration from a different psalm, amplifying the strength, comfort, peace, and wisdom found in these timeless texts. Three original settings – usable individually or as a suiteare joined by six hymn tune settings traditionally paired with psalm-based texts. True to Ellis’s vivid style, the collection offers wide stylistic variety, from a neo-baroque treatment of ST. ANNE to a vibrant gospel postlude on the spiritual « I Will Trust. »
Contents:

• Fanfare on Psalm 100
• Trio and Chorale on Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (Psalm 90)
• Meditation on My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Psalm 23)
• Variations on Pisgah (Psalm 114)
• Song of Peace on Psalm 131
• Toccata Brevis on Many and Great (Psalm 104)
• Postlude on I Will Trust (Psalm 37)
• Meditation on Lead Me, Lord (Psalm 5)
• Blow Up the Trumpet in the New Moon (Psalm 81)