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* OPERA OMNIA *

Arrangements of Hymn Tunes


Aberystwyth
(Jesu, lover of my soul)
​2016
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

All Saints
(Who are these, like stars appearing?)
​1998
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Austria
(Sung to various hymns)
​2021
Last verse organ arrangement (no descant)
Published on Score Exchange

Blaenwern
(Love divine, all loves excelling)
​2009
1) Descant and organ accompaniment
2) Descant and piano accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange
Published on Score Exchange

Breslau
(Take up thy cross, the Saviour said)
​2008
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Bristol
​(Hark the glad sound!)
​2015
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Caswall
(Glory be to Jesus)
​2008
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Charity
(Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost)
1993/2017
1) Descant to Stainer's original harmonies
2) Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange
Published on Score Exchange

Coe Fen
(How shall I sing that majesty?)
​2014
Descant and organ accompaniment
Available here

Crimond
(The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want)
​2002
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Cross of Jesus
(Come, thou long-expected Jesus)
​1993
1) Descant to Stainer's original harmonies
2) Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange
Published on Score Exchange

Down Ampney
(Come down, O love divine)
​2022
Descant and organ accompaniment
Available here

Easter Hymn
(Jesus Christ is risen today)
​2023
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Ellacombe
(The day of Resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad)
​1992
Descant to the standard harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

Ellers
(Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise)
​2024
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Eventide
(Abide with me; fast falls the eventide)
​2024
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Fulda
(We have a gospel to proclaim)
​1992
Descant to Gardiner's original harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

Gott will's machen
(Saints of God! Lo, Jesu's people)
​2002
Descant and double descant with organ accompaniments
Published on Score Exchange


Guiting Power
(Christ triumphant, ever reigning)
​2019
Descant to the original organ accompaniment

Varied organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange
​
​​Available here

Gwalchmai
(King of glory, King of peace)
​2018
Decant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Helmsley
(Lo! He comes with clouds descending)
​1996
1) Descant and organ accompaniment
2) Ditto with English Hymnal words
Published on Score Exchange
Published on Score Exchange

Hereford
(O thou who camest from above)
​1995
Descant to S. S. Wesley's original harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

Hosanna in excelsis
(Hosanna in the highest / To our exalted Saviour)
​1994
4-part last verse harmonization (SATB/organ)
Published on Score Exchange
2020
Descant and organ accompaniment (based on the 1994 version)
Published on Score Exchange

Humility
(See, amid the winter's snow)
​2003
Descant to Goss's original harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

Lasst uns erfreuen
(All creatures of our God and King)
​2022
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Little Cornard
(Hills of the North, rejoice)
​2023
Last verse organ arrangement (no descant)
Available here

Lobe den Herren / Praxis Pietatis
(Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation)
1997
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Ludgate
(Let every Christian pray)
The tune is by Sir John Dykes Bower (1905-1985) and the words by F. Pratt Green (1903-2000). The hymn is 145 in More Hymns for Today.
​1995
Descant and organ accompaniment
Available here

Lux Eoi
(Alleluia, Alleluia, hearts to heaven and voices raise)
​1992
Descant to Sullivan's original harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

Maccabaeus
(Thine be the glory)
​2021
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Marching
(Through the night of dark and sorrow)
​2021
Last verse organ arrangement (no descant)
Available here

Merton
(Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding /
​Hark! a herald voice is calling)
​1994
1) Descant to Monk's original harmonies
2) Descant and organ accompaniment


Published on Score Exchange
Published on Score Exchange
Versions in E major are also available -- follow the links

My Bonnie lies over the ocean
(When Peter stepped out on the water)
​2004
Unison voices, organ/piano


Commissioned for and published in Multicoloured Maze (Stainer & Bell, 2004)

Nettleton
(Come, thou fount of every blessing)
​2017
4-part harmonization (SATB/organ)
Published on Score Exchange

Noel
(It came upon a midnight clear)
​2006
Descant and organ accompaniment

Published on Score Exchange


Nun danket
(Now thank we all our God)
​2019
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Praise, my soul
(Praise, my soul, the King of heaven)
​2016
Descant to Goss's original accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Quem Pastores
(Jesus, good above all other)
​2014
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Richmond
(City of God, how broad and far/
​Fill thou my life, O Lord my God)
​2016
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Rockingham
(When I survey the wondrous Cross)
​2008
Descant and organ accompaniment


Published on Score Exchange
Also available in D -- follow the link

Sandys
(Teach me, my God and King)
​2000
Canon 2-in-1 and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

St Albinus
(Jesus lives!  Thy terrors now)
​2000
Descant and organ accompaniment


Published on Score Exchange
Also available in C -- follow the link

St Clement
(The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended)
​2007
Descant and organ accompaniment


Published on Score Exchange
Also available in G -- follow the link

St Edmund
(Songs of thankfulness and praise)
​2010
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

St Ethelwald
(Soldiers of Christ, arise)
​2003
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

St Gabriel
(The radiant morn hath passed away)
​1994
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

St Peter
(As now the sun’s declining rays / How sweet the name of Jesus sounds)
​1994
Descant and organ accompaniment


Published on Score Exchange



St Stephen
(The Lord will come and not be slow)
​1999
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Slane
(Be thou my vision / Lord of all hopefulness / Lord of all power)
​2021
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Strength and Stay
(O Strength and Stay upholding all creation)
​1994
Descant to Dykes's original harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

Sussex
(Saints of God! Lo, Jesu's people)
​2023
Descant to Vaughan Williams's original harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

The Old 120th
(Hail to the Lord who comes / O thou not made with hands)
​2000
Descant and organ accompaniment

Published on Score Exchange


Veni Emmanuel
(O come, O come, Emmanuel!)
​1996
Descant to the AMNS harmonies
Published on Score Exchange

We stand for God
​2018
Organ accompaniment and choral harmonies, based on an arrangement by David Bell
Available here

Westminster Abbey
(Blessed city, heavenly Salem / Christ is made the sure foundation)
2011
Descant and organ accompaniment

Published on Score Exchange


Winchester New
(On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry)
​1993
4-part last verse harmonization (SATB/organ)
Published on Score Exchange

Winchester New
(On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry)
2017
Descant and organ accompaniment
​(based on the 1993 version)

Published on Score Exchange

Winchester Old
(While shepherds watched their flocks by night)
​2013
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

Woodlands
(Tell out, my soul)
​2010
Descant and organ accompaniment
Published on Score Exchange

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