Simper: 2 x 17 Voluntaries pour orgue vol.1/2

Caleb Simper (1856-1942) was a Scottish musician - and self-taught in this capacity. He composed mainly sacred and worship music for choir or organ and was a superstar of church music during his lifetime: some five million copies of his works were sold by 1920. His 12-volume Voluntary series, each with 17 pieces, contains utility music in the best sense: short and very short pieces from easy to medium-easy, which will find many friends in their victorian-romantic style. Even for part-time organists, most of the pieces are almost entirely playable at sight: Anyone who has Simper’s Voluntaries with them is always prepared for all occasions.

• VOL. 1
• I. Opening Voluntary
• II. Prelude
• III. Offertoire
• IV. Largo
• V. Meditation
• VI. Interlude
• VII. March
• VIII. Aria
• IX. Adagio
• X. Gavotte
• XI. Opening Voluntary
• XII. Prelude
• XIII. Postlude
• XIV. Slow Movement
• XV. Communion
• XVI. Pastorale
• XVII. Concluding Pastorale
• VOL. 2
• I. Larghetto
• II. Concluding Voluntary
• III. Meditation
• IV. Solemn Voluntary
• V. Opening Voluntary
• VI. March
• VII. Opening Voluntary
• VIII. Offertoire
• IX. Melody
• X. Postlude
• XI. Pastorale
• XII. Chorus „Thou crownest the year“
• XIII. Prelude
• XIV. Interlude
• XV. Communion
• XVI. Soft Voluntary „Thou that hearest prayer“
• XVII. Opening Voluntary