The Organist’s Year

Fourteen original pieces for organ follow the church through its year: the waiting of Advent, carols at Christmas, the long road of the Magi, the wilderness of Lent and the palms and shadows of Holy Week. Then come the bells of Easter, the cloud of the Ascension, the wind and fire of Pentecost and the thanksgivings of autumn. A trumpet voluntary for weddings and an elegy for funerals complete the year. Two concert pieces, Ageless Sea and Nunc Dimittis, carry the music into the recital hall and the evening office.

The pieces are written in the tradition of the English voluntary. Forms are clear, the harmony is tonal and each piece runs four to six minutes, so they suit a prelude, offertory or postlude. They are practical for the working church organist and rewarding in recital.

Inside you will find:

• 14 complete scores, each beginning on a left-hand page to ease page turns

• An introduction page for every piece with a scripture or liturgical text, occasion, key, tempo, duration, level, suggested registration, service use and performance notes

• A QR code on every introduction page linking to a recording

• Registrations for a three-manual organ, with guidance on adapting to two manuals and smaller instruments

• A glossary of stops and performance terms

• A liturgical index, suggested recital programmes and timings

Contents: Rorate Caeli · Pastoral · Processional: The Magi · Meditation · Fanfare and Hosanna · Stabat Mater · Toccata: Surrexit · Fantasia: Ascendit · Wind and Flame · Trumpet Voluntary · Elegy: In Paradisum · Te Deum: Festival Postlude · Ageless Sea · Nunc Dimittis

Innocent Okechukwu is a Nigerian composer whose music has been performed internationally. He won first place in the 2026 Luna Nova Pipe Organ Composition Contest.