Grace and Jubilation: Six Organ Solos. (Organ).

Grace and Jubilation: Six Organ Solos, arranged by Jack Noble White. H. W. Gray/Warner Bros. Publications (15800 N. W. 48th Ave., Miami, FL 33014), 2001. 32pp., $8.95. Moderately easy.

This new collection of organ pieces contains six works appropriate for the church service and includes settings of the well-known and much-used tunes "Picardy," "Amazing Grace," "Sine Nomine" and "Ode to Joy," as well as a work inspired by "An Iona Boat Song." The volume ends with a free composition, "The Jubilant Trumpet," which provides a rollicking postlude to the entire collection. The works all are moderately easy and would be accessible to an organist with only modest manual and pedal technique. Although they would benefit from the tonal variety and power of a large pipe organ, the composer is quick to point out their effectiveness on a smaller instrument.

Those who are familiar with Jack Noble White's choral works will readily recognize some familiar musical "trademarks," such as an interest in jaunty rhythms and a lyrical quality that can, at times, lean decidedly toward the sentimental. However, he often gives fresh readings to some frequently set ...