Category: Church Music
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus (Handbells, 3-8 octaves plus handchimes, 3 octaves, Level 5)
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus, this arrangement of the well-known Southern Harmony tune, was commissioned by Barbara Charlebois in memory of her father. Below is a rehearsal video from Distinctly Bronze West 2011 in Bremerton, Washington. Handbells (three, four, five, six, seven, or eight octaves) plus handchimes (3 octaves) Level 5 Preview: Individual …
Amazing Grace (AMAZING GRACE) – Eight handbells
Amazing Grace is one of the best-known hymns of all time. John Newton wrote it in the eighteenth century, and from then till today it still brings forth the message of soul saved and life changed. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am …
Lucerna Laudoniae – Eight handbells
Lucerna Laudoniae translates “light of the Lothians”, which refers to a Franciscan monastery at Haddington, East Lothian (destroyed in 1355) or to the church that replaced it in the fifteenth century. Church Calendar: Harvest/Thanksgiving Hymn Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE Find metrically-matched hymn texts Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US …
Llangloffan (LLANGLOFFAN) – Eight handbells
LLANGLOFFAN is a thoughtful Welsh tune that fits many hymn texts, such as: All Glory, Laud and Honor I Need Thee, Precious Jesus O Jesus, I Have Promised O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Hymn Tune: LLANGLOFFAN Find metrically-matched hymn texts Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: …
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (HELMSLEY) – Eight handbells
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending announces the coming of the Savior in glory. Lo, he comes, with clouds descending, once for our salvation slain; thousand thousand saints attending swell the triumph of his train: Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ the Lord returns to reign. Now redemption, long expected, comes in solemn splendor near; all the saints …
Abide with Me (EVENTIDE) – Eight handbells
Abide wth Me is a hymn of comfort and consolation; it frequently is selected for memorial services and funerals. More personally, believers remember it when they feel like the whole world is against them, and remember that God is always ready to draw them close. Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; …
I Need Thee Every Hour (NEED) – Eight handbells
I Need Thee Every Hour is a look at one of the key parts of the Christian life: dependence on God. Each verse starts with “I need Thee”, and looks at a different aspect of that need. The bottom line, of course, is that no matter what life throws at us, we always need Him. …