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New Model template and a range of resources for other Spiritualist Churches  

Title

Mins

Secs

Composer

Comments

Waltz No15 in E Flat Major

1

37

Brahms

Not the catchiest of titles, but you will recognise the tune.

Jean de Floret

2

30

Petit

From the film of the same name.  Set in idyllic rural France, this tune deftly captures the atmosphere.

Girl with the Flaxen hair

2

35

Debussy

Short, flowing, atmospheric piano piece

Gympodie

2

48

Sarte

Melodic little piano exercise from the eccentric French composer, Erik Sarte

Crockett's Theme

2

56

MC Hammer

Signature tune of TV series, Miami Vice.

Saraband

2

57

Handel

Short, rich harmonic string quartet from Handel

Salut d'amore

3

3

Elgar

Short tuneful violin piece, which Elgar sold for 62 pence when he was a student.  He winced every time he heard it at the royalties he was losing.

Entry of the Queen of Sheba

3

5

Handel

Stirring piece.  Ideal to play as the speaker and chair enter the rostrum and settle down.  Fade when they are ready.

Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin

3

10

Wagner

Stirring orchestral fireworks. Ideal for entry of medium and chair to the platform.

March of the Mods

3

10


Great upbeat number, ideal for playing as congregation leave their seats.

Romance 'The Gadfly'

3

12

Shostakovich

Used some years ago as theme from 'Riley, Ace of Spies', this is a beautiful violin solo.

Il Paradisium

3

28

Faure

Final part of Faure's Requiem - arrival in paradise.   Heavenly chorus par excellence.

Jesu joy of mans desiring

3

28

Bach

Well known popular tune from great composer

Air on a 'G' String

3

31

Bach

Famous piece.   Very easy on the ear.

Time to say Goodbye

4

19

James Horner

Famous theme from the film Titanic.

Clair de Lune

4

54

Debussy

Famous piano piece.   Regarded as the beginning of modernism in classical music.

Meditation from Thais

5

2

Messenet

Famous violin piece on which the theme from "Schindlers's List was based.

21st Piano Concerto

5

18

Mozart

Melifluous piano concerto, most famously used as the film music for 'Elvira Madigan'.

Ride of the Valkyries

5

35

Wagner

More orchestral fireworks from Wagner.

Blue Danube

5

55

Strauss

Nothing need be said about this famous waltz from Strauss.

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Pavane

6

7

Faure

Theme tune for World Cup in Paris. You'll know it if you're a soccer fan.  Heavenly choir that will grow on  you.


Music

With modern - and not so modern - sound systems, the finest music in the world is available to us in our churches. Why we are so slow to use it is a mystery.   Here are some of many tunes that church members may already have in their CD collections.  Using a PC, these can be ‘ripped’ and played through the sound system - which may be a simple stereo system from he 1980s, dug out from the attic.


The computer need not be taken to church as the programme for the evening - including accompaniment for the hymns - can be downloaded onto a small personal player and fed into the loudspeakers via the headphone socket.  


Here are a few examples to start your collection, going from the shortest to the longest: