Hymns for Woodwind Ensembles

Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us
(Also "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" and "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus")
Tune: Hyfrydol
Arranged by Dale Elmshaeuser

From the Hymns for Woodwind Ensembles series. The first setting in two parts is expanded with a middle voice to form a Congregational Version in three parts. Other settings are in four and five parts. One of them has an original, two-part canon in the tenor and bass, with the alto line and soprano melody entering later on. The other is a soprano descant added above the Hymnal Version from Lutheran Worship.

This arrangement can be played by as few as four instruments. Parts are included for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, I-III Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, I & II Alto Saxes, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, and F Horn, so that quartets can be formed in different ways, or various doublings may be made for larger ensembles. The arrangement can accompany a congregation, or can be played as an instrumental suite of variations on the hymn. The difficulty level is 3.

Full set includes a Conductor/Keyboard Score, transposed parts for individual instruments, background notes, and suggestions for performance with or without the congregation and choir.