Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1331920 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Christmas,Classical,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 6 pages. John Burkett #918686. Published by John Burkett (A0.1331920). This atmospheric setting for piano of the Christmas carol tune Away in a Manger is intended for competent keyboardists who serve as either a pianist or organist, or both, for a church.  In addition to the score, I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process. This setting is one among several arrangements of Christmas carols in my Christmas Carol Series.  Also, please search the Sheet Music Plus website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for piano and some for organ.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1335136 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Christmas,Classical,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. John Burkett #918841. Published by John Burkett (A0.1335136). This soothingly undulating setting for piano of the Christmas carol tune St. Louis is intended for competent keyboardists who serve as either a pianist or organist, or both, for a church.  In addition to the score, I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  This setting is one among several arrangements of Christmas carols in my Christmas Carol Series.  Also, please search the Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for piano and some for organ.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1348066 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 7 pages. John Burkett #932880. Published by John Burkett (A0.1348066). My arrangement of the hymn tune Darwall (Rejoice, the Lord Is King) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  The structure of the piece consists of three different settings of the tune, separated from each other by a recurring segment that is rhythmically distinctive and displays decidedly modernist harmony.  In the first setting the unadorned hymn tune is played by the left hand, while the right hand provides an accompaniment of rapidly repeated chords generating a strong sense of forward motion.  The second setting, in a different key, is unified by a continuous stream of dotted eighth/sixteenth note rhythmic units.  The third setting is similar to the first, but set in 12/8 rather than 4/4 meter.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I enourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1335135 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Christmas,Classical,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 6 pages. John Burkett #918840. Published by John Burkett (A0.1335135). This stately setting for piano of the Christmas carol tune Adeste Fideles is intended for competent keyboardists who serve as either a pianist or organist, or both, for a church.  In addition to the score, I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  This setting is one among several arrangements of Christmas carols in my Christmas Carol Series.  Also, please search the Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for piano and some for organ.

Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Christmas,Classical,Contempora ry,Sacred. Score. 6 pages. John Burkett #918804. Published by John Burkett

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1341934 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Praise & Worship,Romantic Period,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. John Burkett #927445. Published by John Burkett (A0.1341934). My Prelude on the tune St. Catherine (Faith of Our Fathers) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  It is written in an overtly late 19th century romantic style with considerable use of chromaticism.  A fairly lengthy introduction hints frequently at the tune before the melody proper appears.  The chorus concludes in grandiose style followed by a brief postlude that quietly reiterates the opening measures of the piece.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1353490 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Sacred. Score. 10 pages. John Burkett #938224. Published by John Burkett (A0.1353490). My Prelude on Duke Street (Jesus Shall Reign) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  A 15-bar introduction based on the first four notes of the hymn tune prepares for the first statement of the tune accompanied by a repeated rhythmic pattern of intervals of a third.  The second statement, in a different key, is essentially fugal in nature and concludes with a bridge to the final statement.  This statement is the most difficult to play.  The tune is played in long tones in octaves between the two hands.  The difficulty comes in the quick and wide leaps to chords that occur after each melody note is struck.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1352033 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. John Burkett #936862. Published by John Burkett (A0.1352033). My Prelude on the hymn tune Eventide (Abide with Me) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  A quiet introduction intones the first few notes of the hymn tune, leading to a complete statement of the melody accompanied by an arpeggiated chordal pattern.  This is followed by a noticeably more dramatic ornamented restatement of the melody, replete with descending arpeggios, leading to a bold declamation of the first phrase in the distant key of C-Flat major.  The drama subsides, however, when a decrescendo leads to an unanticipated and quietly inconclusive cadence.  The piece then ends with a hushed varied recurrence of the initial introduction.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1342734 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 6 pages. John Burkett #928241. Published by John Burkett (A0.1342734). My Prelude on the tune Dix (For the Beauty of the Earth) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  This exuberant setting in a conservatively modern style draws its energy from an almost constant stream of seventh-chord sonorities in the left hand accompaniment.  The melody, sometimes unadorned and sometimes ornamented, contributes to the forward motion with the frequent appearance of a dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythmic pattern.  Bitonal harmony is implied near the end of the piece.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1352800 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Sacred. Score. 11 pages. John Burkett #937604. Published by John Burkett (A0.1352800). My Variations on the hymn tune Gordon (My Jesus, I Love Thee) are intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  The four variations in this set display increasing rhythmic complexity as one plays them from beginning to end, ranging from continuous streams of eighth notes to eighth-note triplets to sixteenths.  The first, and simplest, variation can be played alone.  Variations 2-4 are written as a continuous group, though they too can be played individually if desired, by adding a conclusive tonic note in the bass.  For the most part the pitches of the hymn tune are presented without ornamentation, though there are occasional exceptions.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1367649 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. John Burkett #952023. Published by John Burkett (A0.1367649). My Prelude on the hymn tune Mit Freuden Zart (Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  My arrangement consists of two sections.  The first hints strongly at the Mixolydian mode in the key of D, while the second employs the Aeolian mode in C-sharp.  The piece begins with a 14-bar introduction before the hymn tune appears, accompanied by a rhythmically energetic combination of rests and parallel triads.  Then the melody moves to the bass, accompanied by a spurt of eighth-notes in the key of B major, creating a short bitonal passage.  After brief references to other keys, the main key of D returns.  The second section presents the melody harmonized with parallel triads and accompanied by a constantly moving stream of octaves in the left hand.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1371320 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. John Burkett #955529. Published by John Burkett (A0.1371320). My Prelude on The Old Rugged Cross (The Old Rugged Cross) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations  My setting contains much chromaticism, stemming from the idea in the baroque period that chromaticism evoked a sense of sorrow.  The text associated with the tune certainly conveys that emotion.  George Bennard harmonized his entire hymn tune in the key of B-flat major.  I, however, harmonized the first half of the refrain in the relative key of G minor.  After a presentation of the entire melody, I bring that passage back and end on the dominant chord.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1374217 Composed by John Burkett. Arranged by John Burkett. Classical,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 8 pages. John Burkett #958806. Published by John Burkett (A0.1374217). My Prelude on Woodworth (Just As I Am) is intended for church pianists looking for interesting arrangements of hymns familiar to their congregations.  The first section of my arrangement is simple enough.  But the remainder requires advanced pianistic skill with its wide-ranging arpeggios in the left hand and the use of so-called 3-handed technique, wherein the right and left hands alternate playing the melody notes in the middle compass of the keyboard, while also negotiating the aforementioned arpeggios in the left hand, as well as quickly moving arpeggios and scale passages in the right hand.  Near the end of the piece the use of the sostenuto pedal is also required.  In short, my arrangement is a virtuosic treatment in 19th century romantic style of a mid-19th century hymn tune.  I have provided a full-length recording to aid the prospective buyer in the decision-making process.  I encourage you to search the Sheet Music Plus or the Sheet Music Direct website for other hymn arrangements of mine, some for organ and others for piano.