This well-loved, glorious hymn is a staple in almost every singing body of believers, and this arrangement will help you materialize the best moments in the hymn. This piece offers 3 stanzas, the first two in A-flat, and the third in B-flat, with a brief but compelling key change for the final stanza. The pianist will play both of the first stanzas solo, and the instruments join in on the first two refrains. Instrumentalists will also play along with the key change, and continue into the final stanza. At the end of the final refrain, a deceptive cadence is offered, along with a tag, or repeat, of the final “How great thou art” affirmation. Includes a full score, a piano score, and all individual instrumental parts: treble clef C instrument, treble clef B-flat instrument, horn, viola, bass clef instrument, and percussion: chimes and suspended cymbal.
Real Responses from Congregations
Molly plays for the church my mother-in-law attends. The congregation becomes like a big choir with her arrangements. I’ve enjoyed the music when we’ve visited!
The beautiful accompaniment and the unison congregation could be used both congregationally and chorally (as we did)… For small to medium-sized choirs on low attendance Sundays these could be effective choral pieces or as a way to develop choir and orchestra when (as is our case) some choir members are also instrumentalists. We used three pieces as part of our Easter celebration. All were very well received. We were able to include our developing orchestra with all of it. So, thank you!
We love using these arrangements at Valley Community Baptist Church in our worship setting, regardless if we are using just piano and organ on a particular Sunday, or our full orchestra with choir and congregation. As the organist, the conductors score offers a great organ score option as an asset for churches using organ with these settings without revamping the piano score, making it quite easy… Thank you, Molly!
Molly’s congregational accompaniments add a freshness to treasured hymns of the past that enables a cross-generational congregation to join together in passionate worship of a great God.
