Inspired by J.S. Bach’s prolific output and encouraged by friends and family, former Winnipegger Carla Klassen set herself the goal of composing a new piano arrangement for 52 beloved hymns over ...

His interest in hymn arrangements dates back to his teenage ... a copy of the music and taught himself to play the hymn on the piano from memory. “It’s a beautifully crafted piece and somehow ...

Paul Garland will lead the singing of requested hymns with Becky Sopha on piano and Barb Rylander on violin, and a new men’s ensemble will sing a lively arrangement of “Lay Up Your Treasures ...

and to bring these jazz interpretations into circulation inside churches. The album is almost a demo for church music directors, and the arrangements are meant for congregational singing.

Witkowski succeeds in offering a luminously lyrical piano trio session interpreting ... as the standards of Porter or Gershwin. Her arrangement of "Hymn to Joy (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee ...