Piano Solos/4-hand piano & CD Tracks

Hymnworks I | Hymnworks II | Hymnworks Christmas
Symphony of Praise I | Symphony of Praise II | Moments With the Savior
Rhapsody of Love | Rhapsody of Christmas (A Birthday of a King) Worship Collage|   Rhapsody of Christmas II

NEW BOOK!! 4-hand piano arrangements

                            A YEAR OF PRAISE

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Linda McKechnie provides four-hand piano teams with beautiful and challenging hymn arrangements that highlight major events on the church calendar. She demonstrates her signature trademark of blending beloved hymns with favorite classics, incorporating timeless themes from Bach, Handel, and Faure in some of the selections. "A Year of Praise" is a superb addition to a skilled pianist's repertoire.

Index
Fanfare on Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
Love Came Down at Christmas with “Berceuse” by Fauré
Meditation on the Cross (Old Rugged Cross/Beneath the Cross of Jesus)
Now Thank We All Our God with “Cantata #79” by Bach
People, Look East with “Fugue in G Major” by Bach
Rejoice, the Lord Is King with “Sinfonia” by Hande
Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart

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Piano Solos/4-hand piano & CD Tracks

Hymnworks I | Hymnworks II | Hymnworks Christmas
Symphony of Praise I | Symphony of Praise II | Moments With the Savior
Rhapsody of Love | Rhapsody of Christmas (A Birthday of a King)Worship Collage|   Rhapsody of Christmas II

NEW BOOK!! 4-hand piano arrangements

                            A YEAR OF PRAISE

A Year of Praise: A Four Hand Voyage Through the Church Calendar

Order 4-hand piano book $22 plus shipping

Click on arrow to listen to sample music

Linda McKechnie provides four-hand piano teams with beautiful and challenging hymn arrangements that highlight major events on the church calendar. She demonstrates her signature trademark of blending beloved hymns with favorite classics, incorporating timeless themes from Bach, Handel, and Faure in some of the selections. "A Year of Praise" is a superb addition to a skilled pianist's repertoire.

Index
Fanfare on Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
Love Came Down at Christmas with “Berceuse” by Fauré
Meditation on the Cross (Old Rugged Cross/Beneath the Cross of Jesus)
Now Thank We All Our God with “Cantata #79” by Bach
People, Look East with “Fugue in G Major” by Bach
Rejoice, the Lord Is King with “Sinfonia” by Hande
Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart

                                PIANO SOLOS

SOLOS From Hymnworks I CD recording

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Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of the piano. Orchestration accompaniment will be heard BUT this can be played as a piano solo.

  1. 4:00   Be Thou My Vision with Rustle of Spring by Sinding
    (Music Sample)
  2. 5:06   Jesus Paid It All with La Fille Auz Cheveux de Lin by Debussy
    (Music Sample)

SOLOS From Moments with the Savior CD recording

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Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of the piano. Orchestration accompaniment will be heard BUT this can be played as a piano solo.

  1. 3:22 The Lord's Prayer by Malotte,
    (Music Sample)
  2. 3:29 He Hideth My Soul
    (Music Sample)
  3. 4:28 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen with What a Friend We Havein Jesus
    (Music Sample)

SOLOS From Rhapsody of Christmas I (The Birthday of a King) CD recording

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Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of the piano. Orchestration accompaniment will be heard BUT this can be played as a piano solo.

  1. 3:34 I Wonder as I Wander 
    (Music Sample)
    Order and download 1 piano solo for $5 each

SOLOS From Rhapsody of Christmas II CD recording

Order and download 1 piano solo for $5 each

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of the piano. Orchestration accompaniment will be heard BUT this can be played as a piano solo.

  1. 2:01  Enjoying the Moment (original by Linda McKechnie) 
    (Music Sample)

                                     PIANO SOLO BOOKS

SOLO BOOK From Worship Collage CD recording

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Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of the piano. Orchestration accompaniment will be heard BUT this is a Piano Solo Book. 

  1. 4:39 His Eye Is on the Sparrow
    (Music Sample)
  2. 3:29 Nearer, Still Nearer with Arioso by Bach
    (Music Sample)
  3. 2:48 Marvelous Grace with Amazing Grace
    (Music Sample)
  4. 4:34 The Old Rugged Cross with He Was Despised by Handel
    (Music Sample)
  5. 3:44 Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting with Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace
    (Music Sample)
  6. 3:59 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee by Beethoven with Doxology and To God Be the Glory
    (Music Sample)
  7. 3:31 I Love Thee with Love Again by McKechnie
    (Music Sample)
  8. 3:01 He Leadeth Me
    (Music Sample)
  9. 3:20 The King of Love, My Shepherd Is with Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
    (Music Sample)
  10. 5:51 Sweet Hour of Prayer with Largo, Dvorak and My Faith Looks Up to Thee
    (Music Sample)
  11. 3:09 Take My Life and Let It Be
    (Music Sample)
  12. 3:20 It Is Well With My Soul with Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
    (Music Sample)

 

SOLO BOOK From the Rhapsody of Christmas CD recording                  

Order The Birthday of a King piano solo book $22 + shipping

This music is published for solo piano entitled The Birthday of a King

  • Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head, includes a Treble C instrument part
  • SATB parts are included for Still, Still, Still and The Birthday of a King; Permission is granted to reproduce the music for choir
  • CD track accompaniment is available (see below), does not include Silent Night, Advent Carol, or The Manger Song Medley which are “solo piano only”
  • Orchestration is available

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of the piano. Orchestration accompaniment will be heard BUT this is a Piano Solo Book. 

  1. 2:49 Christmas Bells: Ding Dong, Merrily on High (French carol) with I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Calkin
    (Music Sample)
  2. 2:26 Still, Still, Still, Australian carol in the style of Brahms
    (Music Sample)
  3. 2:27 How Great Our Joy, German carol in the style of Bernstein
    (Music Sample)
  4. 2:50 Silent Night by Gruber with Prelude in C by Bach (no track)
    (Music Sample)
  5. 3:44 Reflection of Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, German carol in impressionistic style (Music Sample)
  6. 2:38 Gigue On In Dulci, German carol in the style of Bach
    (Music Sample)
  7. 4:01 Advent Carols: Of the Father's Love Begotten, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Plainsong 13th Century (no track)
    (Music Sample)
  8. 2:58 The Birthday of a King by Neidlinger in the style of Chopin
    (Music Sample)
  9. 3:19 Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, American melody in the style of Gershwin
    (Music Sample)
  10. 3:18 The Manger Song Medley: Away in a Manger, Coventry Carol, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Polish carol) (no track
    (Music Sample)
  11. 4:04 Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne by Matthews in the style of Ravel
    (Music Sample)

CD TRACKS WITH PIANO SOLO MUSIC

  • Orchestrated CD accompaniment tracks are available on this website. These are the same tracks that are on the listening CDs without the piano
  • It is highly advised that you be very familiar with the music from the listening CDs in helping to learn to follow the accompaniment tracks. The ultimate goal is to play as if “the orchestra was following the piano” instead of the pianist following the track. Some arrangements are more difficult than others and are not consistent in level of proficiency or complexity of the orchestration.
  • The piano music for CD track can NOT be performed as “piano solo only” (unless noted). It is only performed with CD track accompaniment or organ part. 

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CD Tracks for combined Hymnworks # II and Hymnworks Christmas music


Order and download 1 copy of ALL 8 titles from Hymnworks # II for $20 to be played with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below

Order and download 1 copy of ALL 10 titles from Hymnworks Christmas for $22 to be played with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below

Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for $35- Includes 8 titles from Hymnworks # II and 10 titles from Hymnworks Christmas

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on the blue highlighted title to listen to the entire arrangement of piano and orchestra recording. These arrangements can NOT be performed without accompaniment

Hymnworks #II music

  1. 5:24 Be Still My Soul with excerpts from Finlandia by Sibelius
    (Music Sample)
  2. 4:10 Holy, Holy, Holy with Concerto #2 in C Minor by Rachmaninoff   
    (Music Sample)
  3. 3:22 How Great Thou Art with Symphony #5 by Beethoven
    (Music Sample)
  4. 3:12 Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee with excerpts from Symphony #9 by Beethoven
    (Music Sample)
  5. 2:07 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms with Sonata in C by Mozart         
    (Music Sample)
  6. 4:20 My Jesus, I Love Thee with Sleepers Wake by Bach         
    (Music Sample)
  7. 4:07 O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus with Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
    (Music Sample)
  8. 3:52 To God Be the Glory with Piano Concerto #1 in Bb Minor by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)     

Hymnworks Christmas music

  1. 3:52 Deck the Halls with Trepak from Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  2. 3:45 God Rest Ye Merry/Good Christian Men with Dance of Sugar PlumFairy from Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  3. 4:08 O Little Town of Bethlehem with Reverie by Debussy
    (Music Sample)
  4. 3:55 Go Tell It On the Mountain and He Is Born with Troika** by Prokofiev
    (Music Sample)
  5. 2:01 Joy to the World with Psalm 19** by Marcello
    (Music Sample)
  6. 2:45 We Three Kings with Farandole** from L’Arlesienne Suite #2 by Bizet
    (Music Sample)
  7. 3:11 O Come All Ye Faithful with Sheep May Safely Graze** by Bach
    (Music Sample)
  8. 4:42 O Holy Night with Gesu Bambino** by Pietro A. Yon
    (Music Sample)
  9. 5:11 Messiah Medley #1: Sussex Carol with O Thou That Tellest, Angels From the Realms of Glory with Glory to God, Silent Night with He Shall Feed His Flock
    (Music Sample)
  10. 5:36 Messiah Medley #2: O Come Little Children with Rejoice Greatly, Hark the Herald Angels Sing with For Unto Us a Child Is Born, Hallelujah Chorus
    (Music Sample)

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CD Tracks for Symphony of Praise # I music

Order and download 1 copy of ALL 9 titles for $20 to be played with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below
Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for only $20  

              

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on blue highlighted title to listen to entire arrangement of piano and orchestra recording. These arrangements can NOT be performed without accompaniment

  1. 5:17 How Majestic Is Your Name with Alleluja by Mozart  
    (Music Sample)
  2. 5:28 As the Deer with The Swan by Saint-Saens         
    (Music Sample)
  3. 4:15 Great Is the Lord with Minuet by Paderewski         
    (Music Sample)
  4. 2:51 I Will Enter His Gates with Rondo by Mouret         
    (Music Sample)
  5. 3:55 Seek Ye First with Canon in D by Pachelbel         
    (Music Sample)
  6. 3:51 I Love You Lord with O Lord Most Holy by Franck         
    (Music Sample)
  7. 4:01 All Hail the Power with Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell         
    (Music Sample)
  8. 4:33 Glorify Thy Name with Etude by Chopin         
    (Music Sample)
  9. 5:17 Majesty with Concerto in A Minor by Grieg
    (Music Sample)

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CD Tracks for Symphony of Praise # II music

Order and download 1 copy of ALL 10 titles for $20 to be played with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below
Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for $20 

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on blue highlighted title to listen to entire arrangement of piano and orchestra recording. These arrangements can NOT be performed without accompaniment

  1. 3:30 Because He Lives with 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  2. 3:56 Bless the Lord O My Soul (Bless His Holy Name) with Adiago by Beethoven
    (Music Sample)
  3. 4:14 I Exalt Thee with Polonaise by Chopin
    (Music Sample)
  4. 3:04 I Will Sing of the Mercies with Brandenburg Concerto #3 by Bach
    (Music Sample)
  5. 4:10 More Precious Than Silver with Arioso by Bach
    (Music Sample)
  6. 5:00 Open Our Eyes Lord with Morning by Grieg
    (Music Sample)
  7. 4:07 Thy Word with Winter by Vivaldi
    (Music Sample)
  8. 2:31 We Bow Down with Serenade With Strings by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  9. 2:12 King of Kings with In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg
    (Music Sample)
  10. 4:06 O Worship the King with excerpt from Lohengrin by Wagner
    (Music Sample)

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CD Tracks for Moments With The Savior music

Order and download 1 copy of ALL 10 titles for $20 to be played with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below

Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for $15 

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on blue highlighted title to listen to entire arrangement of piano and orchestra recording. These arrangements can NOT be performed without accompaniment

  1. 3:22 The Lord's Prayer by Malotte
    (Music Sample)
  2. 3:57 Fairest Lord Jesus/Jesus the Very Thought of Thee medley
    (Music Sample)
  3. 5:52 Savior Like a Shepherd/Gentle Shepherd by Gaither, medley
    (Music Sample)
  4. 3:46 Shine Jesus Shine by Kendrick
    (Music Sample)
  5. 3:34 There Is a Redeemer by Green
    (Music Sample)
  6. 3:29 He Hideth My Soul
    (Music Sample)
  7. 4:15 What Wondrous Love Is This
    (Music Sample)
  8. 4:49 O Sacred Head Now Wounded
    (Music Sample)
  9. 3:57 Lamb of God/Lord Have Mercy On Us
    (Music Sample)
  10. 4:28 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen with What a Friend We Havein Jesus
    (Music Sample)

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CD Tracks for Rhapsody of Love music

Order and download 1 copy of ALL 6 titles for $18 to be played                                         with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below
Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for $20 

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on blue highlighted title to listen to entire arrangement of piano and orchestra recording. These arrangements can NOT be performed without accompaniment

  1. 5:12 Shine On Us by Smith with Liebestraum by Liszt
    (Music Sample)
  2. 4:33 Friends by Smith with Air by Bach
    (Music Sample)
  3. 3:53 On Eagle's Wings by Joncas with Theme from 6th Symphony
    by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  4. 3:32 Love Is a Gift (English melody) with Traumerei by Schumann
    (Music Sample)
  5. 3:37 Love Divine with Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov
    (Music Sample)
  6. 4:03 O Perfect Love with Meditation from Thais by Massent
    (Music Sample)

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CD Tracks for Rhapsody of Christmas (The Birthday of a King) music book

Order book and CD track separately

Order The Birthday of a King piano solo book $22 + shipping
Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for $20

  • Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head, includes a Treble C instrument part
  • SATB parts are included for Still, Still, Still and The Birthday of a King; Permission is granted to reproduce the music for choir
  • CD track accompaniment is available (see below), does not include Silent Night, Advent Carol, or The Manger Song Medley which are “solo piano only”
  • Orchestration is available

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on blue highlighted title to listen to entire arrangement of piano. Although there is orchestration on these recorded arrangements, this book is a SOLO PIANO BOOK.  

  1. 2:49 Christmas Bells: Ding Dong, Merrily on High (French carol) with I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Calkin
    (Music Sample)
  2. 2:26 Still, Still, Still, Australian carol in the style of Brahms
    (Music Sample)
  3. 2:27 How Great Our Joy, German carol in the style of Bernstein
    (Music Sample)
  4. 2:50 Silent Night by Gruber with Prelude in C by Bach (no track)
    (Music Sample)
  5. 3:44 Reflection of Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, German carol in impressionistic style (Music Sample)
  6. 2:38 Gigue On In Dulci, German carol in the style of Bach
    (Music Sample)
  7. 4:01 Advent Carols: Of the Father's Love Begotten, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Plainsong 13th Century (no track)
    (Music Sample)
  8. 2:58 The Birthday of a King by Neidlinger in the style of Chopin
    (Music Sample)
  9. 3:19 Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, American melody in the style of Gershwin
    (Music Sample)
  10. 3:18 The Manger Song Medley: Away in a Manger, Coventry Carol, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Polish carol) (no track
    (Music Sample)
  11. 4:04 Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne by Matthews in the style of Ravel
    (Music Sample)

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CD Tracks for Rhapsody of Christmas # II Music

Order and download 1 copy of all 9 titles for $20 to be played with CD accompaniment track which is ordered separately below

Order and Download entire orchestrated CD accompaniment track for $20
BONUS! includes orchestra track with and without piano.

Click on music sample to view the published music for each title

Click on blue highlighted title to listen to entire arrangement of piano and orchestra recording. These arrangements can NOT be performed without accompaniment

  1. 2:32  Ring Christmas Bells (Ukrainian carol) with Sing We Now of Christmas
    (Music Sample)
  2. 2:46  How Far Is It to Bethlehem (Czech carol) with Jesu, Joy by Bach
    (Music Sample)
  3. 3:30  Away in a Manger with Gymnopedie No. 1 by Satie
    (Music Sample)
  4. 3:24  Love Came Down at Christmas (Irish melody) with Berceuse by Faure
    (Music Sample)
  5. 2:01  Enjoying the Moment (original by Linda McKechnie), piano solo only
    (Music Sample)
  6. 3:26  Simple Gifts (Shaker tune)
    (Music Sample)
  7. 2:14  He Is Born with Dance of the Reed Flutes from Nutcracker Suite
             by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  8. 2:10  Angels From the Realms of Glory with March from Nutcracker Suite
             by Tchaikovsky
    (Music Sample)
  9. 2:28  Here We Come A-Caroling (English carol) with Rondo by John Bull
    (Music Sample)

Order and download 1 copy of individual titles for $5 each- t be played with CD accompaniment track

  1. 2:38  Come, All Ye Shepherds (Moravian melody) with The First Noel (French carol)
    (Music Sample)
  2. 3:08  What Child is This? (English melody)
    (Music Sample)

 Under separate published categories, these arrangements are also available for duo keyboards, piano and orchestra, piano with treble instruments, handbells with organ/flute, or handbells and orchestra. Look under "published music"

Linda McKechnie | Pianist & Song Composer - Charlotte NC

A Word from Linda

I sincerely hope that as you progress through this website, I may reflect a strong witness to my Christian faith and be an encouragement to you through my recordings on CD, or through the keyboard music and orchestrations that are now available from these recordings for you to perform.

About Linda

Linda grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in a very musical family and started playing the piano at the age of four. As a 2nd grader, Linda remembers accompanying her 2nd grade class for their Christmas program. Unusual as it might seem, she loved to practice, play by ear, compose her own melodies, and had a real passion to express her young Christian faith through the hymns and choruses of the church.
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