Organ

SKU: CA.1808600

Composed by Kay Johannsen. Free organ music. Full score. 16 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 18.086/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1808600).

ISBN 9790007166656. Language: all languages.

The Great Wall developed out of an improvisation, a homage to the Great Wall of China. Two motifs dominate in the work, which requires a three-manual organ: a two-measure ostinato in the pedal, and an oriental-sounding melody found on the manuals, in the basic shape and in the variations. The music leads seamlessly from an atmospheric picture into a rhythmically-driven crescendo, is interrupted by a storm fantasy before ending, after a second upsurge, in a radiant fortissimo. The dynamics and articulation are given very precisely in the score. The registration markings relate to the four-manual Muhleisen organ in the Stiftskirche Stuttgart, and are intended as a guide for performance. This thrilling work, which recalls Ravel's Bolero at certain moments, communicates directly with a wide range of audiences.

By Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Griepenkerl, Roitzsch. For Organ. Fantasy and Fugue(g)(Great); 9 Preludes and Fugues:C(Weimar); G(Great); A; f; c(Great); C(Leipzig); a(Great); e(Wedge or Scissors); b(Great)(Urtext). Published by C.F. Peters.

Organ - Advanced

SKU: MN.10-999

Composed by Janise White. Christmas, Christmas-Sacred, Christmas-Secular/Holiday. MorningStar Music Publishers #10-999. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.10-999).

UPC: 688670109997.

Fantasy on How Great Our Joy received its premiere at the London Winter Festival of Sound 2022 in London, England at the Croydon SDA Church by composer and organist, Professor Janise White. This organ work represents an exhilarating work of joy and adoration to our Saviour, Lord and King. As a clarion call for Christmas, soft flutes carry the melody over a dreamy pentatonic configuration with a drone in the pedals. Staccato trumpets exhibit the joy chordal motif, repeating and swelling to a joyous cadenza on the pedals in toccata style. This jubilant moment continues to intensify as syncopated harmonies join the final verse in elongation on 32' pedals to its majestic close.