SKU: SU.80101422
Suite circulaire (2018) for organ is dedicated to Elisa Williams Bickers. The music takes a free, contemporary approach to the historical genre of circulating (or modulating) compositions, where the basic material moves through a variety of keys before returning home again. The goal is not simply to play a modulation game, but rather to construct a true musical discourse where the varied keys are an essential part of the concept. The first movement, Praeludium, is bright in character. Besides moving through varied keys, the movement is also animated with various looping patterns that provide another link to the circulating concept. The second movement, Ricercare, takes its content very literally from the title, which means to search out. Instead of being a proto-fugue, like many ricercares from the late Renaissance or early Baroque, the music searches through the keys by means of a wandering melody and a modulating accompaniment. The third movement, Toccata, is slightly manic in character. The syncopated theme heard at the start animates the movement as it moves through both tonal, modal, and bitonal/modal harmonies before reaching an excited conclusion. (When the suite is performed on an organ tuned in an unequal, circulating temperament, there is an additional circular effect provided by the quite varied key colors that are heard as the material moves through them.)Organ Duration: 14’ Composed: 2018 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101406
San Andreas Suite (2017) consists of four movements: The first movement, Carillon (in festo S. Andreae apostoli), is a carillon with an ostinato repeated pattern and an ever-changing series of harmonies. The harmonic intensity builds in the coda to hint at the rich and complex sonorities of bells. Versets on a Melody from Perigord comprises four versets on an old melody, Quel bru fai din lou chiel, which comes from the Perigord (Dordogne) region of France. The title of the third movement, Pastorale mit einem Orgelpunkt, means Pastorale with a pedal point, and the organ's lowest C sounds throughout. The low C is used as a harmonic generating source; the music above thus often explores sounds based on the harmonic series. The fourth movement, Toccata perigourdine, is an energetic toccata. Quoted in the slower middle section is an old melody also from Perigord. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 19' Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: HL.50605486
ISBN 9781705190500. UPC: 196288126539.
Bela Bartok composed Dance Suite in 1923 for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of Hungary's capital through the unification of Buda, Obuda, and Pest. It soon became one of his most popular orchestral works, and in 1925 he arranged it for piano solo. Adam Tabajdi completed the organ version of Dance Suite in 2019/20, and recorded it on the Kern organ of Sapporo's Kitara Concert Hall later that year. His transcription was inspired by the composer's own version for piano, exploiting the alternative solutions offered by the ''orchestral'' timbres of the organ, with its manuals and pedals. The ideal instrument for the present version is an expansive, eclectic style organ with at least three manuals. This flamboyant arrangement requires great virtuosity, stamina, and creativity from the performer. Adam Tabajdi (b. 1993) is an outstanding young Hungarian organist. Alongside the music of J. S. Bach, his repertoire includes Liszt,and Franck, as well as twentieth-century works, with a special focus on Messiaen, Ligeti, and Florentz. He is a committed performer of contemporary music, but he also feels a close connection with the works of old masters such as Sweelinck, Weckmann, and Couperin. In 2021 he won first prize in the Toulouse International Organ Competition, and in 2022 he was awarded the Junior Prima Award.
SKU: CA.5014949
ISBN 9790007080129. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
The field of sacred chamber music, apart from vocal music and the solo-organ repertoire, often lives in the shadows. Thus the reprint of this valuable trio is all the more welcome. The organ has the same role here as the piano in a piano trio! (Wurttembergische Blatter fur Kirchenmusik May 1993, p. 192). Score available separately - see item CA.5014900.
SKU: CA.5014919
ISBN 9790007138288. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
The field of sacred chamber music, apart from vocal music and the solo-organ repertoire, often lives in the shadows. Thus the reprint of this valuable trio is all the more welcome. The organ has the same role here as the piano in a piano trio! (Wurttembergische Blatter fur Kirchenmusik May 1993, p. 192). Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5014900.
SKU: CA.5014911
ISBN 9790007080051. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
The field of sacred chamber music, apart from vocal music and the solo-organ repertoire, often lives in the shadows. Thus the reprint of this valuable trio is all the more welcome. The organ has the same role here as the piano in a piano trio! (Wurttembergische Blatter fur Kirchenmusik May 1993, p. 192). Score and part available separately - see item CA.5014900.
SKU: CA.5014914
ISBN 9790007080082. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: CA.5014913
ISBN 9790007080075. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: CA.5014916
ISBN 9790007080105. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: CA.5014917
ISBN 9790007080112. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: CA.5014912
ISBN 9790007080068. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: CA.5014915
ISBN 9790007080099. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: SU.80101206
This short three movement suite composed in honor of the 70th birthday of the Polish composer Henryk Gorecki. The three slow and spare movements are suitable for service voluntaries either individually or together. The movements were inspired by texts from Revelation 12 and Psalm 96. Easy to play and effective. 8 pages Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: GI.G-003084
If you're already familiar with Edward Eicker's Just a Minute suite, you know his excellent craftsmanship for the organ. Here he writes very useful preludes on three well-known hymn tunes: KREMSER (We Gather Together), PICARDY (Let All Mortal Flesh), and OLD HUNDREDTH (Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow). These preludes are pieces you'll return to time and time again. .
SKU: SU.80101350
A five movement work inspired by the writings of John Steinbeck. It is suitable in its entirety as a concert work, or the individual movements may be played on their own for church services. Each movement has both a poetic title from Steinbeck's writings and a musical title (Praembolo, Divertimento, Miserere, Musica de los Paisanos, and Toccata). Instrumentation: Organ. Composed: 2013 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: HL.14016411
8.25x11.75x0.156 inches.
Composer's Note:
In writing these pieces I had in mind certain difficulties which worry most organists from time to time; and in order to combine, as it were, business with pleasure I thought it worthwhile to concentrate upon one aspect of organ technique in each piece, even at the risk of making them a little more difficult than others in this series.
In Procession the main difficulty lies in the pedals Arabesque, on the other hand could hardly have had a simpler pedal part: its object is to exercise the left hand in producing a smooth, running semi-quaver pattern Pageant with its cross-rhythms, is designed to produce well-disciplinedhands and feet that can, when required, work in conflicting rhythms.
I have kept the registration schemes as simple and straightforward as possible.
SKU: HL.49018389
ISBN 9790543501478. 9.0x12.0x0.25 inches.
SKU: M7.DOHR-22930
ISBN 9790202009307.