Organ SKU: SU.80101410 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101410
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101410.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101410).
Fantasy-Variati
ons on Two Themes (2017)
for organ was written for
Heinrich Christensen in
celebration of his
significant 2017
birthday. The musical
material for the work
comprises two different
themes. The first is a
short melody by the
Danish composer Carl
Nielsen (1865-1931). (It
was a sketch originally
intended for inclusion
in, but ultimately left
out of, Nielsen's late
organ work 29 Little
Preludes.) This theme
represents Heinrich's
native Denmark. The
second theme is the
American folk-gospel hymn
Angel Band. This theme
represents Heinrich's
adopted American
homeland. It serves also
as a remembrance of our
dear mutual friend Harry
Lyn Huff (1952-2016), for
whom the tune was a
particular favorite. Both
these themes are
developed freely in a set
of alternating
fantasy-variations. The
opening variation begins
with a dramatic pedal
solo before quoting both
themes. The second
variation is a lyric
setting based on the
Nielsen melody. The third
is a jubilant hornpipe on
Angel Band. The fourth is
an aria on a
transformation of the
Nielsen melody. The fifth
is a gigue-toccata on
Angel Band. The sixth is
an atmospheric
contemplation: lush
chords in the manuals
move slowly and hint at
Angel Band while the
Nielsen melody is heard
for the first time in its
complete original form on
a high pedal stop. The
seventh and final
variation begins with a
brief evocation of the
harmonies of the late
Daniel Pinkham (a mentor
to both Heinrich and me)
before going on to return
dramatically and
jubilantly to the opening
music, bringing together
both themes again in a
bold conclusion.
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: 15' Composed:
2017 Published by: Zimbel
Press.
Organ Solo Organ (Organ Solo) SKU: HL.1190017 For Organ and Chamber Or...(+)
Organ Solo Organ (Organ
Solo)
SKU:
HL.1190017
For
Organ and Chamber
Orchestra Organ Solo.
Composed by Emma Diemer.
LKM Music. Classical.
Softcover. Lauren Keiser
Music Publishing
#X430011. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.1190017).
UPC: 196288131830.
8.75x14.0x0.4
inches.
Concerto in
One Movement for Organ
and Chamber Orchestra
(“Alaska”) was
written for Madeline
Schatz and the Arctic
Chammber Orchestra. In
one movement, the moods
and tempos shift from a
broad sustained beginning
to a lively and rhythmic
section, followed by a
quiet, slower middle
section. A brief organ
cadenza introduces an
extended, again lively
and rhythmic final
section. Although the
organ is prevalent almost
throughout, there are
also important statements
and colorations in the
orchestra. One may
recognize a few borrowed
musical references: a
rhythmic patter of the
Inuit; the first phrase
of the “Passion
Chorale” from the 16th
century composer Hans Leo
Hassler; and the
traditional Hebrew
melody,
“Yigdal.”.
Organ SKU: AY.FRD106 Composed by Paul J. Sifler. Keyboards - Organ. Fredo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
AY.FRD106
Composed by
Paul J. Sifler. Keyboards
- Organ. Fredonia Press
#FRD106. Published by
Fredonia Press
(AY.FRD106).
ISBN
9790302117506.
Paul
J. Sifler, born in
Ljubljana, Slovenia,
immigrated to the United
States at the age of 11,
and following his studies
at the Chicago
Conservatory as music,
led a long and prolific
career as a composer and
organist. The Despair and
Agony of Dachau has been
performed at the National
Cathedral in Washington
D.C. and in Sifler's
native Ljubljana,
performances which were
preceded by a reading of
Psalm 22. Phrases from
the Psalm beginning My
God, my God, why has Thou
forsaken me? are used to
depict the tragedy of the
concentration camp at
Dachau. Among the traumas
represented are the
furnaces, described by a
mighty roar, the
scurrying of rats and
barking of dogs. This
work was composed to
provide a history lesson
for the future, and to
offer the fervent prayer
that mankind will never
again be involved in such
an atrocity.
Organ (Organ) SKU: HL.14008428 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Musi...(+)
Organ (Organ)
SKU:
HL.14008428
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Post-1900. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 8 pages. Chester
Music #CH55170. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008428).
8.25x11.75x0.06
inches.
These are
all arrangements of
sixteenth-century
Scottish church music,
beginning with Psalm 124
by David Peebles, which
gains an athletic
counterpoint of Davies's
own. Then comes John
Fethy's O God Abufe
played straight, and
finally an anonymous
motet, All Sons of Adam,
again infiltrated by a
modern voice.
Suite Orgue - Intermédiaire MorningStar Music Publishers
Composed by Clay Christiansen. Non Hymn- Based, Recital Music, Suite. 21st Cen...(+)
Composed by Clay
Christiansen. Non Hymn-
Based, Recital Music,
Suite.
21st Century. MorningStar
Music Publishers #10-498.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
Organ SKU: SU.80101403 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101403
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101403.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101403).
Symphony for
Organ (2013) is cast as a
dramatic progression from
darkness into light. The
first movement, Masque,
is extremely violent and
bleak. The title is used
with a touch of
irony--for this is not a
masque of courtly
diversion, but rather a
furious struggle against
the darkness, played out
in a series of dramatic
episodes following a
Tudor-era formal design.
The ending builds to a
dramatic peak, and leaves
us in shell-shocked
silence. The second
movement, Sarabande,
begins quietly and
mournfully, and gradually
gains in fervency. A
faster middle section is
a spinning dance before
the return of the opening
music. In the coda, the
light gradually
approaches. The third
movement, Chorale, evokes
the colors of a new dawn.
The music of the first
movement's struggle
gradually becomes washed
in the blaze of morning.
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: 21' Composed:
2013 Published by: Zimbel
Press.