Chamber Music Solo Organ
SKU: PR.113400450
Composed by Chen Yi.
Edited by James Higdon.
Sws. Performance Score. 8
pages. Duration 5
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #113-40045.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.113400450).
ISBN
9781491132326. UPC:
680160681679. 9x12
inches.
Chen Yi
describes her dramatic
study in the
organ’s
sonorities: “From
the bronze drum set on
topof the totem pole, I
imagine that our
ancestors played the
powerful low percussion
instrument,to unify the
rhythm in their group
dance; from the delicate
and magical decorations
carved onthe drum and the
pole, I imagine that the
beauty of the totem poles
is presented in
multilayerswith various
timbres from different
manuals (keyboards) and
pedals, and the ineffable
universe isharmonized in
the powerful and
brilliant grand chords
fully sounded from the
organ.†The
publicationincludes
registrations,
fingerings, and pedaling
provided by James Higdon.
TOTEM POLES
wascommissioned by the
American Guild of
Organists for its 2018
biennial national
convention.
The
primitive power and the
spiritual mysteries of
the ancient totem poles
are permeated into the
rich palette, and brought
out from the sonic giant,
the solo organ.From the
bronze drum set on top of
the totem pole, I imagine
that our ancestors played
the powerful low
percussion instrument, to
unify the rhythm in their
group dance; from the
delicate and magical
decorations carved on the
drum and the pole, I
imagine that the beauty
of the totem poles is
presented in multilayers
with various timbres from
different manuals
(keyboards) and pedals,
and the ineffable
universe is harmonized in
the powerful and
brilliant grand chords
fully sounded from the
organ.
