Organ
SKU:
SU.80101422
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101422.
Published by Zimbel Press
(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.