Organ
SKU:
BA.BA09352
Composed
by Thomas Daniel Schlee.
Stapled. Performance
score. Composed
2004/2010. Opus 74. 22
pages. Duration 7
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA09352_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA09352).
ISBN 9790006499830. 21
x 29.5 cm inches.
Language: German.
Preface: Thomas Daniel
Schlee.
The first
piece “Sicut ros
Hermon†(Psalm 133)
meditates on the path
God’s mercy takes,
whereby the initial slow
descending harmonic
sequences develop into an
emphatic song followed by
a tender chorale-like
coda.
“Si
sumpsero pennas
aurorae†(Psalm
139) relates to a highly
poetic, consolatory but
also admonishing image of
the psalm: As far as our
wings may carry us,
God’s hand will
take hold of us. We
cannot escape his mercy
or his judgement. At the
end of this striking
movement the music
conveys almost haptic
moments; one can sense
the mighty
‘hand’ by
means of the tutti sound.
Finally the music becomes
as calm as at the start
of this piece, though
dialogue-like figurations
convey repercussions of
what was experienced and
acknowledged.