SKU: HL.48184748
UPC: 888680975548. 9.0x12.0x0.127 inches.
Homage to Frescobaldi by Jean Langlais is a set of eight pieces for Organ. Dedicated to his professor Marcel Dupre, these pieces require the use of pedals and could be practised by upper-intermediate / advanced players. The pieces are: 1. Prelude au Kyrie 2. Offertoire 3. Elevation 4. Communion 5. Fantaisie 6. Antienne 7. Theme et variations 8. Epilogue While all the pieces include keyboard and pedals, the epilogue is a pedal solo. Girolamo Frescobaldi was an Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque period who was also appointed St Peter?s main organist. His work was some of the most influential music of the 17th century. Jean Langlais was a French composer who contributed prolifically to the Organ repertoire..
SKU: HL.49017039
ISBN 9790001148504. UPC: 841886009141. 9.0x12.0x0.175 inches.
The three movement Concerto da chiesa is the last organ work by Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984), composed a few months before his death. The premiere was performed by Clemens Ganz, then organist at the Cathedral of Cologne, in memory of the esteemed teacher and college colleague. The three-movement composition is an unmistakable 'Schroeder' work: emphasis of linearity according to high baroque standards, conciseness and sometimes impulsive gestures of the themes and rhythms, layers of parallel chords within a freely tonal modern harmony, not forgetting the plasticity of form and the motor functions which are surprisingly energetic for an eighty-year-old.
SKU: LO.70-2251S
ISBN 9780787771089.
This collection of hymn settings by J. William Greene provides valuable material for worship and concert settings. Each work is in a different form, ranging from baroque praeludium to expressive adagio. Greene's masterful craftsmanship and creativity is always in evidence.
SKU: LO.70-2246L
ISBN 9780787770402.
William Ringham has created a book of festive and ceremonial pieces ideal for worship, concerts, and celebratory events. The core of the book is the neo-baroque Wedding Suite, while an original Celtic gigue and a series of settings of hymns of praise form the other half of the book, providing joyous music for occasions throughout the year.
SKU: MN.12-128
UPC: 688670121289.
The three movements that make up Nocturnes, Book I are programmatic pieces that take as their points of departure a painting, the rhythms of a great city, and a poem. 1. The Starry Night is a written down improvisation based on Vincent van Goghs famous picture of the same name. The tonal material is a quite literal transformation of the visual elements of the painting: the melismatic cadenzas mirror van Goghs swirling starlight, and the powerful chords were suggested by the sinister trees that shoot upward to puncture the skys patterns. 2. Stovers Rag is a product of the ragtime revival of the early 1970s, when many composers tried their hand at writing concert rags. The New York night, which was not without its sinister element in those days, is expressed in an updating of the classic ragtime format. The piece looks backward as well, with the old French Baroque basse de trompette making an appearance in the trio section. 3. The Song of Shadows taps the nostalgic mood typical of the poetry of Walter de la Mare. The poem of the same name pictures a lone musician on a winter night, an dog sleeping before a sinking fire, and, at the end, the spirits that are summoned by music. The opening melody, played on an 8 flute with tremulant, suggests the blues-tinged sound of an alto saxophone, and throughout the movement the organs capacity for sustained tone is used to suggest and atmosphere of dreamy timelessness. The pieces were written in 1971 and first performed on July 2, 1972 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, with the composer at the console.
