SKU: SU.80101418
These five works of extroverted character are all suitable for use as service voluntaries or in recitals. The two toccatas are very fast and driving, whereas the three flourishes are more stately and ceremonial. Contains: Toccata in A, Toccata in C, Flourish in C, Flourish in D, and Flourish in G. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 15' Composed: 2018 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101398
Suite in G (2017) is in three movements: Prelude, Pastorale-Musette, Jubilee. The first movement is a lyrical prelude. The second movement is a pastorale with musette-like drones. The third movement is a moto perpetuo with a driving energy throughout. The same musical material is often repeated, but inflected in different modes. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 8'30 Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: MN.12-121
UPC: 688670121210.
Confluence was commissioned by the Organ Artist Series of Pittsburgh in celebration of its twentieth anniversary in 1999. Christa Rakich gave the premier at the closing concert of the season at Calvary Episcopal Church by in April of 1999. It has been performed frequently since that time. The title was given to honor the joining together or confluence of the three rivers of Pittsburgh: the Allegheny, the Monongalela, and the Ohio. Confluence is a curious hybrid related to both the sonata and rondo forms. It is of the ABABA design with the final A quite extended by polyphonic games and a very noisy and triumphant epilogue. The first idea is driving, rhythmic, nervous and agitated. The second is quiet, gentle and pastoral, that slowly moves in its mysterious ways, closing with a plaintive row of a dozen different pitches. The composer delights in the challenge of making tone rows as approachable and sing-able as possible. Both ideas make slightly varied restatements. At the end, fugal exploitation of the first idea is followed by that row, entering with stentorian grandeur in full pedal, heralding the triumphant close. This row, like the month of March is referred to frequently as coming in like a Iamb, going out like a lion.
SKU: LO.70-2306L
ISBN 9780787772918.
David Lasky's vibrant music is a long-time favorite of church organists, and this collection draws together some of his works that have been out-of-print for many years along with a number of newly-written pieces. There are pieces of every sort: hymn arrangements for preludes, offertories, and postludes; original meditative pieces; festive trumpet tunes; and driving postludes. Every one of the 22 pieces can make a useful service voluntary for times throughout the year.
