SKU: AY.FRD17
ISBN 9790302114581.
A short suite for solo organ, adapted by the composer from his Songs of the Nativity, Op. 13. Consists of four selections: That Hallowed Season, At the Creche, Cuckoo, and Now Begin on Christmas Day.
SKU: HL.49005171
ISBN 9790001055468. UPC: 073999698114. 9.0x12.0x0.082 inches.
2 organs (keyboard instruments) or 2 harps or 1 harp and 1 keyboard instrument.
SKU: HH.HH288-SOL
ISBN 9790708092322.
Solo keyboard adaptations of Handel's orchestral music were common during the 18th century, although few have matched the idiomatic command and interest achieved by the present text. Dating from the mid- 1780s, the unnamed arranger has shown enterprise and imagination when producing these highly effective keyboard versions. Organists, harpsichordists and fortepianists will here find substantial, rewarding and attractive repertoire additions, fully attuned to late 18th-century English keyboard practice.
SKU: SU.80101404
Organ Symphony No. 2 (2017) was written for and is dedicated to German organist Philip Hartmann. In all of my works that employ larger-scale forms (not just organ compositions), I am continually looking for different ways of providing the form and structure. My first organ symphony (2013) comprised three larger movements that charted a progression from dark to light. By contrast, this second organ symphony comprises 12 shorter movements that together build a larger structure out of varied emotional states. Although the movements are different in character, there are connections of harmony and motive across them. One goal behind this work is that it be suitable for effective performance on almost any organ, small or large. Most organ symphonies require a large instrument. By contrast, this piece can be played effectively on even a small organ with a limited number of stops (even a one manual organ with an octave pedal board). It can also be very effective on a large symphonic organ with many different colors and a huge tutti. Registration is left to the performer's discretion, and the organist is strongly encouraged to use the full extent of whatever resources are available. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 34' Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101367
An anthology of four organ works/suites: An English Suite for Organ (2001), Concerto Voluntary (2001), Voluntary & Fugue: G. F. H. & B-A-C-H (2006), and An Italian Suite for Organ (2003) Instrumentation: Organ. Composed: 2001-06 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101363
This exceptionally useful collection contains 20 short and easy organ pieces, highly suitable as preludes, interludes, and postludes for services. Canales's appealing romantic style draws especially on Spanish influences, which is very rare in the organ literature. Ranging from the dazzling Flamenco Postlude in E to the tender and mystical Ascension Postlude in D, this volume will provide distinctive and engaging organ literature for service playing. Instrumentation: Organ. Composed: 2012-14 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101447
Kennebunkport Suite (2016) was written for and is dedicated to Joyce Painter Rice, First Congregational Church, Kennebunkport, Maine, and the church's 1854 E. & G. G. Hook pipe organ (Opus 177). First Congregational Church is a congregation that particularly enjoys singing the classic hymns, and this organ suite thus consists of preludes on three well-known old American hymns: Foundation (How Firm a Foundation), Bethany (Nearer, My God, To Thee), and Land of Rest (Jerusalem, My Happy Home.) (Although conceived originally for a small one-manual pipe organ with divided stops and pedals, the work can be played effectively on any organ.) Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 2016 Composed: 9' Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101393
Short Organ Pieces II (Sma orgelstykker II) is a collection of 21 organ works by the Danish composer Thomas Lennert. The short, easy pieces are intended to be useful as preludes, postludes, offertories, meditations, interludes, and communion music in church services. Groupings for recital purposes can also be created. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 60' Composed: 2003-17 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.27020280
Commissioned for the 2017 Montréal Organ Festival, Concordia Salus: A Fantasy for Organ received its name from the motto of the city of Montréal, of which the Latin component translates as salvation through harmony. The work divides roughly into 3 sections. The first section introduces two main contrasting themes. The second section develops the main material through a series of gestures that have an improvisatory feeling--something akin to an extended cadenza. The final section of the piece recapitulates the primary thematic material through bold, triumphant, and fanfare-like statements, culminating in a tipple forte, full organ sound.Organ Duration: 8' Composed: 2017 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: SU.80101434
Five Festive Organ Pieces, Set 2 (2018/19) is a collection (not a suite) of works of a festive character, suitable for use as service voluntaries or in recitals. The five works are: Musica da processione, Fanfarria brillante, Acclamatio, Introitus in D, and Exultate.Also available: Five Festive Organ Pieces, Set 1 (#80101391). Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 18' Composed: 2019 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101289
A collection of freely-composed and hymn-based organ pieces suitable for church service or recital. Includes:Prelude for a CelebrationPrelude for ChristmasPrelude for EpiphanyPrelude for EasterPrelude for All SaintsPrelude and Fugue in CPrelude on Duke StreetPrelude on Halton HolgatePrelude on Morning LightHymn Prelude on Lauda AnimaPrelude on St. AnnePrelude on Stuttgart. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: ca. 30 min. Composed: 2013 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101448
This is a collection of 17 short organ pieces of varied characters that were composed over a period of years. Some works are contemporary views of early music styles and forms, and a number can be played on a positive organ or with manuals only. All are useful as service voluntaries or as recital selections. Contains: Bryn Mawr Voluntary, Cornet Voluntary, Partita semplice, Pastorella acustica, Canto e Fugato, Canto quieto, Deux petits preludes, Lighthouse Song, Passacaglia semplice, Kleine Spielmusik, Diapason Voluntary, Preludio, Rondelet, Roundelay, Paulus-Praeludium, Tambourin, and Three Enigmas. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 2012-19 Composed: 75' Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101410
Fantasy-Variations on Two Themes (2017) for organ was written for Heinrich Christensen in celebration of his significant 2017 birthday. The musical material for the work comprises two different themes. The first is a short melody by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931). (It was a sketch originally intended for inclusion in, but ultimately left out of, Nielsen's late organ work 29 Little Preludes.) This theme represents Heinrich's native Denmark. The second theme is the American folk-gospel hymn Angel Band. This theme represents Heinrich's adopted American homeland. It serves also as a remembrance of our dear mutual friend Harry Lyn Huff (1952-2016), for whom the tune was a particular favorite. Both these themes are developed freely in a set of alternating fantasy-variations. The opening variation begins with a dramatic pedal solo before quoting both themes. The second variation is a lyric setting based on the Nielsen melody. The third is a jubilant hornpipe on Angel Band. The fourth is an aria on a transformation of the Nielsen melody. The fifth is a gigue-toccata on Angel Band. The sixth is an atmospheric contemplation: lush chords in the manuals move slowly and hint at Angel Band while the Nielsen melody is heard for the first time in its complete original form on a high pedal stop. The seventh and final variation begins with a brief evocation of the harmonies of the late Daniel Pinkham (a mentor to both Heinrich and me) before going on to return dramatically and jubilantly to the opening music, bringing together both themes again in a bold conclusion. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 15' Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101326
Organ Composed: 2012 Published by: Zimbel Press A baroque-influenced work highly suitable for postlude or recital. Included are two versions: one for manuals only (or chamber organ) and one for full organ with pedals.
SKU: SU.80101473
This anthology contains 12 varied works for organ useful for service or concert. Includes: Spirituals Variations I (on three early American hymns), Spiritual Variations II (Where I May Wander), Spiritual Variations III (I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me), Chanson Variations, Prelude on Add One More Seat to the Table, Chorale Prelude and Fugue on a Lullaby, Offertorium, Postludium, Golgotha, Fantasy on Rondeau Carol, and Three and a Half Little Carol Settings. Two of the works are based on original hymn tunes by the composer, and the hymns are included for congregational use. Instrumentation: Organ Composed: 2008-2020 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101391
Five Festive Organ Pieces (2015/17) is a collection (not a suite) of works of a festive character, suitable for use as service voluntaries or in recitals. The five works are: Celebration Fanfare; Entrata festiva; Intrada (after a Sorbian Melody); Invocazione brillante; and Rondo estatico Also available: Five Festive Organ Pieces, Set 2 (#80101434). Organ Duration: 16' Composed: 2015/17 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101436
Six Quiet Organ Pieces (2017/18) is a collection (not a suite) of works of a quiet and meditative character, suitable for use as service voluntaries or in recitals. The six works are: Arioso cantabile, Clockwork Aria, Intermezzo, Body of Light, Cantio mystica, and Lullaby. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 2017/18 Composed: 26'30 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101449
Spire (Mosaic for Organ) is a dramatic work commissioned for a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Walcker organ in Ulm Cathedral (Germany). Ulm Cathedral possesses the world's tallest church spire. The Lighthouses was commissioned for the 12th Sendlinder Orgelnacht in the Himmelfahrtskirche in Munich-Sendling, Germany. It takes its inspiration from the role of lighthouses as an aid to navigation and as a symbol of comfort, security, and stability admist turbulent circumstances. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 2019 Composed: 18'30 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101396
Trilogy on B-A-C-H (2017) uses as its musical material a familiar four-note theme: the letters B-A-C-H (the last name of Johann Sebastian Bach) treated as a musical motive: B-flat, A, C, B-natural (H in German note naming). Starting with Bach himself, this theme has been used by a truly enormous number of composers over the centuries. Most B-A-C-H themed works (at least those for organ), tend to be extremely contrapuntal, likely taking their cue from much of Bach's own organ music. This piece explicitly goes in the other direction and use the theme primarily motivically/melodically and as a generating force for the kind of mixed modality that is typical of Cooman's music. The first movement is an energetic march. The second movement is a lyric meditation containing both an arioso and a short quasi-passacaglia, in which the B-A-C-H motive repeats slowly in the pedals. The last movement is a free fantasia: the motive appears both in chorale-like long notes and as a fast, turning figure. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 12' Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101435
Starfield (2018), three meditations for organ, was written for Thomas Sheehan. Each movement is named for and inspired by a significant star in the night sky, and the music seeks to create distinctive sound images from the organ's color palette. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 2018 Composed: 14' Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101402
Rhapsody in A (2017) is dedicated to organist Alessandro Bianchi and was written for premiere performance on the 1904 Lewis & Co. organ in Ayr Town Hall, Ayr, Scotland, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the organ concert series there. The title refers both to the tonal/modal center of A and to the first letters of both Alessandro and Ayr. The rhapsody is entirely based on the unaccompanied melody first heard at the outset. This melody serves as the basis of the following contrasting sections; it is used both motivically and to determine the harmonic excursions. The music ends jubilantly. Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 8' Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101405
Organ Symphony No. 3, Portals (2017) was written for organist Philip Hartmann in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Martin-Luther-Kirche in Ulm, Germany. Over the five entrances of the church appear five Biblical inscriptions. These scripture passages serve as the inspiration for the five contrasting movements of this work: 1) One Teacher (Matthew 23:8b); 2) With Thanksgiving (Psalm 100:4a); 3) Humble Yourselves (James 4:10); 4) Speak, and Do Not Be Silent (Acts 18:9c); 5) Sing Joyfully (Psalm 81:1) Instrumentation: Organ Duration: 24' Composed: 2017 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.27020020
This eight movement suite for solo organ is based on an earlier chamber work for organ, flute, percussion with narratorDuration: ca. 15' Organ Composed: 2009 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: 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.
SKU: HH.HH300-SOL
ISBN 9790708092490.
Carl Fasch was notoriously reluctant to have his music made public and even asked that much of it should be destroyed. What remains, however, supports the view of the contemporary writer on music Johann Reichardt that Fasch was the true successor to C. P. E. Bach, with whom he shared keyboard duties for Frederick the Great. In this first volume of his complete keyboard works, the six sonatas, which appeared in print and were well regarded during the composer's lifetime, show him to be a minor master and an eloquent advocate for the eclectic expressive style then current in Berlin.
