Einstein On The Beach the opera from which Knee Play 2 was extracted was a sem...(+)
Einstein On The Beach the opera from which Knee Play 2 was extracted was a seminal work that broke all the rules being non-linear non-narrative episodic dreamlike and five hours long.Knee Play 2 is one of the number songs composed for scene changes simply set to Organ and using numbers and solfege syllables as text. American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of themost celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.'Glass' operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his own performing group ThePhilip Glass Ensemble.This four minute piece is the second Knee Play from Einstein On The Beach and is scored for Violin.
Philip Moore's Paean (2010) for Organ. Duration: approx. 2 1/2 minutes. 'Every b...(+)
Philip Moore's Paean (2010) for Organ. Duration: approx. 2 1/2 minutes. 'Every bar of philip Moore's Paean is beautifully considered.' - Geoffrey Webber of choirandorgan.com 'This cheerful piece by Philip Moore is another work extracted from the Organists’ Charitable Trust Little Organ Book. As ever with one of the UK’s finest composers of ‘traditional modern’ organ music the work is literate idiomatic and pleasing to the ear. Making only moderate technical demands yet being full of colour and character this would be an excellent voluntary or recitalwork for any organist.' Sunday By Sunday  December 2017
The second in Glass' trilogy about men who changed the world Satyagraha's sub-t...(+)
The second in Glass' trilogy about men who changed the world Satyagraha's sub-text is politics. The opera is semi-narrative in form and deals with Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa and his development of non-violentprotest into a political tool. (Satyagraha is a Sanskrit word meaning 'truth force'). Each act is dominated by a single historic figure (non-singing role) overlooking the action from above: the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore inAct 1 the Russian author Leo Tolstoy in Act 2 the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Act 3. The music from the conclusion of Act 3 has been beautifully arranged and adapted for Organ solo by MichaelRiseman and Donald Joyce.
Karl Jenkins' The Essential Organ Album is a collection of original pieces and a...(+)
Karl Jenkins' The Essential Organ Album is a collection of original pieces and arrangements including selections from Adiemus The Armed Man Requiem and Palladio.
In 1959 Howells wrote the Fancy and Toccata for a Chamber Organ in St Mary's Epi...(+)
In 1959 Howells wrote the Fancy and Toccata for a Chamber Organ in St Mary's Episcopal Church in Aberdeen after the main organ was bombed during the Second World War.
These Carol-Preludes were written in 2008 but the idea was in the composer's mi...(+)
These Carol-Preludes were written in 2008 but the idea was in the composer's mind for many years before this. Essentially they revive the old style of the Chorale- Prelude but using carol tunes instead of hymns or chorales. They are derived from German French and English melodies some of the German tunes were found in my mother’s old school songbook from her schooldays in Germany after the First World War.
Poul Ruders' Trio Transcendentale for Organ was commissioned by The 12th Carl Ni...(+)
Poul Ruders' Trio Transcendentale for Organ was commissioned by The 12th Carl Nielsen International Organ Competition Odense in 2011.A review in the May-July 2016 issue of 'The Organ' magazine states that this piece 'has the character to make a notable impression in recital programming.'
