6 Short Pieces for Organ

Four Short Pieces for Organ was published in 1938 and includes Prelude Reverie Interlude and Scherzetto. Prelude was composed in 1931 at the Leipzig Thomaskirche where J S Bach was Kapellmeister and where his remains are interred.Twentieth century English composer conductor chorister and Organist William H Harris was Organist at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and was conductor for the coronations of Queen Elizabeth II and her father King George VI. His work was performed at the Three Choirs Festival and the Proms though he was best known as a choir trainer.

Alan Smith's Three Short Pieces For Woodwind were composed in 2004 as an entry for the 60x60 competition organised by Vox Novus who were looking to promote 60 pieces each lasting no more than 60 seconds. As part of the competition selection process the Three Pieces were broadcast on WBAR Radio New York in August 2004. Subsequently Nocturne (the second of the pieces) was chosen for performance in various European concerts organised by Vox Novus.The obvious challenge in composing these pieces was finding a way of stating an idea and developing it within the span of one minute. For the first piece Iadopted a neo-Baroque style writing a fairly strict fugue complete with stretto pedal point etc. The second piece is a complete contrast to the first exploiting long sustained melodic lines. The final piece is different again making use of almost percussive rhythms and asymmetric time signatures. - Alan Smith Score and parts are included for Flute Oboe Clarinet in B flat and Bassoon.

100 short and easy pieces in all very straightforward and eminently sight-readable. There are no page turns because none of the pieces are more than two pages long.

Arrangeur: Bryan Hesford. Par PACHELBEL JOHANN. Pachelbel s'est établi comme l'un des plus éminents compositeurs pour orgue de JS Bach, avant. Pour ce volume Bryan Hesford a choisi six morceaux appropriés pour les organistes des étudiants et des joueurs plus expérimentés, qui sont aussi appropriées et aussi enrichissant de jouer aujourd'hui que quand ils ont été composés. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Orgue