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Improvisation: Liturgical

After several posts of compositions, I figure it’s time to return to an improvisation.  And today’s improvisation is a simple, loud, exciting postlude.  Holy God, We Praise Thy Name, based on a German chorale, which is based on the Te Deum Latin hymn, is a standard of congregational repertoire.  Ending the liturgy in this fashion is always fun since my church knows it very well and offers me an opportunity to followup with an equally (hopefully) thrilling postlude.  There’s not much more to say, since it is fairly short, and that’s that!

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Composition: Chamber

Today, I am pleased to bring you a NON-ORGAN or CHORAL related composition.  Neat!  Or at least that’s what I think.  I haven’t had too many opportunities to write for instruments other than choir or the organ, but last spring I did.  A harpist at Duquesne University, whom I approached with some questions about writing for harp, said that she was always looking for more chamber music for harp.  I asked her what kind of chamber music and this is how the piece was born.  What I can say is that more is coming: I’m turning the work into a three movement Suite which means that the rest of it will show up sometime in the spring.  Enjoy!