I am going to take a brief detour on my symphony piece Paschal to share a quick piece I wrote and recorded in two days. I am currently the interim organist and director of music at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Highland Park, a lovely place for music. Many moons ago, I did my second Artist Diploma recital there on the rebuilt Skinner/Luley organ. (Peter Luley and Associates is a local organ builder who is wonderful and a good friend!) But as the shelter in place situation stands, all services have moved to online streaming and we have been using the chapel and the portative organ.
In a moment of spontaneity, I intended to write an brief Prelude and Fugue for manuals and it turned into something bigger than I expected. It really needed a middle point and thus the Adagio was added – I have not missed the fact that Bach has a Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in the same key areas. I was certainly thinking of that wonderful piece by Bach when writing this one. Every once in a while, things just click and this was one of those moments. Because of writing it so quickly, I decided it would be a good free piece to add to IMSLP and can be found here on this link. Enjoy the piece and play if you can!