Well, it’s taken quite a while to get this recording posted, but I finally got a decent recording of (what is likely to be) the final of this series of recent pieces. All of them are free on IMSLP and they are all grouped in threes as a sort of prelude, offertory, and postlude. Much like the Miniatures, I write these works as an outlet to get notes on the page. These current works have been in part, a way to creatively deal with the pandemic and the isolation it has brought to our lives and hopefully give something back to the musical community. It’s all part of my general philosophy of composition: namely, I as composer should not only strive to write challenging works, I should also give back with works that are accessible to more people who want to engage in the musical experience. There is certainly more to it than that; I have whole thoughts about writing music for children that I haven’t truly explored compositionally, but someday I hope to.
Philosophical meanderings aside, I don’t know that I have a lot to say about this Chorale, Scherzetto, and March. There are days when compositions just “write” themselves and this was the case here. Again, I was not looking to move mountains with these pieces, just offer practical pieces for liturgical use or early pedagogy. The Chorale is in a sort of fluid French manner that I love, the Scherzetto has a pedal tone ostinato throughout with a changing figure above, and the March is the most straight forward of all, the type of “Finale” at the end of service or suite of movements. My biggest issue in delivering this work had more to do with recording issues than anything else. But that’s my problem and not something anyone else has to worry about. Download the work here on IMSLP and go make some glorious music!