Prelude and Postlude for February 7, 2025 (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany) скачать в хорошем качестве

Prelude and Postlude for February 7, 2025 (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany)

0:00 Processional Fanfare (Demuth) 2:47 Fanfare d’orgue (Shelley) 8:45 Fanfare (Lang) The first verse of Isaiah 58, prescribed by this week's lectionary, declares: Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! So, using that as inspiration, we have three fanfares for organ, beginning with one by Norman Demuth (1898-1968) who originally wrote this piece to include actual trumpets but later arranged it for organ alone. Demuth skillfully alternates between manuals for contrast and also uses some of the reed stops but never actually calls for the big, loud reeds like the tuba. The second fanfare is by Harry Rowe Shelley (1858-1947) who was American though he gave his piece a French name. I would call it more of a fanfare-toccata since it has a lot of the fast hand alternation typical of the French toccata (think composers like Marcel Dupré) but he considered it a concert etude. The third and probably the most famous (also the loudest) is by Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971) who was born in New Zealand and whose most famous work is his "Tuba Tune" and this is definitely in the same vein. Rather than use the actual tuba stop (it's LOUD) I've combined two trumpets and a tromba for a sound nearly as big but with a bit more color. Some might miss the "direct" sound of the English tuba, but my ears thank me.