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Sonata for Organ (2025)
An opening andante doubling right and left hands, to be later broadened through a polytonal variant, is repeated for registration changes, and then contrapuntal episodes move through several harmonic domains, leading to a tempo change --presto -- and fugue based on the opening chord forms and harmonies.
At the presto, the fugue employs previous gestures as episodes, and presses forward. A cadenza for pedal and then a gentle restatement of the opening finish the movement.
The second movement uses open triads in the manuals as the pedal -- an 8' stop -- sings out over them.
The last movement is filled with board, rhapsodic arpeggios -- rubato a piacere -- in a toccata
20 pages, circa 22' 30" an MP3 demo is here:
The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this organ score.
