Recapitulation

Recapitulation was commissioned by Laurence Kinney in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Alton Organ Society and dedicated to Thomas Trotter, who also gave the first performance on 2 May 2017 at the St. Lawrence Church, Alton.
In Recapitulation I recaptured elements from my earlier organ compositions (Mytò, Miroir, Vallée des danses, Toccata Chromatic). I have taken a fresh look at them and asked myself: “What would I do with them now ?“
I also tried to picture in music the battle that took place at the St.Lawrence church on 13 December 1643. Instead of trying to capture this battle in music, I choose for a more sophisticated approach. What you hear is a sort of tango with building up tension. After a big glissando there is time for remorse. In the final the beginning returns , but now in a dance-like manner based on a major scale and happily ending with a wink.

Thomas specifically asked me to make the piece not too complicated so that it can be played on a variety of instruments with differing resources.

Duration: 9’30”
Price: € 15,00