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Cathedral Architecture for organ and brass ensemble
RSN:
69500
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Composition Date:
2012
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:38:00
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Programme Notes
Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 6270 B954cat
Genre
Brass, + Keyboard, Octets and Large Brass Ensembles
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2015-03-17
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
Additional Information
Movements: 1. Spires 2. Gargoyles 3. Windows 4. Flying Buttresses 5. Foundations Commissioned by the Hannaford Street Silver Band.
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 3 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 solo part (38 p.);
Instrumentation
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
49241
Keyboard
Organ
1
49241
Full Orchestra
0
Divided
No
Solo
Yes
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
November, 2012, Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario. William O’Meara, organ.
This work exists in two different versions that have been scored for organ and brass band or organ and orchestra. The organ part is the same in both versions. Cathedral Architecture, for organ and brass band, was commissioned by the Hannaford Street Silver Band for a premiere performance at Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario, in November, 2012. The work is dedicated to organist William O’Meara, the soloist for the premiere performance. In the past, William has performed numerous compositions by John Burge and he was very obliging in providing advice in the preparation of solo organ part for this work. He is a most deserving dedicatee. For almost two decades, John Burge has composed many works for the Hannaford Street Silver Band and the composer is most appreciative to the HSSB organization for the opportunity to work on such a large canvas in this composition. At the work’s heart, Cathedral Architecture is really an organ concerto that musically captures the structural and design features of a large cathedral in sonic building blocks. While the work is organized in five movements, the brevity of the first four movements coupled with the expansive last movement give the work a broader two-part sense of organization. The first four contrasting movements are subtitled, “Spires, Gargoyles, Windows and Flying Buttresses,” and are presented in a slow-fast-slow-fast alternation of tempos. Each of these opening movements utilizes very distinctive organ colours, sometimes employed to accompany prominent brass solos from within the ensemble. The fifth and final movement is subtitled, “Foundations,” and is a passacaglia with a fixed bass line that is repeated throughout the movement beginning initially with a lengthy organ solo. As the last movement unfolds, prominent passages from the opening four movements return in reverse order as the music builds an aural cathedral moving from the foundations through the buttresses, windows, gargoyles and spires until eventually reaching a coda that ends with as much volume as can be produced by all the musicians involved.
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