Organ Concert St Mary’s Ewell Saturday 11th March 7.30pm Jonathan Holmes
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📺 Jonathan Holmes
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Lay my burden down. Iain Farrington ( b. 1977 )
1 When I lay my burden down
2 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
3 Amazing Grace
4 Steal Away
5 Every time I feel the spirit
Star Fantasy (Alleluia: vidimus stellam) Kristina Arakelyan ( b. 1994)
Programme Notes
Lay my burden down Iain Farrington
Lay my burden down is a series of pieces based on African-American spirituals and traditional songs. It features five compositions, each one being based on a particular traditional melody. The collection opens with When I lay my burden down, an energetic, positive and gospel-inspired work. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child is an elegiac and solemn piece, building to a passionate climax before subsiding into a reflective resignation. Amazing Grace is a continuous sequence of jazz/gospel variations on the well-known tune, full of joy and optimism. Steal Away is mostly simple and reflective, the melody sounding over a rocking accompaniment, becoming gradually more intense, then disappearing in the highest register. The final piece in the set is Every time I feel the spirit, a jazzy display piece that develops into a toccata to finish the group.
Star Fantasy (Alleluia: vidimus stellam) Kristina Arakelyan ( b. 1994)
The influence of the great French organist-composer Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) is acknowledged in this piece; in particular, his delight in the harmony of F sharp major with an added sixth as a symbol of joy, which – both chord and rapture – are likewise integral to the Star Fantasy. The structure of the piece might be described as being in reverse-variation form,commencing with an abridged,hushed version of the chant as if from afar, and returning to it – but now in exultation and splendour – at the conclusion. In this powerfully cumulative work the composer uses a variety of textures and different playing techniques, rendering the piece as an etude too, and adding to the organ repertoire by modern women composers based on Gregorian Chant. It is from Anna Lapwood’s new anthology ‘Gregoriana’.
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