Opus 1241
Cortège, Intermezzo, and Litany on the Joseph-Hymnus (2017)
for Organ
- Cortège (for Andreas Willscher)
- Intermezzo (for Philip Hartmann)
- Litany (for Hartmut Siebmanns)
Carson Cooman, organ
Erik Simmons, organ
Duration: 10.5 min.
Recorded on Invocazione brillante: Organ Music by Carson Cooman (2020)
Recorded on Jubilee: Music for Organ by Carson Cooman (2019)Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Hamburg Organbook"
Performance materials available from the publisher.
Cortège, Intermezzo, and Litany on the Joseph-Hymnus (2017) is based on the “Joseph-Hymnus” theme by German composer Andreas Willscher (and is also used in his own extensive Fantasie über den Joseph-Hymnus). “Cortège” is dedicated to Andreas Willscher, “Intermezzo” to Philip Hartmann, and “Litany” to Hartmut Siebmanns.
A cortège is a ceremonial procession, and the theme is found primarily in the bass in the manner “quasi una passacaglia.”
Intermezzo is tranquil, moving between the several harmonic poles of the theme.
In Litany, the theme is treated in a bright and extroverted manner, moving back and forth between the hands and alternating with a jubilant, triadic harmonization.
[The three movements may be played together or separately.]