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Composer Craig Phillips
Released 6/2023
Use Instrumental
Difficulty Moderately diff.
Catalog no. 160-832
Price $12 (U.S.)
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Description
This work was written for David Higgs in honor of his 25th anniversary of teaching at the Eastman School of Music. In classic Phillips style, the music moves lyrically and effortlessly through numerous key areas. The rustic character of the titular genre is reimagined in an elegant, largely quiet organ impression that would make an excellent recital selection or voluntary. The suggested registrations provide opportunity for the use of very colorful quiet reeds and characterful flutes, and the piece will sparkle on an organ that has such.
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Review
"This graceful and melodic work was written in honor of David Higgs' twenty-fifth anniversary of teaching at the Eastman School of Music. The opening tune in the Lydian mode and its answering phrase with an upward leap of a sixth are each developed separately in the middle section, after which the opening material returns in a modified form. It is a strongly unified piece in the manner of Louis Vierne's 24 Pièces
en Style Libre. Colorful solo registrations with reeds and mutations add to the piquant charm before a peaceful coda concludes this pastoral scene. The natural elegance of Phillips' phrasing and musical language is showcased to great effect. This would be an excelent palate cleanser on a recital program but would also work as a prelude." -AAM Journal, July/August 2024
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