T. S. Eliot Impressions for Organ
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This work’s four movements were inspired by the four Ariel poems of T.S. Eliot. The poems are entitled Journey of the Magi, A Song for Simeon, Animula, and Marina. Colorful organ registrations, late twentieth-century musical language and references to other organ works and chant melodies are employed in this musical representation of Eliot’s poetry.
The poems mark, in part, Eliot’s conversion experience to orthodox Christianity. The spiritual theme of T.S. Eliot Impressions is that of a journey from darkness to light and from despair to hope. A tour-de-force concert calibre work of some twenty minutes in length. Detailed notes by the composer are included in the publication and are critical to the understanding and appreciation of this extended work.
Product Number: 10-960
Composer/Arranger: Bach, Johann Sebastian; Forster, Stuart
Voicing & Instruments: Organ
Liturgical Year: General
Difficulty: Difficult
Series: Concert Organ Series
Popular Keyboard Searches: Non Hymn-Based
Publisher: MorningStar Music Publishers