Augsburg Fortress

As with my previous volume, Carillon: Organ Hymn Preludes, I've written in a specific musical genre for each tune—a berceuse for "Away in a Manger," a slow blues for "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," a scherzo for "People, Look East," and so forth.  

There are two pieces on "O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright!": a Baroque-style choral prelude imitating Johann Pachelbel’s famous setting, and an unmeasured “Landscape at Dawn,” featuring slowly expanding and contracting pianissimo chords beneath the tune. This piece might be a good and easy way to introduce listeners to more modern techniques without the harshness often associated with avant-garde organ music.