Fantasia for organ (op. 101e, 1996)
Instrumentation
Organ
Duration: 5 minutes
Premiere
8 November 1996,
Graz, Mariahilf Church
Karin Tausch
Autograph
Title: Fantasia - Length: 2 pages - Date: 26.8.95 - Location:
Publisher
Editions Combre C05909 / ISMN: 9790230359092
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On 8 November 1996, the world premiere of "Musikalischer Kettenbrief" took place in the evening music of the Mariahilferplatz parish church in Graz, at the suggestion of the organist Herbert Bolterauer (*1964) and the composer Thomas Daniel Schlee (*1957).
The following composers wrote the contributions to a 10-bar theme:
Peter Michael Hamel: Titelmusik
Joseph Reveyron: Adagio
Bertold Hummel: Fantasie
Jean-Pierre Leguay: "Sur un theme de Alexander Schrei"
Sylvaine Martin-Kostajnsek: Graz-Kettenbrief
Thomas Daniel Schlee: Voile
Pierre Cogen: Cortège
Theo Brandmüller: "Ex oriente lux"
Petr Eben: Momento d'orgao
These works can also be found in the organ volume "Enluminures" published by Editions Combre.
Preface (Editions Combre)
At the suggestion of Herbert Bolterauer, organist of the Mariahilf church in Graz (Styria, Austria), nine composers have written short pieces on a theme by Alexander Schrei.
In keeping with the title of this collaborative work (Enluminures - the illumination of book illumination), the composers have used the diversity of their styles to "illuminate", so to speak, various aspects of the theme, interpreting them in colour. Enluminures thus reflects the richness of the tonal possibilities of organ music in the second half of the 20th century in numerous shades of colour.
The work was premiered on 8 November 1996 in Graz-Mariahilf.
Thomas Daniel Schlee