Fantasia for Organ, opus 101e (1996)
Karin Tausch
Duration: 5 Minutes
Publisher: Editions Combre C05909 / ISMN: 9790230359092
On 8th
November, 1996, the première of "Musikalischer
Kettenbrief" ("Musical chain-letter") took place
in the Abendmusiken der Pfarrkirche Mariahilferplatz
(evening music in the parish church Mariahilferplatz) in
Graz, following a suggestion by the organist Herbert
Bolterauer (*1964) and the composer Thomas Daniel Schlee
(*1957).
Based on a ten-bar theme, the following composers
submitted contributions:
Peter
Michael Hamel: Title music
Joseph Reveyron: Adagio
Bertold Hummel: Fantasia
Jean-Pierre Leguay: "Sur un theme de
Alexander Schrei"(On a theme by Alexander Schrei)
Sylvaine Martin-Kostajnsek: Graz-Kettenbrief
(Graz chain-letter)
Thomas Daniel Schlee: Voile (Sail)
Pierre Cogen: Cortège (Procession)
Theo Brandmüller: "Ex oriente lux" (Light
from the east)
Petr Eben: Momento d'orgao (Moment for organ)
These works are also included in the volume for organ "Enluminures", published by Editions Combre.
Preface (Editions Combre)
At the request of Herbert Bolterauer, organist at the church of Mariahilf in Graz (Styria, Austria), nine composers have written short pieces on a theme supplied by Alexander Schrei.
The title of
this collective work, Enluminures (Illuminations)
illustrates the way in which the composers have
individually coloured varying aspects of the
thematic material. Enluminures is thus a multicoloured
reflection of organ writing in the second half of the
20th century.
The work received its first performance at the Mariahilf church in Graz, on November 8, 1996.
Thomas Daniel Schlee