Variations on EBENEZER
A thirteen-minute concert work, this set of variations on a hymn tune is written for advanced orchestra, mostly in the style of Brahms.
There is a natural tension between duple and triple figures throughout. After about eight variations (the last featuring brass, woodwind and string sections in a kind-of march), a grand fugue begins. In homage to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the low brass introduce the seminary hymn, "Soldiers of Christ, in Truth Arrayed," after the fugal exposition. After the main theme returns, the low brass echo "Soldiers of Christ" under the EBENEZER theme in the closing material.
Please tell me if you decide to program this piece . . . I may want to come and hear it again!
A thirteen-minute concert work, this set of variations on a hymn tune is written for advanced orchestra, mostly in the style of Brahms.
There is a natural tension between duple and triple figures throughout. After about eight variations (the last featuring brass, woodwind and string sections in a kind-of march), a grand fugue begins. In homage to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the low brass introduce the seminary hymn, "Soldiers of Christ, in Truth Arrayed," after the fugal exposition. After the main theme returns, the low brass echo "Soldiers of Christ" under the EBENEZER theme in the closing material.
Please tell me if you decide to program this piece . . . I may want to come and hear it again!
A thirteen-minute concert work, this set of variations on a hymn tune is written for advanced orchestra, mostly in the style of Brahms.
There is a natural tension between duple and triple figures throughout. After about eight variations (the last featuring brass, woodwind and string sections in a kind-of march), a grand fugue begins. In homage to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the low brass introduce the seminary hymn, "Soldiers of Christ, in Truth Arrayed," after the fugal exposition. After the main theme returns, the low brass echo "Soldiers of Christ" under the EBENEZER theme in the closing material.
Please tell me if you decide to program this piece . . . I may want to come and hear it again!
