Work
Pisces I: Organis Plagalis
for organ
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About
Following on from a 'Zodiac' theme I began in 1999, whereby I wrote pieces for musician friends and used their birthday numbers as a starting point (along with the characteristics of their astrological sun-sign and the actual instrument they play or voice-part they sing), the intervals in this work relate to the numbers in Douglas Mews' birthday. The subtitle 'Organis Plagalis' refers to the fact that the piece is essentially a very decorated and elongated plagal cadence.
Dedication note
Dedicated to the composer's Piscean friend Douglas Mews, Wellington City Organist
Contents note
Single movement
Performance history
27 Jun 2009: Wellington Shines
11 Jun 2011: Brother Sun, Sister Moon - Baroque Voices
20 Jul 2014: Performed by Jonathan Berkahn at the SMP Ensemble 'Chiaroscuro' concert, Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music.