Just downloaded and played it, Charles. It looked great on paper, and it's even more charming in reality. It's a wonderful example of the hymn-with-variations genre and is just as ingenious and delightful as Andrew Carter's A maiden most gentle.
I can't wait to debut this at our May Crowning and many thanks again for sharing!
Well, some of the harmonic concepts are aligned with ryand's lovely post on contextualizaton of the melody, particularly with very rudimentary melodies such as "Fatima's Cove/A treze de Maio."
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