Baroque-Style Organ Chorale Preludes
  • TCJ
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    Is anyone aware of some good baroque-style chorale preludes for organ that use hymn tunes that are more modern (post-baroque)?
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Consult the works for organ chorales by
    Helmut Walcha and (you did say 'more modern')! Joseph Ahrens.
    It is confusing as to whether you want 'baroque-style' or 'more modern' works.

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  • MatthewRoth
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    I don’t think that it’s confusing: modern tunes but baroque-style chorales. Surely these exist.
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  • TCJ
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    I don’t think that it’s confusing: modern tunes but baroque-style chorales. Surely these exist.


    That is precisely what I mean.
  • Benton
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    This is an area of interest for me. There is some overlap in tune from the past to the present, but not a whole lot. Perhaps you could list some tunes you'd be interested in having, and I could suggest some preludes?
  • GerardH
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    Try looking at Denis Bédard's compositions. His Postlude on Woodlands has a Baroque-ish fugue.

    Dr Kris Rizzotto just posted a rather delightful Trio on Here I Am, Lord, and has plenty of other hymn-related pieces in various styles.
  • MatthewRoth
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    Roland Bouman has pieces based on Pothier’s Tota pulchra es. Not exactly what you want but I love that hymn.

    Dr Kris Rizzotto just posted a rather delightful Trio on Here I Am, Lord, and has plenty of other hymn-related pieces in various styles.


    Am a massive fan. That trio is amazing even if, well…

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  • francis
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    Am a massive fan. That trio is amazing even if, well…
    lol...
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  • MatthewRoth
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    oh come on, it's great fun.
  • ServiamScores
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    https://youtu.be/lksq76Kj0XU?si=yMAu1fdJOxuAa1sB

    Trio on Merton by David Thorne in the Oxford Advent / Christmas book is pure delight.
  • liampmcdonough
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    Sean Connolly wrote a nice little prelude on In Babilone a couple years ago.
    Prelude on In Babilone.pdf
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  • ServiamScores
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    Sean has written other lovely things too... and he's good at keeping a low profile, so I'm happy to toot his horn.
    https://youtu.be/gBl68xGCZgA?si=qOrI00J0f-gU1p6H
    Prelude on ‘Sweet Sacrament’ • Sean Connolly • US Letter w-cover page.pdf
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  • ServiamScores
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    I have a trio on Hyfrydol that I'd be happy to send via email.
    https://youtu.be/IPVySDO0TC8?si=p_BfiOW4L-JrANL-
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  • francis
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    Well, sometimes great fun steps over a philosophical point of departure… I would never create a higher form of art based on something that doesn’t aspire to a higher form. (Perhaps it’s just the stodgy curmudgeon that lives within me.) perhaps a better way to express my sentiment would be … seems like pouring a fine wine over ice cubes.
  • TCJ
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    That would ruin the ice cubes!
  • CGM
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    and then there’s always this…

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu5ZE8HrTAM&pp=ygURYmFkIHJvbWFuY2UgZnVndWU=
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  • JonLaird
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    Try Christa Rakich:
    https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Rakich,_Christa

    Some nice Pachelbel-style variations, and a handful of the tunes are post-baroque.
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  • TCJ
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    Thanks for the suggestions. I'll take a more in-depth look after Christmas.
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