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A Cranbrook Suite for Carillon

I.    Prelude on Nicaea 
II.   Siciliana and Menuet on Erhalt uns Herr  
III.  Finale on Old 100th

Notes

A Cranbrook Suite for Carillon was commissioned in 2003 by Christ Church Cranbrook in celebration of their 75^th anniversary. The work is dedicated to the memory of the Founders of the church and of the Donors of the Wallace Carillon, and is also for Christ Church Cranbrook.

A Cranbrook Suite is in the form of a Baroque suite in three movements, each based on a hymn tune and prefaced by a brief harmonized statement of the tune. Prelude on Nicaea features the hymn melody presented in the pedaled bass line, with short ripieno interpolations between each phrase.

Siciliana and Menuet on Erhalt uns Herr presents the hymn tune in the delicately ornamented format of a Baroque dance movement. A free and contrasting menuet intervenes, and the siciliana returns to complete a rondo structure.

Finale on Old 100^th is similar to the first movement of the suite in that the hymn melody appears in the pedaled bass notes, again with brief interpolations between each phrase, but this time in the rolling triplets of a dance meter.

Jenny King, Carillonneur of Christ Church Cranbrook, steered the Carillon Composition Selection Committee and premiered A Cranbrook Suite on July 4, 2003.

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