IN MYSTERY AND WONDER (The Casavant Diptych) for organ by Dan Locklair

IN MYSTERY AND WONDER (The Casavant Diptych) was composed late in 2003 and was commissioned by Casavant Frères, Limitée, of Saint-Hyacinthe (Quebec), Canada, in honor of this distinguished pipe organ builder's 125th anniversary. Multiple premieres of one or both movements of the piece were planned by a host of organists worldwide to be played on Casavant organs during the 13 November 2004 anniversary weekend. IN MYSTERY AND WONDER (The Casavant Diptych) may be performed on organs of two manuals or larger. Symbolism, as the basis for all musical materials, abounds in both movements and especially in the use of "C" and "F" note codes for "Casavant Frères" (as well as in the unplanned "mystery" that yielded 125 measures of music in the first movement!). Since one of the main melodic ideas from the first movement, "Aria," appears in the second movement, "Toccata," the composition is cyclic. In order for the Casavant anniversary to be celebrated by the widest range of organists possible, a requirement for this commission was that the first movement be technically modest, with the second movement being more technically demanding. Thus, as an option to the entire two-movement composition being played in worship services and/or recitals, each movement may also be played separately. The subtitle of each movement comes from the 18th century English hymn by William Cowper, "God Moves in a Mysterious Way."
The performance here is by the American organist, Dr. Marilyn Keiser, from her Loft/Gothic recording, THE MUSIC OF DAN LOCKLAIR (LRCD-1110).
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IN MYSTERY AND WONDER (The Casavant Diptych) is published by Subito Music. (www.subitomusi...)

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Ah ha! Very nice.