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Roger Steptoe
Sonatine III
for organ
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 8'
- Genre: contemporary
- Composed: 2010
Reference: ORG6
CHF22.00
Details
- Published: 2010
- Publisher: Editions Bim
Composer
Roger Steptoe (*1953)
Roger Steptoe (born 1953) is acknowledged to be one of the most respected British musicians of his generation. A composer of international renown his impressive catalogue of works includes chamber ... Read moreAbout Sonatine III
Free variations on an imaginary theme
The Sonatine III draws on one of Bach's Chorales: ''Verleih' uns Frieden gnädiglich'' (Mercifully grant us peace). By freely using, integrating, fragmenting and constantly developing thematic references to this Chorale in a rich variety of ways the work exposes an extract of the original Chorale at the end, and in the Chorale's tonic key of G major. In a way the Sonatine can be considered as a set of free variations on an imaginary theme.