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Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme

by Harri Viitanen

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<p>"'Wachet auf!' ruft uns die Stimme Chorale fantasy for organ is 
constructed round not only the chorale but also the Kyrie Orbis factor 
from the Graduale Romanum of the Catholic mass. The musical material for
 the peaceful final section is based on the song of a blackbird (Turdus 
merula) I recorded in Vantaa in summer 1992. The original birdsong 
motifs with their microintervals have been expanded, though preserving 
the interval relations, and adapted to the semitone system so that they 
can be performed on a keyboard instrument. As regards the overall form, 
the primary structural factor is the evolution of the music towards the 
fusing of elements and the increasingly clear delineation of the 
chorale, which is heard in triple canon in the last-but-one section of 
the organ composition. In the closing epilogue the birdsong motifs come 
close to the main note combinations of the chorale. The work was 
commissioned by Männistö Church in Kuopio and premiered at the 
dedication of the new organ on Advent Sunday in 1994."</p><p>© Harri Viitanen, translation by © Susan Sinisalo</p>

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