- Variations on "Our Father"
[3:33]
A student piece from c. 1965, today's track consists of a Fanfare, Chorale, and Final for Brass Trio, all based on the German Chorale for the Lord's
Prayer. In the second movement, the chorale changes key and jumps around between parts. The change of meter in the third movement is reminiscent of
Mendelssohn's 3/4 Fugue on the same subject, although the harmonic idiom is more akin to Hindemith.
- Chorale Text
German:
Vater unser im Himmelreich,
Der du uns alle heisset gleich
Brüder sein und dich rufen an
Und willst das Beten von uns ha'n:
Gib, dass nicht bet' allein der Mund;
Hilf, dass es geh' aus Herzens Grund.
English:
Our Father in the heaven Who art,
Who tellest all of us, in heart
Brothers to be, and on Thee call
And wilt have prayer from one and all,
Grant that the mouth not only pray,
From deepest heart O help its way.
--Tr. George MacDonald
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