Edwin York Bowen (22 February 1884 – 23 November 1961) was an English composer and pianist. Bowen's musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a talented conductor, organist, violist and horn player. Despite achieving considerable success during his lifetime, many of the composer's works remained unpublished and unperformed until after his death in 1961. Bowen's compositional style is widely considered as ‘Romantic’ and his works are often characterized by their rich harmonic language.
It is really worthreading more about this musician here;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Bowen
The first piece is titled, Prelude, on the white notes only. To those who dislike an excess of chromaticism. The second piece reverses that idea as you will hear.
The seven parts are;
1. Prelude, on the white notes only
2. Caprice, for the Right Hand alone
3. The "Futurist" Piece
4. The Piece in Older Style
5. Nocturne, for the Left Hand only
6. The Piece in 7 and 5 time
7. A Farewell Word (Finale)
These are a reason to highlight this important musician as he did write two works for organ. One is in Concert Hall from 2015 here;
https://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/17913
And the other on Youtube here;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-RoNB9CQA
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