Give Ear

Yesterday, Dominique uploaded some verses played on a new sample set, free to download, from Pipeloops. (See here:
https://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/58716)
He admonished us to always be exploring and expanding our horizons with new literature. I gave some suggestions of my own in the comments, and now I'm putting my money where my mouth is, as we say.

Here are three works that I think fit this organ beautifully. The first is the no. 9 chorale prelude setting by Brahms of "Herzlich tut mich verlangen." This is something one expects to hear from this instrument. I've also recorded for you two others that are perhaps new.

Continuing in the "Herzlich..." category is a setting by Emma Lou Diemer of this chorale, her Psalm 78 for Maundy Thursday @ 2:16. It reminds me a lot of Messiaen with its meditative quality and suspension of time and place. You will not actually hear the chorale per se, like you do with Brahms, but the piece is based on it. The alluded to Psalm starts out with "Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!" And I think the contemplative feel of the piece really speaks to the "give ear" and "incline your ears" phrases.

Finally, I upload another reference to "Give ear" with Diemer's Psalm 80 for Advent @ 7:29. It is based on the tune PSALM 42 by Claude Goudimel, and the words to the psalm referenced are "Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who leadest Joseph like a flock!"

Emma Lou Diemer is a California based composer, primarily of Gebrauchsmusik for church services. She writes in her foreword:

"The two volumes...contain original compositions that are free interpretations of Psalm verses. The Psalms were chosen from the Lectionary.... Some of the settings are based on hymns and chorales.... [O]rgan registrations serve as guidelines, and they should be creatively changed to suit differing instruments. There are instances where synthesized MIDI sounds can be effectively employed."