Benjamin Kolodziej, Gates of Beauty, Six Hymn Settings for Organ
Employing canonic treatment, vigorous trio textures, or modal harmonies evoking an air of serenity, these six hymn settings are of suitable length for offertories or preludes to the worship service. Inspired by the straightforward musical forms and clean counterpoint of prior centuries, the harmonies range from the simple to the sumptuously colorful, with each tune unmistakably proclaimed in order to evoke quick recognition in every listener. Contents Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness; Lord, Whose Love through Humble Service; O Sacred Head, Now Wounded; Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus; Who Are You Who Walk in Sorrow; By All Your Saints in Warfare; Jesus, in Your Dying Woes; Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty Tunes BEACH SPRING; HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN; O HAUPT VOLL BLUT UND WUNDEN; JEFFERSON; KING’S LYNN; SEPTEM VERBA; UNSER HERRSCHER