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Enjoy a warm, easy, and tuneful prelude for organ and
piano. Use at any season of the year or list the second title for Mother's Day
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$10.00
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"A contemporary setting of Psalm 63 ...An introduction that treats a
short melodic motif, the piece revolves around a simple rather haunting tune,
which recurs in melodically, modally, and harmonically varied guises. This
lovely work is not difficult but requires sensitive playing."
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--Joyce Johnson Robinson, The Diapason |
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$10.00
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Images
(2 copies)
Jazz rhythms created for prelude, offertory, and postlude, or for concert use
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$20.00
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A Trilogy of Organ
and Piano Duets
(2 copies) |
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CELEBRATIONS
Duet in three movements taken from MISSA JAZZIS themes.
Dedicated to Duo Majoya and composed for Dr. Joe's 65th
birthday concert, October 2009.
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Jubilation
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Remembrance
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Hallelujah!
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"Joe Utterback has quite a body of compositions to his name, many of which embrace and utilise
his wide experience as a jazz pianist and composer. Celebrations has three movements: Jublilation is
a four-verse medium tempo, 12 bar-blues with elements of boogie woogie; Remembrance is
more informally bluesy, starting a little moodily with a haunting melody which is developed
as the texture thickens and the mood intensifies, before an atmospheric ending rounds the movement off;
and Hallelujah returns to happier climes and the celebratory mood of the opening is recalled
with greater freedom and excitment. All three movements recall a style of jazz that is fairly middle
of the road; we?ve moved on from early jazz, but we?re not in the dangerous, experimental jazz styles
and idioms of more recent years. The music is therefore pretty tonal and with only the odd really spicy
chord, but the writing for the instruments is very idiomatic and both performers and audiences who enjoy the idiom will find the writing well-suited to the instruments.
What is most impressive is the way in which both instruments are treated as equal partners
and left to get on with the keybord figuration that suits them best. The music needs good players, and
a crisp ensemble, though much of the effect of the music will be lost on those with brilliant dexterity,
but who have little affinity with the subtleties of the style."
Organists Review, February 2010
Three movements, Jubilation, Remembrance, and Hallelujah! comprise this 31-page
suite. It is very much jazz, with difficult rhythms, cross-rhythms, and bluesy chords
with which you (and I) may be unfamiliar. Nevertheless, the score is so cleverly
written that the music fits the combination of piano and organ like a glove and
will certainly give audiences something completely unexpected and enjoyable.
Even if you?re not used to the idiom, if you give it a try, you?ll become more proficient
? and captivated.
The American Organist, March 2010
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$22.00
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Utterback has arranged sections of the organ
solo version with additions for piano. The DUET flows
with ease and incorporates great harmonies, jazz
rhythms, and a scintillating piano passage surrounding
melodic organ lines. You will enjoy playing this one,
and your congregation will find it inspiring.
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$12.00
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$12.00
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