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Written in various styles (i.e. chaconne, cantus firmus in different voices, intensely chromatic), this set features preludes on both familiar and unfamiliar Lutheran chorales. While influenced by the past, these are written in a fresh manner, attractive and useful for both listener and organist.
Meet Christopher Maxim in person…
This clutch of works from Paraclete Press [Prelude and Fugue on the name of ‘Duruflé’, Three Pieces Founded on Welsh Hymn-Tunes, Eleven Chorale Preludes, Jubilate] showcases Christopher Maxim’s fluent and charming compositional style. His North Walian heritage inevitably draws comparison with William Mathias: certainly there is the same Celtic brightness but it is softer-edged, more approachable and even jaunty. The Eleven Chorale Preludes, all on German melodies, allude to Brahms’s Op.122 in texture, gesture and scale. Of these, the gentle, chromatic setting of ‘Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein’ is particularly intense and affecting. There is idiomatic, enjoyable and satisfying music in these volumes.
Huw Morgan (Sunday by Sunday)
An engaging collection.
Dr Martin Clarke (Organists’ Review)
