Cooman / Simmons Owl Night CD

Carson Cooman is many things musical - organist and Composer in Residence at the Memorial Church, Harvard University; writer, critic and consultant, concert organist, and above all a highly prolific composer of music in a wide variety of genres, from orchestral to song. His organ compositions come in many styles, from liturgical models, to more gritty and substantial pieces such as his organ symphonies and preludes and fugues. The music in this programme, all composed in 2016 and 2017, is varied and consists of concert pieces (though suitable for church use) as opposed to explicitly liturgical works. Erik Simmons is a fine organist, making his seventh Cooman organ album for Divine Art. He is playing the Cavaille-Coll organ of the Abbey of Saint-Etienne, Caen, France in a live performance recorded through the Hauptwerk system. This is volume 7 of this highly praised series.

1. Meditation 2. Postludium 3. Owl Night, Op. 1134 4. Capriccio 5. Arietta 6. Chorale 7. Cantio Mystica, Op. 1181 8. Ricercare in Epidiatessaron, Op. 1176 9. Fantasia Solenne 10. Fantasia Pro Organo Pleno 11. Preludio Maestoso, Op. 1173 12. Preludio Con Ostinato, Op. 1172 13. Preludio Staccato, Op. 1172 14. Preludio Quasi Eco, Op. 1174 15. Preludio Festive, Op. 1175 16. Postludium, Op. 1182 17. Toccata, Aria and Finale, Op. 1184