David Hurd - Te Deum laudamus - (1981) - Part 2 - Great Organ, St. John the Divine, NYC

Bruce Neswick performs from the 1st Sunday afternoon recital series at The Cathedral of St. John The Divine, NYC. This recital series, entitled 'The Great Organ: It's Sunday', began on September 13th, 2009.
Bruce Neswick is the Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at St. John The Divine.
About his work, David Hurd writes:
FOUR FANTASIES - THE ADORATION is really four sketches strung together, each representing one of the four bodies of persons or souls which offer praise to God in the hymn Te Deum. The apostles' praise is cast in twelve-tone procedure. The outer portions of this ABA section make reference to the cantus firmus mostly through sustaining of the pitches of the chant melody as they occur in the order of the row. The prophets' praise utilizes the whole-tone scale mostly in ascending thirds. The shape of the chant melody can be recognized in the fugal episodes of this section. The martyrs' praise is characterized by boldly juxtaposed major triads. Like the section immediately before it, the martyrs' praise utilizes the chant melody in fragments, treating it in rhythmic patterns. The Holy Church's praise is heralded by the same fanfare used to begin the first movement. In this five-voice section the cantus firmus is stated by the upper pedal voice.