For 2020, I decided that a fun personal challenge would be learning 20 new-to-me postludes. Of course, three months and five pieces into the challenge, life got upended by the pandemic, so I think this will end up being a challenge for 2020 and 2021. Regardless, I sure am enjoying learning all this new rep!
Some are pieces I’ve wanted to learn for years, some I discovered in January while making my list. They range in difficulty from early intermediate to advanced.
Here’s the list:
20 Postludes for 2020
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- Toccata from Heures domincales – Édith Beaulieu
- Trinitas, Mvt. 3 – Eleanor Daley
- Veni Creator from Twelve Chorale Preludes – Jeanne Demessieux
- Toccata in modo gravitazionale – Carlotta Ferrari
- Prelude in F Major – Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
- God Rest You Merry from Once in Royal David’s City: Four Carol Settings for Organ – Maureen Howell
- People Look East – Kristina Langlois
- Trumpet Tune from 12 Short Pieces, Op. 43 – Rachel Laurin
- Variations on All Creatures of Our God and King – Janet Linker
- Processional – William Mathias
- Carillon Sortie – Henri Mulet
- Chorale Prelude on Joy to the World – Sarah Rimkus
- Toccata in Seven – John Rutter
- Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag from Short Chorale Preludes – Ethel Smyth
- And Again, I Say, Rejoice! – Brenda Portman
- Toccato from Suite No. 1 – Florence Beatrice Price
- Carillon de Westminster – Louis Vierne
- Welcome Day! from Morning Songs – Gwyneth Walker
- Play from Brevities – Gwyneth Walker
- Dance of Joy from In Dulci Jubilo: Four Faces of a Folk Song – Eleanor Whitsett
3 More for Good Measure
To make my list, I did a ton of exploring, and these were other fantastic pieces I found:
Final for Organ – Rachel Laurin
All Hallows Voluntary from Tree of Life – Angela Kraft Cross
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