Theme is from Stravinsky’s Firebird, for a special dedication service.
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Thank we all, Our God
O God of Beauty, oft revealed
Deer Walk upon our mountains
Alleluia, A Newe Work is Come
From the 1961 York Cycle Play music. Also available as a movement in the 1965 Suite for Organ, Trumpet and Handbells (D. 513).
Night
A haunting major / minor nocturne, suitable for unison or solo voices with optional flute obbligato.
Glory be to God, the highest
Three-verse paraphrase of the Gloria. Give Allein Gott a break!
Communion Service in E minor – Rite I
Score & video. The Gloria is in my TOP THREE Dirksen pieces. Less than three minutes long, it opens with a liturgical joke and ends with an explosive Amen. Note his tempo!