Ennis Fruhauf
A Cranbrook Suite for
Carillon
I. Prelude on
Nicaea
II. Siciliana
and Menuet
on
Erhalt uns Herr
III. Finale on
Old 100th
A
Cranbrook Suite
for
Carillon was
commissioned in 2003 by Christ Church Cranbrook in celebration of their 75th
anniversary. The work is dedicated to the memory of the Founders of the
church and of the Donors of the Wallace Carillon, and for Christ Church
Cranbrook itself. It is set
in the form of a Baroque suite, with each of
its three movements based on a hymn tune and prefaced by a brief
introductory statement of the melody. Prelude on
Nicaea features the hymn tune presented in the pedaled bass line, with short
ripieno interpolations between each phrase.
Siciliana and
Menuet on
Erhalt uns Herr
sets the hymn tune in the
delicately ornamented format of a Baroque dance movement. A contrasting
menuet intervenes, and the siciliana returns to complete a simple rondo
structure. Finale
on
Old 100th
is similar to the first movement of the
suite in that the hymn melody appears in pedaled bass notes and with brief
interpolations between each phrase, but this time the meter offers the
rolling triplets of a dance meter.
Jenny King, Carillonneur of Christ
Church Cranbrook, steered the Carillon Composition Selection Committee and
premiered A Cranbrook Suite on July 4, 2003