A Pure Heart

SAB with piano accompaniment

Commissioned by my friend and fellow composer, William Vollinger.

Bill became aware of a compositional technique/approach that I have developed and dubbed “Equitonalism”. The central idea of this approach is that, during the course of a piece, there is a section centered in each of the twelve key centers. Bill wanted a choral piece for his church that would be written employing this technique. This piece is the result.

This work should be accessible (if a bit challenging) for most church choirs—although it might prove quite challenging for the accompanist!

This piece was premiered by Bill's choir at Church of the Savior in Paramus, NJ, in March of 2004. It has since been performed by the Chancel Choir of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Granville, OH, and the Vintage Voices of Granville (OH).

The recording here is from the presentation at Centenary UMC in the spring of 2006.

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