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Brenda Portman - organist, COMPOSER

Brenda Portman - organist, COMPOSERBrenda Portman - organist, COMPOSERBrenda Portman - organist, COMPOSER

Works for Solo Organ: Concert Works

Aspects of Light (2020) - 10 min - Listen - More Info 

I. Lux solis - II. Lumen Christi


Ekklesia (2021) - 20 min - Listen - More Info

I. "...but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength."

II. "They will be called oaks of righteousness, planted by the Lord, so that he may be glorified."

III. "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

IV. "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."

V. "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden."

VI. "Those who believe will do even greater things than these..."

VII. "...our present sufferings are not worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed in us."


Elegy (2016) - 5 min - Listen - More Info


Fanfare-Toccata on WACHET AUF, RUFT UNS DIE STIMME (2021) - 5 min - Listen - More Info


Fantasy on UBI CARITAS (2019) - 8-9 min - Listen - More Info


Genevan Suite (2018) - 16 min - Listen - More Info

I. Prologue: Genevan 98

II. Fantasy: Genevan 107 (Homage to Bert Matter)

III. Chorale: Genevan 124 (Homage to Pavel Chesnokov)

IV. Epilogue: Genevan 42  


Monument (2018) - 10 min - Listen - More Info


Partita on CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN (2020) -14 min - Listen - More Info 

I. Procession - II. Scherzetto - III. Andante penseroso - IV. Toccata 


Prelude and Tarantelle (2019) - 8 min - Listen - More Info


Psalm-Sonata No. 1 (2020) - 12 min - Listen - More Info

I. "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? (Psalm 13)

II. "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty." (Psalm 91)

III. "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song..." (Psalm 98)


Six Variants on WONDROUS LOVE (2022) - 15 min - Listen - More Info


Solemn Fanfare (2020) - 5 min - Listen - More Info


There is no shadow... (2021) - 4.5 min - Listen - More Info


Toccata for America (2020) - 4 min - Listen - More Info


Triptych on HELMSLEY (2018) - 8 min - Listen - More Info

I. Fanfare - II. Berceuse - III. Toccata


Variations on an Aeolian Melody (2019) - 5.5 min - Listen - More Info


Variations on the Huron Carol (2017) - 13 min - Listen - More Info

I. Preamble - II. Tambourin - III. Reverie - IV. March - V. Caprice - VI. Toccata

Works for Solo Organ: Collections

Again, I Say, Rejoice!

  • And again I say, Rejoice! 
  • March on the Old Hundredth Psalm Tune  
  • Postlude on DARWALL'S 148TH  
  • Postlude on "Joyful, Joyful"  
  • Sortie on KING'S WESTON  
  • Toccata on ABERYSTWYTH  
  • Toccata-Improvisation on LASST UNS ERFREUEN  
  • Trumpet Tune 

Peace Like a River

  • Elegy
  • Improvisation on GROSSER GOTT
  • Madrigal 
  • Meditation on FINLANDIA  
  • Meditation on "Peace Like a River" 
  • Melody 
  • Prelude on DEO GRACIAS 
  • Trio on MCAFEE 

To Hear the Angels Sing

  • It Came upon the Midnight Clear  
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem  
  • Toccatina on "Joy to the World"  
  • Triptych on HELMSLEY: Fanfare, Berceuse, Toccata
  • Variations on the Huron Carol: Preamble, Tambourin, Reverie, March, Caprice, Toccata

Horizons

  • Prelude and Tarantelle
  • Fantasy on UBI CARITAS
  • Monument
  • Genevan Suite: Prologue, Fantasy, Chorale, Epilogue

My Song is Love Unknown

  • Aubade
  • Cantilena on NICAEA
  • Chorale Prelude on EVENTIDE
  • Chorale triste (Homage to Jehan Alain)
  • Eternal Father, Strong to Save
  • Fanfare on MIT FREUDEN ZART
  • Fanfare on ST. ANNE
  • Fanfare-Rondeau on VICTORY
  • Finale jubilante
  • Meditation on ST. FLAVIAN
  • Pastorale on MESSIAH
  • Prelude on RENDEZ A DIEU
  • Reflection on RHOSYMEDRE
  • Variations on an Aeolian Melody

Christ Is the Life

  • Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded (IN DIR IST FREUDE) 
  • Down Galilee's Slow Roadways (MERLE'S TUNE) 
  • God's Work, Our Hands (EARTH AND ALL STARS) 
  • Christ Is the Life (COE FEN) 
  • Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior (JESUS CHRISTUS, UNSER HEILAND) 
  • No Wind at the Window (COLUMCILLE) 
  • O Spirit All-Embracing (THAXTED) 
  • Sometimes Our Only Song Is Weeping (WAYFARING STRANGER) 
  • When Eyes That Once We Knew as Keen (CANDLER)

Wondrous Love

  • Meditation on LLANFAIR
  • Partita on CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN: Procession, Scherzetto, Andante penseroso, Toccata
  • This Joyful Eastertide (VRUECHTEN)
  • Six Variants on WONDROUS LOVE: Intrada, Reverie, Trio, Fugue, Chorale, Toccata
  • Three Fugues on Lenten Hymns: Passion Chorale, Gethsemane, Herzliebster Jesu


Works for Solo Organ: Miscellaneous

Augsburg Organ Library Series 2 Lent

  • COE FEN (Christ Is the Life)
  • THOMAS (Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery)


Bayoubüchlein (Selah Publishing Company)

  • Meditation on PROMISE 
  • Toccata on MEADVILLE 
  • Trio on ST. HELENA 


The Organist's Companion (Wayne Leupold Editions)

  • I Am Jesus' Little Lamb - May 2021 
  • Jesus Loves Me - May 2020
  • Meditation on Colossians 3:15 - Jan. 2023
  • Meditation on EBENEZER - Sept. 2017
  • Prelude on an American Folk Hymn - Sept. 2019


Organ Magazines (Lorenz Corporation)

  • Fanfare - Sacred Organ Journal, Mar/Apr 2017 (the first 13 bars were intended as a companion to Dan Locklair's Phoenix Processional for organ solo)
  • Introduction and March on LAUDA ANIMA - Sacred Organ Library, Vol. 5
  • Prelude on MORECAMBE - Easy Organ Library, Vol. 64

Errata

And Again I Say, Rejoice! - mm. 108-109, the B's in the right hand should be natural

Fantasy on UBI CARITAS - m. 47, beat 2, should be E-natural in left hand

Genevan Suite (IV. Epilogue) - m. 38, beat 3, should be F-natural

Prelude and Tarantelle - m. 13 of Prelude, beat 3 1/2, should be D# in left hand

Toccata on MEADVILLE - instead of playing mm. 34-37 as written, 

replace them with a "copy and paste" of mm. 4-7

Trio on ST. HELENA - on the D. S., go from m. 16 to the coda​

Trumpet Tune - m. 35, beat 3, RH, should be B-natural

Variations on an Aeolian Melody - pickup to m. 11 should be a single eighth-note in RH


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