Organ Symphony No. 18 (2020)

Bernard Heyes (b. 1951) — Organ Symphony No. 18 (2020)

1) Cosmic Calls (0:00)
2) Contra Plagam (7:34)
3) Man Is the Dream of a Shadow (14:50)
4) Solemn End (23:38)
5) Folk Song (28:18)
6) The Sounds That the Voyagers Saw (34:28)
7) Revelation Raptures (40:29)

Due to CCH file size limits, the YouTube/video version has higher quality audio. The YouTube version also begins with a conversation between composer and performer.

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English composer Bernard J. D. Heyes (b. 1951) was born in Kent and began his musical studies at age 21. As a composer, he has focused particularly on music for the organ, most especially his extensive cycle of 18 organ symphonies. Heyes’s musical style draws on a variety of influences and diverse sources of inspiration including the natural world (especially gardens and trees), states of transcendence, ancient Greek philosophy, world cultures and places, life, death, and subatomic physics. The result is music of large scale that connects to the organ’s traditional repertoire while also speaking with a profound and individual voice.

Published by Heyes Music (bernardheyes.org.uk)