Transplant
Alex Shapiro
About this work:
When organist Frances Nobert first commissioned this work for one of her upcoming concerts, I asked her to describe the other pieces on her program and to think about what she might like to add that would provide contrast. After some thought, she responded with "a quiet scherzo." My imagination took off, and not too much later I presented her with Transplant, which can probably best be described by the suggestion, "imagine the Three Stooges performing open heart surgery." Much of the pipe organ literature is beautiful but ponderously serious; here's a slightly offbeat piece that probably won't sound like anything else on the program.
Year composed: 1999
Duration: 00:03:30
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Organ
Instrumentation: 1 Organ
Instrumentation notes: organ.