Emmanuel Fugue from Symphony No. 3 (1998)

For: 2(=picc)-2(II=CA)-2(I=Ebcl,II=bcl)-2 / 2-2-2-1 / timp.2perc / hp / pf / strings

Duration: 7’

First Performance: 28 April 1998 / Shattuck Auditorium, Waukesha, Wisconsin / The Waukesha Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Platt

Dedication: "Commissioned by the Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra.”

Publisher: ECS Publishing | Rental

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Program Note:

Emmanuel Fugue uses as its subject a tune based on several 12th century plain chants, recognized today variously as the songs Veni Emmanuel, Adeste Fidelis and O Come Emmanuel, among others. Hagen writes, "When a composer offers a fugue, it is a testament of faith in tonal counterpoint's continuing (and timeless) vitality and viability as a vessel for the expression of emotion through exquisite craftsmanship." A Christmas concert perennial, Emmanuel Fugue was premiered by the Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra 17 October 2010, again at Shattuck Auditorium under the direction of Alexander Platt.