BACH STUDIES and PERFORMANCE
Specializing in Keyboard and Organ Music of J. S. Bach
Bach’s counterpoint in my view is never other than a figurate realization of the bass, a "virtual counterpoint" that has more to do with harmony and rhythm than with historical polyphony. If Michelangelo could claim that his sculpture was only a process of elimination — in which he merely brought into high relief that which already existed in the mass of stone — then much the same can be said for Bach, whose counterpoint only brings into high relief that which already exists within the mass of harmony.
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Fellow of the American Guild of Organists·
Fellow of The Royal Canadian College of Organists·
Fellow, Trinity College London·
Licentiate Composer of The Royal Schools of Music·
Publications in The American Organist, International·
Former Editor, The Tracker, Journal of the Organ Historical Society·
Former Editor, The American Bach Society Newsletter
MORANA, Frank (1953– ). Degrees in organ and composition, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, The Royal Canadian College of Organists, Trinity College London. Former New York City-based musicographer specializing in keyboard and organ music of J. S. Bach. Engagements included New York premieres of reconstructed improvisations by Notre-Dame organist Pierre Cochereau, Bach’s Six Sonatas for organ performed complete from memory, and world premiere of Milestones, a multi-movement suite for organ and orchestra by Hampson A. Sisler, performed in two installments at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Collaborations with New York Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, 92nd Street Y Chamber Players, Westchester Collegium. Original research published by Riemenschneider Bach Institute in affiliation with the American Bach Society. Original compositions include six symphonic poems, piano, chamber, and organ works. Wide interest in contemporary organ music in over 200 reviews for American Organist magazine. As examiner and national committee member for the professional certification programs of the American Guild of Organists wrote four-part series “Probing the Organ Works of Bach.” Former editor for the quarterly Journal of the Organ Historical Society and for the semiannual newsletter of the American Bach Society.
[Was Bach a Polyphonist?]
Specializing in Keyboard and Organ Music of J. S. Bach
BACH STUDIES and PERFORMANCE
© F. Morana, 1996–2008.