The Mendelssohn Sonata
Date of Composition: 1978
Duration: 9'
Category: Solo
Instrumentation: Organ
The Mendelssohn Sonata is in two movements. The first makes fleeting reference to Mendelssohn'sOrgan Sonata in A Major and quotes "Ein Feste Burg". The second movement, "38 Cadences inmemory of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), harmonizes the same two note cadence 38 times above a cantus firmus in the pedal of Mendelssohn's hymn tune "Consolation".