"Kennebunkport Suite" (2016) was written for and is dedicated to Joyce Painter Rice, First Congregational Church, Kennebunkport, Maine, and the church’s 1854 E. & G. G. Hook pipe organ (Opus 177). First Congregational Church is a congregation that particularly enjoys singing the classic hymns, and this organ suite thus consists of preludes on three well-known old American hymns: Foundation ("How Firm a Foundation"), Bethany ("Nearer, My God, To Thee"), and Land of Rest ("Jerusalem, My Happy Home.") (Although conceived originally for a small one-manual pipe organ with divided stops and pedals, the work can be played effectively on any organ.)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: 9'
Composed: 2016
Published by: Zimbel Press
