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L.Ciampa: Postlude on Foundation

Foundation is an anonymous melody from the American colonies. It was first published by Joseph Funk in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (Winchester, VA, 1832). It appeared again three years later in William Walkerʼs famous Southern Harmony. In those days, the tune was known as Protection. However, it became so closely associated with the 1787 text (also anonymous), “How Firm a Foundation”, that unsurprisingly the name Foundation took hold. Foundation was once one of the most popular church hymns in America.

Postlude on ‘Foundationʼ was composed for a church service in January, 2007, and not heard (or even thought about) again until three-and-a-half years later, when on 6 June 2010 it was performed at the glorious Methuen Memorial Music Hall. Also premièred that memorable afternoon in Methuen was Lenten Amethyst (Op. 207, No. 2) and Meditation on ʽBarbara Allenʼ (Op. 215).

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Meditation on Barbara Allen

Dopo il popolare arrangiamento di “Shenandoah” ecco un altro arrangiamento di Leonardo Ciampa, questa volta di “Barbara Allen“. Si tratta di una delle più popolari canzoni dell’Inghilterra del XVIII secolo.
“Barbara Allen” si trova anche in alcuni innali americani, con il testo sacro “Accept, O Lord, the gifts we bring“. Il ricco arrangiamento di Ciampa è stato presentato il 6 giugno 2010 al Methuen Memorial Music Hall.

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L. Ciampa, Meditazione su Barbara Allen (Op. 215) – Registrazione dal vivo, 6 giugno 2010 (registrazione privata di Paul Raila) – HYMN FESTIVAL, Methuen Memorial Music Hall – Leonardo Ciampa, organista

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