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— Leonard Raver (The American Organist)

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Night-Magic, Confabulated (2024)
Organ   20'

A sectional, single-movement work of about 20 minutes for organ.

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   1. beginning section     PDF
   2. middle section     PDF
   3. penultimate section     PDF
More Hand Jive (2024)
Piano   17'

premiere June, 2024 in San Francisco. Available on the album Red Sky Opening from Ravello Recordings

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   1. You Think I Think It Means What You Think     PDF
   2. Somewhere Between the Spirit and the Wind, the City Was Dreaming     PDF
   3. Accept No Substitutes     PDF
Nocturnes Book I (2001 - 2021)
Piano   23'

A collection of five Nocturnes for piano. Available on the album Red Sky Opening from Ravello Recordings

program notes, audio and score samples are available for individual Nocturnes, below.

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   1. April Nocturne     PDF
   2. Wispy Fog Nocturne     PDF
   3. Year End Nocturne     PDF
   4. Diamond Nocturne     PDF
   5. Red Sky Nocturne     PDF
Nocturnes Book II (2009 - 2022)
Piano   22'

A collection of four Nocturnes for piano. Available on the album Red Sky Opening from Ravello Recordings

program notes, audio and score samples are available for individual Nocturnes, below.

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   1. White Dew Nocturne     PDF
   2. Sharp Hills Nocturne     PDF
   3. Gray Visby Nocturne     PDF
   4. High Country Nocturne     PDF
Psalm Prelude (2010)
Organ   4'

Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists, San Francisco Chapter, for the Region IX Convention.

performances: July, 2011, San Francisco, CA. by Rodney Gehrke

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Sometimes Textures (2010)
Organ   7'30"
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Red Sky Opening (2009)
Piano   15'30"

premiere June, 2024 in San Francisco. Available on the album Red Sky Opening from Ravello Recordings

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   1. opening     PDF
   2. middle section     PDF
   3. penultimate section     PDF
Variations: Time Remembered (2008)
Organ   6'25"

(arrangement by permission of TRO - The Richmond Organization)

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In Quiet Joy (2001)
Organ   5'30"

commissioned by First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, WA.

performances: 50th Anniversary Celebrations, May and October 2002 in Bellevue, WA; American Guild of Organists' Regional Conventions, July 2003, Salt Lake City, UT and Albany, NY; January 2008 in San Francisco, CA

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But This Is This (1997)
Organ, Percussion (1 player)   9'
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Winter Canticles (1985)
Organ   19'

written for Hans-Ola Ericsson

performances: April, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden, May, 1988 in San Francisco, CA., March, 1989 in Cincinnati, OH., February, 1992 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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   1. November     PDF
   2. Bare Trees     PDF
   3. The Bells Stop Ringing New Year's     PDF
   4. Mild February     PDF