Rubrics (1988) by Dan Locklair (b. 1949) is the most “advanced” work here—still quite tonal, but with some adventurous harmonies. The work’s main title refers to rubrics for the conduct of the service of Holy Communion from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of The Episcopal Church, with the subtitles for each of the five movements quoting a particular liturgical action or response: a shout of “Hallelujah!”, silence, giving of thanks, exchange of the Peace, and a response of “Amen.” As one might guess from these descriptions, the second and fourth movements are very quiet, and the other three quite extroverted, including some rambunctious jazz in the middle one. Once again Ffinch shows a total sympathy for American idioms.
From the Divine Art label.