Prelude and Fugue in D major 'Hallelujah' - Franz Schmidt: David Briggs at St John the Divine, NYC

Prelude and Fugue in D major - 'Hallelujah' - Franz Schmidt (1874-1939): David Briggs at St John the Divine, NYC 😎

An explosion of orange sound! I hope you'll enjoy this marvelous Prelude and Fugue in D by the Austrian composer Franz Schmidt (1928). Schmidt was a cellist in the Vienna Philharmonic and a good friend of Gustav Mahler. This incredible piece illustrates the composer's marvelous harmonic panache, allied to a fabulous contrapuntal technique. Truly big-building music, perhaps appropriate for a huge Easter Day procession...