Offertory in G Minor - "Don't Forget The Promise" (Organ Solo)

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Candidly I threw this together in a flash the morning before a service,

but I quite enjoyed playing this one. It fits nicely under the hands. There

are moments where you need to switch manuals, take time to pause and

set correctly. Take a breath, make it musical.

The opening theme is a minor triad with a trill added, which is moved up

and down in repetition before ending with a descending line. By sheer

coincidence, the melody bears slight resemblence to the melody of part

of Scene 2 Act 2 of Verdi's Traviata, in the moment where Alfredo bests

the Baron in a game of cards.

The middle section elaborates the ending of the first melody in the key

of the subdominant before using the retrograde melody to arrive at the

dominant. The offertory concludes with an embellished version of the

first theme (please don't use my embelishments if you are able to put

your own spin on it!) and a fermata.