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The American Organist: "The piece was commissioned for the Region I AGO Convention in 1989. It is large-scale (23 pages) and based on a single theme developed in symphonic style. There are wonderful sonorities, colorful registration for a large romantic organ, and a closing double fugue with a fantastic coda. Sinfonia is a worthy addition to organ repertoire for the advanced player."
for Thomas Murray
1989 Region I Convention of the AGO
1989 Woolsey Hall, Yale University / Thomas Murray, organist
…Woodman's Sinfonia which opened [Thomas Murray's] recital will be remembered as one of the best new works heard at the Boston [1990[ convention. The multi-sectional piece suggested the somewhat 20th-century improvisational style with its gradual crescendo from soft foundations to a forceful tutti and its lush fugue sur les fonds moving to a brilliant toccata.
1993 United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs / Joseph Galema, organist
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