Transformations

About the Work

Commissioned and premiered by Douglas Cleveland at the 2024 AGO National Convention in San Francisco, this three-movement solo organ work focuses on various aspects of the Pange Lingua chant text, translating them into musical ideas and exploring concepts such as hidden-to-revealed; transformations of bread-to-body, wine-to-blood, and old law-to-new rite. Its opening unfolds to a triumphant chorale, followed by a tender middle movement, and ends with a jubilant toccata focused on the words “praise, jubilation, salvation, honor, and blessing,” making this a suitable choice for services and recitals alike.