Description
Out of the Woebegone Pyre, by Paul Burnell, composed 2024 for Organ.
Duration:1 minute
The F in the final two bars can be played either as an F natural or as an F sharp, depending on the mood of the performer at the time.
First performed by David Bohn as part of the Organ Historical Society 2025 National Convention in Milwaukee, Ozaukee Congregational Church, Wisconsin USA on August 8, 2025.
Programme note:
The title of this piece is taken from the poem 'Holy Spring' by the W elsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). The poem was included in his volume of poetry 'Deaths and Entrances' first published in 1946.