Prelude - Te Lucis Ante Terminum Organ Solo 前奏曲 管風琴 管風琴

這首短小（44 小節）的沉思曲是獻給希拉蕊-科納爾（Hilary Cornall）的，其形式為輕柔流暢的安魂曲，時號變化頻繁，但有一個恒定的四分音符脈衝 = 126。這賦予了作品一種縈繞心頭的特質，仿佛在視覺上--靜靜地觀察雲彩劃過夏日風和日麗的天空。從音調上看，音樂從隱含的 A 小調逐漸下降到 G 調--模式微妙而不確定，但無疑是最後的模式，如同夜晚的來臨。正如這位元作曲家的許多音樂一樣，效果簡單但非常感人，右手不斷流動的開放五度是樂章的主要表現形式。這是最有效的微型作品。雖然封面和扉頁上的日期是 2010 年，但作曲家本人卻在最後一小節的末尾注明了 2009 年

作曲家: John Rutter
樂器: Organ
出版社: Novello

曲目:
Prelude On Te Lucis Ante

原文簡介:
This short (44 bars) contemplation is dedicated to the memory of Hilary Cornall, and takes the form of a gentlyËflowing Andante tranquillo with frequently-changing time signatures but with a constant quaver pulse = 126. This gives the work a haunting quality, as if in visual terms – quietly observing the passage of cloud across a balmy summer sky. Tonally, the music gradually descends from an implied A minor to G – the mode subtly indeterminate, but undoubtedly final, as the approach of evening. As with so much music by this composer, the effect is simple but very touching, the constantly flowing open fifths in the right hand adding the principal expression of movement. A most effective miniature. Although dated 2010 on the cover and title page, the composer himself gives 2009 at the end of the final bar.' –James Palmer