Rick Erickson

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Organist Rick Erickson earned M.Mus. and M.Th.S degrees in Chicago, with additional postgraduate studies in England at Cambridge University. He has held important professional church and academic posts in the USA and UK. His spare-time interests include the architecture and design of the Arts & Crafts Movement and the Jugendstil period, and he is the leading authority on 19th and early 20th century Dutch Delftware, with published books and articles on the same.

The extensive catalogue of his compositions and arrangements is an outgrowth of the practical needs of liturgical musicians, be it parish church, collegiate chapel, cathedral, or services played with the Royal Household Regimental band. Many large hymn settings for festive occasions, some containing fragments of harmonies by T.T.Noble still under copyright, are available upon request.

Typical comments on his work from other musicians:

He enjoys a broad palette of lush and richly romantic harmonies in both his organ compositions and free harmonizations.

Whether with organ compositions or hymn or choral accompaniments he most certainly knows how to utilize the full resources of a large organ, but when writing he is always careful to make sure his scores are playable effectively on both cathedral organs and more modest instruments.

The hymn settings (for organ) lie well under the hands and feet, without being overly busy, often with sections for grand solo reed, with precisely the right amount of dissonance.

The extended festival hymn settings in the David Willcocks tradition (often with additional brass and/or strings) are exciting for choral singers and congregation without overly taxing the musicians.

An experienced master of hymnody, his settings inspire and challenge the congregation to fully own their part, and the descants are expertly written to not just float, but soar above both full-throated congregation and full organ.

The organ compositions are evocative without being obvious, and varied in the effects. They strike me as practical, Sowerby-like, improvisations, and the contrasting episodes flow imaginatively and logically. I can hear a little of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Richard Purvis; Herbert Sumsion would be proud. They are fun to play, with some real drama and sophistication in the progressions which players should find satisfying and useful.

Score catalogue

In dulci jubilo - Orchestra + solo Organ [manuals with pedals]
Ode to Joy - String quartet
’Pastoral’ Symphony - String orchestra
Introduction to DARWALL’S 148th - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonizations to DIADEMATA - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonizations to DIADEMATA - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonization to DOWN AMPNEY - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to EASTER HYMN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to EVENTIDE - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to HELMSLEY - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to LASST UNS ERFREUEN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to LOBE DEN HERREN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to MENDELSSOHN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to MERTON - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonizations to ST THOMAS - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Autumn, The Four Seasons - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Pavane pour une infante defunte - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
The Pearl fishers’ duet - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Prelude and Fugue on EASTER HYMN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Prelude on the Huron carol ’Twas in the moon of wintertime’ - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Prelude on ISTE CONFESSOR (Rouen) - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Prelude on MENDON - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Prelude on VENI EMMANUEL - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to DARWALL’S 148th - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonizations to DIADEMATA - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonization to DOWN AMPNEY - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to EASTER HYMN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to EVENTIDE - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to HELMSLEY - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to LASST UNS ERFREUEN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to LOBE DEN HERREN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to MERTON - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction and varied harmonizations to ST THOMAS - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Dance of love - Choir + keyboard
Into the woods - Choir + keyboard
Let all things now living - Choir + keyboard
Magnificat Antiphon - Choir + keyboard
Once in Royal David’s City - Choir + keyboard
Praise ye the Lord - Choir + keyboard
Sing of Mary - Choir + keyboard
The Birthday of the King - Choir + keyboard
The Snow Lay on the Ground - Choir + keyboard
Christmas Medely - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Dance of love - Choir + keyboard
In dulci jubilo - Orchestra + solo Organ [manuals with pedals]
Introduction to MERTON - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to HELMSLEY - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to MENDELSSOHN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Once in Royal David’s City - Choir + keyboard
’Pastoral’ Symphony - String orchestra
Prelude on the Huron carol ’Twas in the moon of wintertime’ - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Prelude on VENI EMMANUEL - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
The Birthday of the King - Choir + keyboard
The Snow Lay on the Ground - Choir + keyboard
Prelude and Fugue on EASTER HYMN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Into the woods - Choir + keyboard
Introduction and varied harmonizations to DIADEMATA - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to EASTER HYMN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Introduction to LASST UNS ERFREUEN - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
ST. THEODULPH Descant - Choir + keyboard
Be still, for the presence of the Lord - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])
Lord ,for the years - Solo instrument (Organ [manuals with pedals])