FUGUE and FANTASY for organ 4-hands in C-Dur

• Premiered on July 4, 2014, at the Riga Cathedral • Organ duet - Ilze Reine and Aigars Reinis
• Recorded by Ilze Reine and Aigars Reinis in the Riga Cathedral. Published in the CD "Organ Duo at Riga Cathedral" by Latvian company LMIC/SKANI No. 047. 

Nevertheless, six lines of the score are quite enough to express the widest range of emotions we are capable of experiencing on earth. Freedom is a slogan of the 21st century, and it is the genre of fantasy where freedom is being tested more than anywhere else. The Fugue is based on two themes: the first one is vigorous and intensive, while the second one is serious and tragic. Three distinct parts of the character can be heard in the Fantasy. After the stormy first moment is follow a soritical transition, the second part brings in a light and lyrical melody born of the inverted first theme of the Fugue. Both of the fugal themes and the lyrical melody of the middle part are brought together in the reprise of Fantasy. The final is bright and jubilant.

• Review excerpt - Andris Dzenitis, Magazine "The Music Sun", Riga, 2016, No. 4: Ilona Brege's Fugue and Fantasy in C - an intricate opus in which the presence of almost two organs is most felt, very thick cascades of sounds, a vivid variety of themes and the ability to combine them all into a single, perfectly concerted counterpoint. Peculiar sound touches from very short, clear notes, to deafening tutti waves, which are undoubtedly all achieved with a very investigated registration. An exciting adventure!