: The arrangements are designed to be "very playable" for intermediate organists, with melodies that remain recognizable to the congregation. Harmonic Style
Form and Large-Scale Design The final 400 bars function as a culmination rather than a mere repetition. Rawsthorne structures the passage as an arch: exposition of core material, intensification through sequence and counterpoint, a climactic apex, and a reflective codetta. Rather than strict sonata or ternary forms, Rawsthorne favors episodic progression—each episode reworks prior motives at different pitch centers and registrational palettes, giving the large section coherence through recurrent intervals and rhythmic contours rather than literal thematic recapitulation.