Category: Organ / Sacred Music
Instrumentation: organ
Duration: 4 minutes
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Alymar

Hymn Fantasia on Prospect is a free setting of the hymn tune Prospect for organ. The work uses contemporary but tonal harmonies, bringing fresh color to the familiar hymn material while preserving its devotional character and melodic clarity.

The piece combines homophonic and polyphonic textures, allowing the hymn tune to move between direct statement and more contrapuntal treatment. Concise and expressive, Hymn Fantasia on Prospect reflects Baxter’s approach to sacred music: lyrical, formally clear, and grounded in tradition while shaped by a contemporary harmonic voice.

Suitable for intermediate organists, Hymn Fantasia on Prospect is well suited for worship services, sacred concerts, and organ recitals. Its combination of tonal accessibility, modern harmonic color, and varied texture makes it effective for reflective liturgical use or concert performance.