Organ Symphony No. 1

Schneider's Organ Symphony No. 1 is in the tradition of the French organ symphonies (Widor, Vierne, Duruflé). With its general tendency from the desperate dark to the comforting bright, the symphony brings up the air of the praying and pleading of suffering people as a theme. The 'pater noster' as archetype of the prayer is cited in all movements.