These two pieces were inspired by J.S.Bach's chorale preludes. Bach used his methods of voice leading, harmony and counterpoint to set ancient chorales. The two short pieces presented here are examples how similar techniques can be used to set other types of music.

The Serenade is based on a song by a Slovak pop singer Miroslav Žbirka, set as a Bach organ trio. While the appealing melody of the song seems like a suitable trio subject, it does not actually modulate to the dominant key, which is necessary for satisfying the trio form. To get around this, I used melodic inversion, a tehnique used by Bach many times, notably in the second movement of the trio sonata of the Musical Offering. Note that this setting appears to give Žbirka's love song an unusual somber and nostalgic mood. Achieving nuances of mood through variation of musical form was a technique richly employed by Bach, perhaps most notably in his religious music.

The Prelude is a setting of a modal theme by Beethoven. The theme occurs in the development of the first movement of Beethoven's piano sonata Op.109. While Beethoven has not composed for the organ in that period of his life, there seem to be many hidden references to organ music in his last three piano sonatas.