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I've been toying around with older works and transcribing some of them for organ. This is the Lacrimosa movement from my Requiem which I thought would work well in such a transcription. The original piece for chorus can be found here with the other completed movements:

This is the second part of this sonatina. I wonder if in ancient times, there was music made first with pentatonic scales. So this piece uses the In Sen scale in D which is D - Eb - G - A - Bb. .... This is in the right hand all the time (except in two or three phrases where it is harmonized by thirds or sixths and the scale is enriched with other parallel In Sen scale. In the left hand I harmonized freely. Hope somebody enjoys it.

I like this concept of instrumental Requiem, particularly for a solo instrument. It's a different way to express something. This piece works very well, and retains the mood of a requiem.

Some info about this piece: It’s based off of the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar titled ‘Invitation To Love’. Unfortunately because of the program I use the performers in the audio file don’t sing the lyrics (words to the poem). This is the first piece of music I’ve written for a vocalist. Typically I only do instrumentalists and I didn’t know a lot at all about vocalists when I wrote this. I am essentially teaching myself, so if anyone has advice for writing for vocalists please help me out! Hope you enjoy!

Beautiful and interesting. I like the transitions between parts, well done.