what's the deal with Flor Peeters?
This guy wrote a ton of chorale preludes in the 20th century, but honestly I find most of his music to be tonally off-putting. I don't think my congregation likes it either. He was obviously a gifted composer; what was he trying to achieve by writing in such a harmonically avant-garde style? I feel like his chorale preludes would be so much more useful if they were written in a more traditionally harmonic style. Comparing his work to contemporary organist composers like Phil Lehenbauer, I find the latter's work to be much more pleasing to the ear and satisfying, even though he is a bit experimental with harmony at times.
Additionally, some of his registration suggestions are just strange to me. They don't sound good. Like 16' + 4' + II Mixture? Is it just my instrument that this sounds bad on? What am I missing with Flor Peeters?