Franz Schubert’s popular German Mass of 1827 follows in the footsteps of Michael Haydn’s work Deutsches Hochamt by turning to a German translation of the Ordinary mass. Its homophonic texture and largely syllabic setting of the words make it more accessible to lay choruses than Schubert’s masses in Latin an advantage reinforced by its diatonic melodic writing and constantly slow tempos.The…

Unsurpassed examples of French classic organ composition: majestic Messe pour les Paroisses, and Messe pour les Couvents.

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Thomas Ospital Pourquoi Ravel n'a t'il rien composé pour l'orgue ' C'est l'éternelle question que se posent les organistes ... Seulement, aimait-il cet instrument' Sa musique, si gracieuse et infiniment mouvante pouvait-elle épouser l'apparente rigidité de l'orgue ' D'autre part, on peut se demander quel aurait été son attrait pour cet instrument si la musique d'orgue de son…

Dans ce concerto, les 3 masses orchestrales, orgue, cordes et trompettes ont une même avaleur expressive. Elles se séparent et se réunissent au gré des instrumentistes qui doivent toujours leur conserver le maximum d'expression individuelle d'abord, de masse ensuite, afin de parvenir à un effet général à la fois contrasté et unifié, et surtout très poétique. / Orgue

Fantasias and Selected Works. Par BYRD WILLIAM. William Byrd is one of the great English composers of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Today this creative Catholic at the Anglican court of Elisabeth I is known primarily for his masses, motets and madrigals. However, in addition to vocal music he also composed an impressive number of keyboard pieces that brook comparison in quality with thos…

Par DUFOURT HUGUES. Van Gogh écrit en 1888 : 'Le peintre de l'avenir, c'est un coloriste comme il n'y en a pas encore eu.' A cette époque, Van Gogh se sépare des impressionnistes, élargit leur intuition de la couleur et la simplifie. La forme-couleur se crée plutôt qu'elle ne se recompose dans notre vision. Van Gogh ne se soucie plus que de l'énergie de l'image. Le peintre séjourne en Arles où Gau…

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON. Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn’t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant…

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON. Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn’t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant…

Franz Schubert’s popular German Mass of 1827 follows in the footsteps of Michael Haydn’s work Deutsches Hochamt by turning to a German translation of the Ordinary mass. Its homophonic texture and largely syllabic setting of the words make it more accessible to lay choruses than Schubert’s masses in Latin an advantage reinforced by its diatonic melodic writing and constantly slow tempos.The…

Despite the pressures of his teaching position Franz Schubert created a particularly large number of works in the year 1815. Besides around 140 new Lieder he composed the second and third symphonies four stage works the first important compositions for piano the String Quartet in G minor (D 173) and two Masses: the Mass in G major (D 167) and the Mass in B-flat major the object of this editi…

Despite the pressures of his teaching position Franz Schubert created a particularly large number of works in the year 1815. Besides around 140 new Lieder he composed the second and third symphonies four stage works the first important compositions for piano the String Quartet in G minor (D 173) and two Masses: the Mass in G major (D 167) and the Mass in B-flat major the object of this editi…