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Compositeur: ALAIN, Jehan-ariste ((1911-1940)) |
 | Son musique:
His most important compostions are for the organ: Trois Danses, Litanies, Two Fantaisies, Suite, Deux Danses a Agni Yavishta, Variations sur un theme de Clement Jannequin, Le jardin suspendu, and Intermezzo. There are others, but these are the most important. He also wrote choral, piano and chamber music. (thanks to Dean Wagner)
Don't forget Jehan Alain's `Deux Chorales' (Bruce Sawhill)
Son vie:
(contribution by Matthew Atherton <moose
a1.com.au>)
Jehan Alain was born in to a highly musical family. His father, Albert Alain, was also a composer and organist (some of Albert's works are also published by Leduc along with those of Jehan's younger brother Olivier).
By the age of 11, Jehan was playing organ in St Germain-en-Laye and eventually continued to the Conservatoire National Supérieur where he learnt organ technique (including improvisation) with the brilliant Marcel Dupré and composition with the equally accomplished Paul Dukas (both of whom also taught Olivier Messiaen).
Alain won first prizes in harmony, counterpoint and fugue, and composition (the "Suite for Organ") and in 1936, became organist at Maisons-Laffitte. At the time of his tragic death, Marie-Claire was only about 8 years old. To quote Alain's friend Bernard Gavoty: "Then, with his creative powers at their height, on June 20, 1940, while defending Saumur, the cavalryman Alain fell, struck by a bullet in his heart. He had a wife and three children, was 29 years old - and a genius".
Apparently, when he was killed, some of his pages of manuscript that he always carried with him, were blown by the wind, accross the countryside and ultimately picked up and played with by peasant children. These were orchestrations of his last works for the organ, the "Trois Danses", the second of which, "Deuils", can virtually be regarded as a terrifying premonition of his own death - worth hearing when you know the history... or even if you don't know!!
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ID: IFO00024
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Organ Collection
Subcollection: OrganCharles Marie Widor - Symphonie Nr. 6
Jehan-Ariste Alain - 3 Tänze |
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ID: IFO00115
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Alain, Jehan-Ariste (1911-1940)
Danses op. 81 AWV 119 (1937 / 39) ((Trois Danses) Joies / Deuils / Luttes)
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Fantasien für Orgel op. 52 · über 3 Choräle · (1900)
Fantasien für Orgel- Nr. 2 · Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme
Reubke, Julius (1834-1858)
Psalm 94 (1857) (Grosse Sonate für Orgel c-moll)
Vierne, Louis (1870-1937)
Fantasiestücke op. 53 Nr. 1-6 (Suite II) Nr. 6 · Toccata b-moll
Stücke im freien Stil op. 31 Nr. 1-24 ((Livre I und II) für Orgel) Nr. 4 · Epitaphe
Wolfgang Rübsam / Orgel St. Martin Dudelange (Luxemburg) |
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ID: IFO00133
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Organ Collection
Subcollection: OrganMarie-Claire Alain an der E.F. Walcker-Orgel der Pfarrkirche St. Maria zu Schramberg (Schwarzwald) |
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ID: IFO00144
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Organ Collection
Subcollection: OrganJehan Alain: Fantasien für Orgel Nr. 1 & 2
Reber: Triptyque op. 4;Chaconne sur le nom de Silbermann
op. 3;Triptyque improvisee sur "Tanzen und springen";
Dona nobis pacen op. deest
Künstler: Pascal Reber / Hauptorgel des Liebfrauen Münster in Straßburg |
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ID: SIGCD379
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Organ Collection
Subcollection: OrganAlain:
Litanies, AWV100
Dupré:
Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19 No. 2
Franck, C:
Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40
Whitlock:
Organ Sonata in C minor
The first release from the restored organ of the famed Temple Church, London. Performed by associate Organist of the church Greg Morris, the programme includes several highlights of the organ repertoire, centred around Percy Whitlock’s stunning Organ Sonata.
Greg Morris is Associate Organist of the Temple Church in London and Musical Director of Collegium Musicum of London. An acclaimed solo recitalist and recording artist, he is known for his exciting and revealing interpretations of a wide repertoire but has a particular bias towards the music of J.S. Bach and 20th-century French and English composers. He gave the world première of David Briggs’ Organ Concerto and subsequently recorded the work with the Northern Chamber Orchestra. This is his third CD for Signum. |
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