Fair solennelle (Vierne)

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Louis Vierne (1910)

Mass solennelle ( Missa solemnis ) in C sharp minor , op . 16, is a mass by the French composer Louis Vierne . He wrote the work in 1899 for mixed choir and two organs. It was published in 1900 andfirst performedin the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris in 1901. Later various editors created alternative versions for only one organ, as not many churches have two organs.

history

Grand Orgue, Saint-Sulpice, Paris
Choir organ , Saint-Sulpice, Paris

Vierne set the Latin text of the mass to music with the exception of the Credo in 1899. He initially planned an orchestral mass, but his teacher Charles-Marie Widor , titular organist at Saint-Sulpice , advised him to use the more practical version for organs, as are common in larger churches in France. The mass premiered in Saint-Sulpice in 1901, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th. The church has a grand orgue by François-Henri Clicquot , which Aristide Cavaillé-Coll expanded in 1862. The choir organ , which supports choral singing in the church choir, was built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1858. Vierne planned the sound from opposite places in the church. In the first performance, Widor played the main organ, while the composer, who at the time was already organist at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral , played the choir organ.

The fair was first published by Pérégally & Fils in Paris in 1900 and is dedicated to Théodore Dubois . An arrangement for choir and an organ by Markus Frank Hollingshau was published by Musikverlag Dr. J. Butz , another made by Zsigmond Szathmáry in 2010.

Structure and music

The mass consists of five sentences , without a credo:

  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Sanctus
  • Benedictus
  • Agnus Dei

The choir is usually four-part, SATB , but sometimes further divided. Vierne is based on models from Widor and César Franck , but goes further in the processing of topics and imaginative expression ("imaginative expression"). He uses repeated rhythmic figures in the accompaniment. The Kyrie begins powerfully and solemnly, while the mysterious alternating chants in Benedictus brought new sounds to French church music. The Agnus Dei ends after an interplay of the large organ and the choir organ in a gentle C sharp major at the request of “dona nobis pacem” (give us peace).

Recordings

Among the recordings of the work is a recording from 2009 with the Chœur d'Oratorio de Paris at the location of the first performance. In the recording, the mass is embedded in a full service, with the organist from Saint-Sulpice, Daniel Roth , on the great organ and Éric Lebrun from the Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts on the choir organ. The liturgical chants are performed by the Chœur Gregorien de Paris. The recording was described as a musical and spiritual time-travel.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mass solennelle / op.16 . Carus . Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Mass solennelle in C sharp minor, op.16 . Archdiocese of Cologne . Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. ^ A b c Matthew Alderman: CD Review: Louis Vierne, Messe Solennelle ( English ) New Liturgical Movement. December 22, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ The great organ / History ( English ). Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  5. ^ The choir organ / History ( English ) Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Mass in C sharp minor / Mass solennelle en Ut ♯ mineur op.16 . Music publisher Dr. J. Butz . Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ a b c David Gammie: Messe Solennelle, Op. 16 ( English ) Hyperion . 1997. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ Messe solennelle en ut ♯ mineur . J. Hamelle & Cie, (Retrieved May 12, 2018).