Serge Lanzen

Serge Jean Mathieu Lanzen (born November 5, 1922 in Paris ; † July 10, 2005 there ) was a French composer , pianist and musician .

Life

Serge Lanzen developed an extraordinary interest in music in his earliest childhood. He graduated from the Paris Conservatory , studying piano with Marguerite Long and Lazare Lévy , harmony , counterpoint and composition with Tony Aubin and Noël Gallon . His exams were awarded a first prize. In 1950 he received for his cantata Bettina , the 2nd Prix ​​de Rome , the composition prize of the French radio and other prizes and awards.

His oeuvre includes numerous compositions from symphonic music to chamber music, concerts for piano, flute, double bass and harp, as well as two ballets and a chamber opera. Since 1960 he has dedicated himself particularly to creating works for symphonic wind orchestra. His friend Désiré Dondeyne introduced him to this medium.

Works

Works for orchestra

• 1964 Charlot
• 1965 Triptyque
• 1968 En route pour Monte-Carlo
• 1968 Fifres en fête
• 1969 Symphonietta
• 1993 Jeunes archets
• 1993 Jeux pour musiciens (pour ens. À vent)

Masses and religious works

• 1957 Narcisse oratorio profane
• 1975 Poême œcuménique pour neuf solistes, chœur mixte, chœur d'enfants, orgue et orchester symphonique
• 1986 Missa solemnis dédiée à Jean-Paul II for soprano, baritone, mixed choir, harp and symphonic wind orchestra
  1. Introit
  2. Kyrie
  3. Gloria
  4. Offertory
  5. Sanctus
  6. Pater Noster
  7. Agnus Dei
  8. Communion
  9. Deodorant Gratias
  10. Alleluia
• 1991 Te Deum for tenor solo, baritone solo, male choir and wind instruments
  1. Te Deum Laudamus
  2. Tu Rex Gloriae, Christ
  3. Salvum fac populum tuum
  4. Miserere nostri, domine
  5. Laudamus

Works for wind orchestra

• 1962 Manhattan Symphony
  1. Arrivée à Manhattan
  2. Le Central Park
  3. Harlem
  4. Broadway
  5. Rockefeller Building
• 1964 Symphony de Noël
  1. Impressions of the first hours of the solemn Christmas night
  2. Joy and hope
  3. final
• 1967 mini symphony
• 1968 Festival à Kerkrade
• 1969 obsession
• 1969–1970 Cap Kennedy
• 1971 hymn a la musique
• 1971 Parade Concerto for piano and symphonic wind orchestra
  1. Introduction et Allegro
  2. Andantino
  3. Allegro
• 1971 Overture Texane
• 1975 Marche pour un anniversaire
• 1975 Symphonie de Paris
• 1976 Overture triomphale
• 1976 Rhapsodie sur des thèmes Breton
• 1976 Rhapsodie sur des thèmes Normands
• 1977 Suite pastoral
• 1979 Le Mont Saint Michel Tableaux Symphoniques - musical fresque in four movements
  1. Moderato / Allegro / Moderato - Near Mont-Saint-Michel, rising from the mist and sand. Stepping on the ramps that enclose the heart of this small place. Ascend to the abbey church. Discover the incomparable panorama without a horizon.
  2. Allegro Moderato - A patch of green, peaceful and unexpected.
  3. Maestoso - The proud fortress, its steep buttresses, its stern and echoing vaults.
  4. Moderato / Grandioso - The highest plan of the abbey, with its church, monastery and the monks' refectory. The shadow of Mont-Saint-Michel stretches across the sand into the setting sun. As night falls, "the miracle" rises out of the darkness in the flames of the projectors. The cathedral and statue of Saint Michael stretch up like an arrow, high above the water.
• 1980 Trianon for Band
  1. Moderato maestoso
  2. Allegro
  3. Allegro
  4. Moderato maestoso
• 1980 Festival rhapsody
• 1980 Bocage
• 1980 Versailles
• 1980 Le Chant de l'Arbre
• 1980 Hymne de Fraternité for choir and wind orchestra from the Poème œcuménique
• 1981 Dédicace for alto saxophone and wind orchestra
• 1983 Scandinave
• 1984 Divertimento
• 1984 Marche nuptiale
• 1984 Concerto de Paris for piano and symphonic wind orchestra
• 1986 Mascarade for brass quintet and wind orchestra
  1. Overture
  2. Columbine
  3. Pierrot
  4. Harlequin
  5. Mezzetine
  6. Spavento
  7. Le Vagabond
  8. Final
• 1988 Concerto pour Trombone
• 1986 Symphonie de l'Eau The cycle of water in nature
• 1986 Aunis and Saintonge en féte
• 1988 Sonata Concertante for clarinet and wind orchestra
• 1990 Concerto pour harpe
• 1990 Divertimento pour petite orchester d'harmonie
• 1990 Eveil
• 1990 hymn au soleil
• 1990–1991 Concerto pour cœur
• 1991 Ibérique Symphony
  1. Andante moderato - Allegro Viva
  2. Lento - Andante
  3. Andante - Allegro - Vivace
• 1991 Concerto pour Hautbois
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Allegro
• 1993 Images d'Ollioules
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Andante
  4. Allegro Vivo
• 1993 Cinquantième
• 1993 Symphony joyeuse
• 1993 Double Symphonique
  1. Allegro
  2. Allegretto
  3. Moderato
  4. Allegro
• 1994 Remerciements pour baryton, harpe et orchester d'harmonie based on texts from the Bible and from prayers
  1. Introduction
  2. Prière
  3. Remerciements à Dieu
  4. Benidicamus domine
  5. Prière du Souvenir
  6. Glorie à Dieu - Alleluia
• 1994 Credo pour chœur à quatre voix mixtes et orchester d'harmonie
• 1995 Hymn aux musiciens
• 1996 Espaces harmoniques pour récitant, chœurs et orchester d'harmonie
• 1996 Jubilee
• 1998 Jour de fete
• Contraste for alto saxophone and wind orchestra
• Little symphony
• Overture pour un Matin d'Automne
• Copacabana

Stage works

• 1962 mauvaise conscience opéra de chambre

Concerts with accompaniment (orchestra, piano and other instruments)

• 1954 Concerto pour harmonica
• 1962 Concerto pour flûte et orchester
• 1962 Concerto pour contrebasse
• 1966 Concerto pour violon
• 1968 Concerto champêtre pour harpe et orchester
• 1974 Concerto Rhapsodie pour piano et orchester
• 1985 Concerto pour violon et contrebasse
• 1987 Concerto pour contrebasse et orchester
• 1988 Concerto pour harpe (also in a version for winds)
• 1992 Concerto pour saxophone alto and orchestra

Web links

• Curriculum vitae on the Musica et Memoria website
• Literature by and about Serge Lancen in the catalog of the German National Library