The Organ Symphony Thread

[giwro]

Glad you enjoyed it, CD :-)

More to come, for sure.

[giwro]

As part of the research for the Book, I've been gathering Symphonies in score form. Some of those old out-of-print Public Domain works are being reissued on my website, and I have even begun issuing modern Symphonies from living composers. The latest is that of Édith Beaulieu a fine Canadian composer. There are demos of the symphony at the site.

Enjoy!

[Dulciane]

Édith Beaulieu: new address
827 Monseigneur-Grandin
Quebec, Canada
G1V 3X5
ladulciane@videotron.ca

[giwro]

Greetings, all

I've been a busy little beaver this week, finishing off the Symphony of Brian Lamb:

- Sortie
- Aria
- Toccata


The previous movements are here:
- Variations
- Adagio

(Posted with permission of the composer)

Very creative and interesting music - enjoy!

[wljmrbill]

Thanks I did enjoy it...modern but not so far out chordal structure as some. Really like the Toccata and Sortie. referring to Brian Lambs work

[giwro]

So, it's been a long time since I have posted to this thread - I had quite a bit of activity early on, then with lots of other things in my life I have slowed my participation a bit. Now that I have a little more time on my hands, I'll post some links here and in my "unusual finds" thread (that is, if you all are still interested!)

So now I'm sharing my latest project, the Symphonie pour orgue of David DeBoor Canfield. The composer writes this of the work:


When I was a graduate composition major in the mid 1970s at Indiana University, I would visit my parents in Fort Lauderdale and on each visit, I would obtain the keys to the Rufatti organ from Diane and go and either improvise, or work on a number of different organ pieces. The first of these was The Garden of Gethsemane, a 10-minute work for organ, string orchestra and 2 horns. It was premiered back in the 1970s by Diane with my father conducting an ensemble of musicians drawn from the members of Coral Ridge. My next project was the afore-mentioned symphony, which eventually wound up with the title of Symphonie pour orgue en re mineur “Les cieux racontent la gloire de Dieu.” All of the French (a language I do not speak) was precipitated by the style of the piece, which was deliberately written in the 19th-early 20th-century French romantic tradition of Vierne or Widor. At that time, I was particularly into that musical language (but only for my organ music!) Thus, the work that you’ll receive is neither typical of my present style nor even of my musical style back in those days. Nevertheless, I feel that it was the most mature and significant work I had written up until that time: It was composed between 1975 and 1978, when I was 25-28 years of age. The long period of its composition (very unusual for me) was occasioned only because I would work on the piece only when I was visiting back home with access to the CRPC organ.

It is cast in four movements marked, Prélude, Scherzo, Sicilienne and Final, and it is about 22 minutes in duration. One of the motives of the work is an ascending d minor arpeggio in the pedal, so that consequently, the keys of the movements form this same arpeggio (d minor, f minor, a minor d minor/major). With the help of Diane Bish, I registrated the piece, the registrations coming from the ranks (pun intended!) of the Rufatti organ.

- Prélude
- Scherzo
- Sicilienne
- Final

David and I are going over proofs, I will be distributing this piece for him on my site! I hope you enjoy the music.

Best,

- G

[Ghekorg7]

Giwro Thank you for all those posts here...
Composers must be very greatfull for spreading their music to us.
I enjoy all of them, some much some less..doesn't matter the amount of enjoyment is the actual listening to that counts
Cheers
Panos8)

[giwro]

You are very welcome!

The composers are indeed pleased!

Best,

[giwro]

Just a quick update - the Brain Lamb Symphony is now available for purchase HERE and the Canfield HERE

Enjoy,

- G

[FinnViking]

André de Jager (Holland) has composed 5 organ symphonies. They are all available both as a double-cd and as sheet music on his home pages http://www.andredejager.nl/bladmuziek/orgelwerken.html

Mr. Jager had a tour in Finland a week ago, and he played parts of his symphonies. They are all about 26 minutes long and have 5 parts. Stylistically they are in the area of Boellmann, Widor, Vierne etc. i.e. in French style. I like them very much, as especially the I & II are very approachable and easy to listen.

[Corno Dolce]

Braddah Giwro,

Thanx for the updates.

Best,

CD



Hi FinnViking,

Thanx for sharing the link on Jager's music - That is some cool stuff.

Best,

CD

[giwro]

Greetings all,

Just a quick update - the book nears completion (sort of - as long as composers keep writing and I keep finding out about more Symphonies, it REALLY is not done <chuckle> )

My latest aquisition is the 3 Symphonies of J-F Vaubourgoin - I had ms copies of 2 & 3, recently received #1...

I am still stunned that so much of this music remains unpublished and rarely (if ever) played. Just to give you a taste of what his music sounds like, I give you a recording of movement 2 of the 3rd Symphonie"

"Epithalme"

Enjoy!

- G

[Ghekorg7]

What a beautiful piece !
Perfect registration too.
Indeed why unpublished and even more unplayed ??!!

Giwro thanks for make it available to us, I really enjoyed this music from J.F.Vaubourgoin.

Best
Panos

[Dorsetmike]

Just a thought, are you likely to move on to Organ concertos after the symphonies?

I've heard a few by John Stanley, however few seem to be recorded "as written" The Opus 2 works usually get recorded as adaptations for strings or in one case organ only, Opus 10 mostly recorded as Organ only. Frustrating!