{"id":2519,"date":"2019-04-01T13:49:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T11:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brylevbrne.cz\/?p=291"},"modified":"2023-02-01T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:44:13","slug":"291-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brylevbrne.cz\/en\/291-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JOY AND CLARITY \/ About the concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The opening Baroque work quotes the Easter hymn O filii et filiae<\/strong> (Ye sons and daughters). In the French Baroque tradition, the offertory was given a prominent position musically, affording considerable scope to the organist\u2019s artistry. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Dandrieu<\/strong> (1682\u20131738) transforms the hymn\u2019s stanzas using the form of variation partita and so employs the contrast between strong, loud variations and more intimate trios, bicinia, etc., as is typical of Baroque French organ works.<\/p>\n

Marcel Dupr\u00e9\u2019s<\/strong> (1886\u20131971) Cort\u00e8ge et Litanie<\/strong> provides a contrast, being from a different era and tonight is performed on the great organ in the main loft. The concert is conceived as a Ceremony and this piece begins the ceremony proper, following the introductory Baroque variations. The work opens with the Cort\u00e8ge theme, followed by an exposition of the second theme, where Dupr\u00e9 opts for a quotation of the melody from Jehan Alain\u2019s litanies. He then combines the two themes and the work ends in a joyful gradation.<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Franck\u2019s<\/strong> (1822\u20131890) Pri\u00e8re<\/strong> (Prayer) is a self-contained symphonic work. It employs two main themes, which are presented separately and then combined. A very dense harmonic texture, typical of the composer, underlines the character of Franck\u2019s prayer. The piece climaxes in the golden section, where the prayer is, as it were, answered; then the emotion of the music abates.<\/p>\n

Karfreitagszauber<\/strong> (The Good Friday music) from Richard Wagner\u2019s<\/strong> (1813\u20131883) opera Parsifal is a lyrical fresco, an instrumental interlude during the opera\u2019s third act. It might seem that an arrangement of opera music for the solo organ is a whim on the part of the organist. However, when it works, the result can be surprising, especially if what follows is the resurrection.<\/p>\n

Olivier Messiaen\u2019s<\/strong> (1908\u20131992) La R\u00e9surrection du Christ<\/strong> (Christ\u2019s resurrection) suggests the ambiance of the Easter morning and the empty tomb with the stone rolled away. It is as if the long sets of chords progressing from the depths to the heights illuminate the whole space. Joie et Clart\u00e9 des Corps Glorieux<\/strong> (The Joy and Clarity of the Glorified Bodies) is a dialogue between two fundamental colours of register; and it lends its title to tonight\u2019s concert. In the louder sections, the joy of the glorified bodies is very much in evidence; whereas in the quieter sections, it is subsiding and preparing for a new outburst.<\/p>\n

Czech composer Ji\u0159\u00ed Ropek<\/strong> (1922\u20132005) used the chant of the Easter sequence Victimae paschali laudes<\/strong> (Praises to the Easter victim) and lets it resound in a number of dynamically and rhythmically differentiated treatments Ropek\u2019s musical language is very intelligible and the cantus firmus easily discernible. The composition climaxes in a bravura fugue.<\/p>\n

Ond\u0159ej M\u00fa\u010dka, translated by \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Ka\u0148a<\/em><\/p>\n

______________________________<\/p>\n

JOY AND SHINE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Easter organ concert<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Dandrieu<\/strong>: Offertoire pour le Jour de P\u00e2ques \u00ab O filii et fili\u00e6 \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

Marcel Dupr\u00e9<\/strong>: Cort\u00e8ge et Litanie<\/em>, Op. 19 Nr. 2<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Franck<\/strong>: Pri\u00e8re<\/em>, Op. 20<\/p>\n

Richard Wagner<\/strong>: Karfreitagszauber<\/em> z opery Parsifal, WWV 111, arr. Erwin Horn<\/p>\n

Olivier Messiaen<\/strong>: La R\u00e9surrection du Christ<\/em><\/p>\n

Olivier Messiaen<\/strong>: Joie et Clart\u00e9 des Corps Glorieux<\/em><\/p>\n

Ji\u0159\u00ed Ropek<\/strong>: Variace na \u201eVictimae Paschali Laudes\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

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Michael B\u00e1rtek<\/strong> organ<\/p>\n

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The Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, <\/b>Mendel square<\/p>\n

April 25, 7.30 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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