Jean Guillou: spartiti medio

Jean Guillou, born 18 April 1930 in Angers, studied organ at the Conservatoire in Paris with Dupré, Duruflé and Messiaen and is a leading organ vituoso. 'Alice in Organ Land' for Organ and Narrator is...

Kompositionsjahr: 1967

Franz Liszt's 'Première Valse oubliée' is known and popular as a subtle and delicately beautiful piece for the piano. This romantic gem has now been arranged by Jean Guillou for the organ in his inimi...

Handel's 'Alla Hornpipe' from 'Water Music' is one of the best-known pieces of music from the Baroque era. With its rich melody and harmony and the inimitable tonal splendour of the Baroque era, this...

The extensive work for 12-part mixed chamber choir plays with words and vocalises as well as with polyphony and homophony. Large general rests create a very special tension. This work requires well tr...

Though the work bearing this title is a portrait of childhood, it is a childhood quite different from the purely gameplaying and dreamlike childhood that is customarily represented. The childhood desc...

Colloque, colloquy or symposium, is a term used in reference to Erasmus, but of course also to Plato and, closer to us, Paul Valéry. In this piece, instead of characters who speak to each other, there...

'Augure' is not about looking into the future. This piece does not attempt to conjure up omens; instead, it describes figures that may subsequently be interpreted in the listener's mind. The richest o...

Jean Guillou è considerato un importante organista e compositore. Ha creato un'ampia opera soprattutto per strumenti solisti e organo. Questo è anche il caso dell'"Intermezzo" op. 17, composto ad Ambu...

A musical instrument has its own personality, with a voice that can provoke reactions, give rise to dramatic impulses and awaken colours and moods; it is capable of articulating and responding to all...

La "Première Valse oubliée" di Franz Liszt è conosciuta e apprezzata come un pezzo sottile e delicatamente bello per il pianoforte. Questo gioiello romantico è stato ora arrangiato da Jean Guillou per...

Jean Guillou is one of the most eminent organists of our time. His compositions make use of the full range of colours which the organ is capable of producing and handle the instrument with virtuoso sk...

Jean Guillou gehört zu den führenden Orgelkomponisten der Gegenwart. Seine bisher einzige Komposition für Chor a cappella entstand im Februar 2010 und wurde anlässlich seines 80. Geburtstags am 18. Ap...