Salve Regina
for organ
for organ
Drawn directly from the Gregorian antiphony bearing the same name, and from which it borrows several melodic ideas, my own ‘‘Salve Regina’’ was initially meant for a very small organ, consisting of nine stops in all for one key board. In fact, other instruments of greater size and different make are suitable.
The antiphony’s lyrics refer to the ‘‘exiles in the valley of tears’’ imploring the Virgin, their sole resort, and these are the thoughts developed (yet only briefly) in the piece.
It is a commissioned work by the State for the ‘‘Orgues en Bourgogne’’ festival dedicated to organist Pierre Méa and appears in the repertoire of many performers.
composed in: 1991
commissioned work by the State (D.R.A.C. of Bourgogne) for the ‘‘Orgues et Chœurs d’enfants en Bourgogne’’ festival
premiered in: 1991, by Vincent Paulet
duration: 6’
publisher: Jobert
discography :
Pascale Rouet, Moucherel-Formentelli organ of Mouzon, 2003 (Pavane Records ‘‘Autour de l’Espagne’’ ADW 7468)
Véronique Le Guen, Quoirin organ of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, 2004 (« De profundis » HORTUS 036)
also in the repertoire of Coralie Amedjkane, Béatrice Piertot, Xavier Eustache, Olivier Latry, Eric Lebrun, Ghislain Leroy, Pierre Méa, Yoann Tardivel…
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