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Masterpieces by Serge Lancen.

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Mästerverk av Serge Lancen.

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Masterpieces by Serge Lancen. Masterpieces for Band 19. For concert band. Molenaar Masterpieces. CD. Published by Molenaar Edition. ML.311084720. SERGE LANCEN - Serge Lancen was born in Paris on 5 November 1922 in a family of surgeons from father to son. His father was head of the rheumatology ward at the Saint-Antoine hospital. From his early youth onwards, Serge Lancen felt attracted to music while listening attentively when his mother played the classical pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin etc. on the piano. All of these classical composers will influence Lancen later. His mother was not only a fine pianist, but also an excellent painter, whereas his father had played the violin in an amateur symphony orchestra. Young Serge never got fed up with listening to the symphonic music concerts that were broadcast every Sunday afternoon and soon he starts learning to play the piano. Not even five years old, he composes a Berceuse. Cradle Song. which will be published much later and which was written down by his mother as little Serge could neither read nor write music yet. When he was eight years old he started studying solfeggio and piano and when he was fifteen, he had written enough piano music in order to give a complete recital with his own compositions. That concert took place at the London Rudolf Steiner Hall in 1937. Later, he studied the piano with Marguerite Long and Lazare Levy as well as composition with Noel Gallon and Tony Aubin at the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music. In 1950 he was awarded the 'Prix de Rome', the most prestigious reward for a young composer. Several composition prizes will follow. among those several Composition Prizes of the French Broadcasting Union, a Prize of the European Radio Union and Composition Prizes warded by the SACEM, the French copyright society. Serge Lancen composed all kinds of music such as chamber music, works for piano, ballet music, a chamber opera commissioned by the French Radio and quite some symphonic compositions. His rather original style is clearly influenced by the great classical composers he heard so often in his youth. Among his early symphonic compositions we mention the Concertino for Piano. 1949. , the Piano Concerto. 1951. and the Symphonie Legere. 1955. Serge Lancen and the symphonic band. There was absolutely nothing that could make one expect Serge Lancen to become one of the great French composers of original wind band music in the 20th century. Indeed, he had grown up in a musical world that was completely focused on the piano and the strings. The soloists he had heard when he accompanied his parents to the Sunday concerts always were either pianists or violinists. To him, winds only had a function in the orchestra when surrounded by the strings and so, he was completely predestined to become a purely symphonic composer. However, fate decided otherwise. One of his ancient friends at the Paris Conservatory, clarinettist Desire Dondeyne, was appointed conductor of the Paris Metropolitan Police Band in 1954. As Dondeyne wanted to enrich the original contemporary wind band repertoire he not only started composing himself but incited his ancient fellow-pupils to write music for symphonic band. Serge Lancen attended some concerts by this popular wind band and was deeply impressed by the splendid sonorities of the symphonic band with its mass of clarinets, saxophones and saxhorns. Later, he will admit that it was above all the massive sonorous communion of the wind band that attracted him and fascinated him for the rest of his life. For the symphonic composer by training, the upper register of the symphonic band definitely lacked volume and power, but the inventions by Adolphe Sax certainly add exceptional natural colours to the medium and low registers. So it happened in 1960 that Serge wrote a Marche de Concert that he had orchestrated for band by Dondeyne, as he himself was confronted with the huge difficulty of having to cope with the numerous transposing instruments of the symphonic band. A trip to the United States inspired Lancen to write his Manhattan Symphony. 1961-1962. for symphonic band and once more he entrusted the orchestration to Desire Dondeyne. And so he also did with his Symphonie de Noel. 1964. and the suite Festival - Kerkrade. 1966. two other wind band pieces. Serge Lancen discovered the World Music Contest that took place once in four years since 1950 at Kerkrade a small southern Dutch city near the German and the Belgian borders. Serge became a special guest of the World Music Contest since his Manhattan Symphony had been chosen as test piece in the 1st Division in 1966. At the 1970 edition of the WMC, the famous Banda Primitiva of Lliria performed his Mini Symphony in concert, whereas the colliery band DSM played his Manhattan Symphony. In 1974 Serge himself played his Parade Concerto with the Marine Band of the Royal Dutch Navy, in 1978 Cap Kennedy brought the house down as test piece in the 1st Division and in 1981 his Festival Rhapsody, commissioned by the WMC organizers, was the test piece in the 2nd Division. Four years later, still at Kerkrade, Serge played his Concerto de Paris with the Symphonic band of the Maastricht Conservatory of Music and this concert was broadcast on television. Serge Lancen's music was also often on the program of the gala concerts given by prestigious professional wind bands during the consecutive WMC editions. After the Festival - Kerkrade in 1967, Serge Lancen thought he was quite capable of writing himself the symphonic band orchestrations. The Mini Symphonie. 1967. can be considered as his first "complete" composition for symphonic band. Then, still fascinated by this unique sonorous spectrum, Lancen continued to write regularly for symphonic band, especially when he was encouraged by his Dutch publisher Pieter Jan Molenaar who had been impressed by the Manhattan Symphonie at the world premiere by the Musique des Gardiens de la Paix. Paris Metropolitan Police Band. on 29 April 1962 at Argentan. Obsession. 1969. , commissioned by the French Radio for a European composition contest was awarded a First Prize. Next he composed the masterpiece Cape Kennedy. 1969-1970. , a symphonic poem that was immediately very successful even far beyond the borders. Among the numerous wind band compositions. some sixty. we should mention the symphonic sketches Le Mont Saint Michel. 1976. , the symphonic poem commissioned by the French Government Le Chant de l'Arbre. 1979-1980. and Mascarade. 1985. for brass quintet and symphonic band, premiered during the third WASBE world conference in Boston on 20 July 1987. Serge Lancen attended the foundation of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles at Manchester in July 1981 and actively supported this organisation for many years. From 1985 to 1991 he was a member of the international board and represented his native country. Besides the already mentioned Mascarade first performed at Boston in 1987, several compositions by Lancen were either premiered or performed at the different WASBE conferences. Festival - Kerkrade was played by the Le Havre Municipal Band, conducted by Claude Decugis, at Skien, Norway on 14 July 1983. the Symphonie de l'Eau was premiered by the Musique de la Police Nationale. National Police Band. , conducted by Pierre Bigot, at Kortrijk, Belgium on 17 July 1985. the Ouverture pour un matin d'Automne was played by the Senior Musicians Band of the Netherlands, conducted by Henk van Lijnschooten at Kerkrade on 20 July 1989, whereas the Manhattan Symphony was played by the Musique de l'Air de Paris. Principal French Air Force Band. conducted by Francois-Xavier Bailleul on 21 July 1989 during the same Kerkrade conference. the Sonate Concertante for clarinet and symphonic band was performed by clarinettist Mark Vertessen and the Lier Concert Band on 14 July 1993 at Valencia, Spain and the Oboe Concerto was played by the same Belgian band. renamed "Concert Band for Flanders". on 8 July 1997 at Schladming, Austria. Serge Lancen has written several concertos with wind band accompaniment. First of all there are the two piano concertos. Parade Concerto. 1971. premiered by Pierre Nimax at the piano and the Esch-sur-Alzette Municipal Band. Luxemburg. , conducted by Georges Wagner, on 6 April 1972. Serge Lancen often played himself that concerto. so he did with Jan Molenaar conducting the United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. in 1973 and recorded it with Jan Molenaar conducting the Purdue University Symphonic Band that very same year and in 1971 he had recorded it with the Royal Dutch Military band KMK, conducted by Anne Posthumus. The Concerto de Paris was premiered by the composer and the Royal Dutch Military Band KMK conducted by Jan van Ossenbruggen on 25 November 1983 at Zaandam during a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Molenaar Edition. Then there are also concertos for different solo instruments with symphonic band. Dedicace. 1974. for alto saxophone solo and wind band was premiered by Jaques Desloges and the Musique de la Police Nationale, conducted by Michel Mariot, during the 4th World Saxophone Congress at Bordeaux, France in 1974. Next to the already mentioned solo pieces, there are also concertos for trombone. 1988. , for French horn. 1991. and for Harp and symphonic band. 1990. All these solo pieces have been recorded by the Symphonic Band of the Brabant Conservatory of Music. The Netherlands. , conducted by Jan Cober. "Masterpieces for Band 3". Molenaar MBCD 31.1016.72. and "Masterpieces for Band 11". Molenaar MBCD 31.1040.72. It is also quite interesting to know that the Oboe Concerto. 1991. was in fact a new version of the Concerto for Harmonica and Symphony Orchestra. 1954. commissioned and also premiered by Larry Adler at the Birmingham Town Hall, Rudolf Schwarz conducting. The composer has always expressed a preference for his religious compositions. The first one he wrote was Poeme Ecumenique. 1975. based on texts excerpted from the Bible. Psalms 8, 23, 100 and 150. , from books of prayers in their original language. Latin, French, Slavonic, Hebrew. and from individual prayers. The finale is the Hymne de Fraternite written by Roger Thirault. This religious composition, premiered in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Laon on 12 October 1975, is written for symphony orchestra and. or wind band, soloists and choir. The second religious composition is the Missa Solemnis. 1985. for vocal soloist, choir and symphonic band it is dedicated to late Pope John Paul II and was premiered by the Royal Wind Band of Thorn, conducted by Jan Cober, at the Our Lady's Basilica of Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 27 May 1989. Then we have the Te Deum. 1991. for tenor and baritone singer, male choir and wind ensemble. 14 instruments. dedicated to the former Paris cardinal Lustiger. Finally there is the Credo. 1994. for mixed choir and symphonic band, commissioned to be included in the "Missa Solemnis" and premiered in the church "Eglise des Francaises" at Bolzano, Italy, by the choir and wind band of Zwolfmalgreien conducted by Markus Silbernagl on 19 March 1995. Among the later symphonic band compositions by Serge Lancen we should mention Zwiefache Symphonique. 1994. , Hymne aux Musiciens. 1995. , Jour de Fete. 1995. , Jubila. 1996. and the cantata Espaces Harmoniques. 1995. for soloist, mixed choir, children's choir and symphonic band, commissioned by the city of Blois for the commemoration of the diocese. This cantata was premiered at the Basilica "Notre-Dame de la Trinite" at Blois in 1997 Vincent Ries conducting. Some time later, Serge Lancen's health got more and more fragile. He did no longer compose and lived quietly surrounded by the loving care of his wife Raphaelle. He died peacefully on Sunday 10 June 2005 and now rests at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. All those who were lucky to meet Serge regularly were touched by his distinction, his delicacy, his balanced vision and his honesty, characteristics we also find back in his compositions. This 'gentleman of French wind band music' was welcome all over the world when attending premiere performances, concerts, recording sessions or simple rehearsals, everybody appreciating the amiability and simplicity of this great Master who deeply respected the amateur musicians.

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Mästerverk av Serge Lancen. Mästerverk för Band 19. För konsertmusikband. Molenaar Mäster. CD. Publicerad av Molenaar Edition. ML.311084720. SERGE LANCEN - Serge Lancen föddes i Paris den 5 november 1922 i en familj av kirurger från far till son. Hans far var chef för reumatologavdelningen på Saint-Antoine sjukhus. Från sin tidiga ungdom och framåt, kände Serge Lancen dras till musik medan du lyssnar uppmärksamt när hans mor spelade klassiska stycken av Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin etc. på pianot. Alla dessa klassiska kompositörer påverkar Lancen senare. Hans mor var inte bara en fin pianist, men också en utmärkt målare, medan hans far hade spelat fiol i en amatör symfoniorkester. Young Serge fick aldrig trött på att lyssna på de symfoniska konserter som sändes varje söndag eftermiddag och snart börjar han lära sig spela piano. Inte ens fem år gammal, komponerar han en Berceuse. Cradle Song. som kommer att publiceras mycket senare och som skrevs ned av sin mor som liten Serge kunde varken läsa eller skriva musik ännu. När han var åtta år gammal började han studera solfeggio och piano, och när han var femton, han hade skrivit tillräckligt med pianomusik, för att ge en komplett skäl med sina egna kompositioner. Att konserten ägde rum på London Rudolf Steiner Hall 1937. Later, he studied the piano with Marguerite Long and Lazare Levy as well as composition with Noel Gallon and Tony Aubin at the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music. In 1950 he was awarded the 'Prix de Rome', the most prestigious reward for a young composer. Flera kompositions priser kommer att följa. bland dessa flera Composition Priser i franska Broadcasting Union, ett pris för Europeiska Radiounionen och sammansättning Priser avvärjde av SACEM, den franska upphovsrättssamhället. Serge Lancen består alla typer av musik som kammarmusik, pianoverk, balettmusik, en kammaropera uppdrag av den franska radio och ganska lång symfoniska kompositioner. Hans ganska ursprungliga stil är tydligt influerad av de stora klassiska kompositörer som han hört så ofta i sin ungdom. Bland hans tidiga symfoniska kompositioner vi nämna Concertino för piano. 1949. , Pianokonsert. 1951. and the Symphonie Legere. 1955. Serge Lancen och den symfoniska bandet. Det fanns absolut ingenting som kunde göra en förväntar Serge Lancen att bli en av de stora franska kompositörer av original blåsorkester musik på 20-talet. I själva verket hade han vuxit upp i en musikalisk värld som var helt inriktad på piano och stråkar. Solisterna han hade hört när han följde sina föräldrar till söndag konserter alltid var antingen pianister och violinister. För honom, vindar hade bara en funktion i orkestern när omgiven av strängarna och så, han var helt förutbestämd att bli en rent symfonisk tonsättare. Dock bestämde ödet annars. One of his ancient friends at the Paris Conservatory, clarinettist Desire Dondeyne, was appointed conductor of the Paris Metropolitan Police Band in 1954. Som Dondeyne ville berika den ursprungliga samtida blåsorkester repertoar han inte bara börjat komponera själv utan hetsade sina forna kolleger-eleverna att skriva musik för symfonisk band. Serge Lancen deltog några konserter med denna populära blåsorkester och blev djupt imponerad av den fantastiska klanger i den symfoniska bandet med sin massa klarinetter, saxofoner och saxhorns. Senare kommer han erkänna att det var framför allt den massiva klang gemenskap av blåsorkester som lockade honom och fascinerade honom för resten av hans liv. För den symfoniska kompositören genom utbildning, det övre registret av den symfoniska bandet definitivt saknade volym och kraft, men de uppfinningar Adolphe Sax säkert lägga exceptionella naturfärger till låga register på medellång och. Så det hände 1960 som Serge skrev en Marche de konsert som han hade iscensatt för band genom Dondeyne, som han själv konfronterades med den enorma svårigheten att behöva klara av de många livar instrument i den symfoniska bandet. En resa till USA inspirerade Lancen att skriva sin Manhattan Symphony. 1961-1962. for symphonic band and once more he entrusted the orchestration to Desire Dondeyne. And so he also did with his Symphonie de Noel. 1964. and the suite Festival - Kerkrade. 1966. två andra blåsorkester bitar. Serge Lancen upptäckte World Music Contest som ägde rum en gång i fyra år sedan 1950 i Kerkrade en liten södra holländska staden nära de tyska och belgiska gränsen. Serge blev en speciell gäst i World Music Contest sedan hans Manhattan Symphony hade valts som teststycke i Division 1 1966. Vid 1970 års upplaga av WMC, den berömda Banda Primitiva av Lliria utförde sin Mini symfoni i samförstånd, medan kolgruvan bandet DSM spelade sin Manhattan Symphony. År 1974 Serge själv spelade sin Parade konsert med Marine Band av Royal Dutch Navy, 1978 Cap Kennedy förde huset ner så provbit i 1: a divisionen och 1981 hans Festival Rhapsody, på uppdrag av WMC arrangörerna, var provbiten i 2: a divisionen. Fyra år senare, fortfarande på Kerkrade, Serge spelade sin Concerto de Paris med Symfonisk blåsorkester Maastrichtmusikkonservatoriet och denna konsert sändes på tv. Serge Lancen's music was also often on the program of the gala concerts given by prestigious professional wind bands during the consecutive WMC editions. After the Festival - Kerkrade in 1967, Serge Lancen thought he was quite capable of writing himself the symphonic band orchestrations. Mini Symphonie. 1967. can be considered as his first "complete" composition for symphonic band. Därefter, fortfarande fascinerad av denna unika klangspektrum, Lancen fortsatte att skriva regelbundet för symphonic band, särskilt när han blev uppmuntrad av hans holländska utgivare Pieter Jan Molenaar som hade blivit imponerad av Manhattan Symphonie på världspremiären av Musique des Gardiens de la Paix. Paris Metropolitan Police Band. den 29 April 1962 i Argentan. Obsession. 1969. , På uppdrag av den franska radio för en europeisk kompositionstävling fick ett första pris. Nästa han komponerade mäster Cape Kennedy. 1969-1970. , En symfonisk dikt som var omedelbart mycket framgångsrik även långt utanför landets gränser. Bland de många vindbandkompositioner. några sextio. Vi bör nämna de symfoniska skisser Le Mont Saint Michel. 1976. , the symphonic poem commissioned by the French Government Le Chant de l'Arbre. 1979-1980. och Mascarade. 1985. för brasskvintett och symphonic band, premiär under tredje WASBE världskonferens i Boston den 20 juli 1987. Serge Lancen deltog i grundandet av World Association for Symphonic Band och Ensembler i Manchester i juli 1981 och aktivt stött denna organisation i många år. Från 1985 till 1991 var han medlem i den internationella styrelsen och representerade sitt hemland. Förutom den redan nämnda Mascarade uruppfördes vid Boston 1987, har flera kompositioner av Lancen antingen premiär eller utförs på de olika WASBE konferenser. Festival - Kerkrade was played by the Le Havre Municipal Band, conducted by Claude Decugis, at Skien, Norway on 14 July 1983. the Symphonie de l'Eau was premiered by the Musique de la Police Nationale. Polis Band. , Utförd av Pierre Bigot, vid Kortrijk, Belgien den 17 jul 1985. the Ouverture pour un matin d'Automne was played by the Senior Musicians Band of the Netherlands, conducted by Henk van Lijnschooten at Kerkrade on 20 July 1989, whereas the Manhattan Symphony was played by the Musique de l'Air de Paris. Principal franska Air Force Band. conducted by Francois-Xavier Bailleul on 21 July 1989 during the same Kerkrade conference. den Sonate Concert för klarinett och symfonisk band utfördes av klarinettisten Mark Vertessen och Lier Concert Band den 14 juli 1993 i Valencia, Spanien och Oboe Concerto spelades av samma belgiska bandet. renamed "Concert Band for Flanders". den 8 juli 1997 i Schladming, Österrike. Serge Lancen har skrivit flera konserter med blåsorkester ackompanjemang. För det första finns det de två pianokonserter. Parade Concerto. 1971. uruppfördes av Pierre Nimax vid pianot och Esch-sur-Alzette Municipal Band. Luxembourg. , Utförd av Georges Wagner, den 6 April 1972. Serge Lancen lekte ofta själv att concerto. så han gjorde med Jan Molenaar genomför United States Air Force Band i Washington DC 1973 och spelade in det med Jan Molenaar utför Purdue University Symphonic Band som samma år och 1971 hade han spelade in den med Royal Dutch militära band KMK, genomfört av Anne Posthumus. Den Concerto de Paris uruppfördes av tonsättaren och Royal Dutch Military Band KMK utfördes av Jan van Ossenbruggen den 25 november 1983 på Zaandam under en konsert firar 50-årsdagen av Molenaar Edition. Sedan finns det också konserter för olika soloinstrument med symphonic band. Dedicace. 1974. for alto saxophone solo and wind band was premiered by Jaques Desloges and the Musique de la Police Nationale, conducted by Michel Mariot, during the 4th World Saxophone Congress at Bordeaux, France in 1974. Utöver de redan nämnda solostycken, det finns också konserter för trombon. 1988. , För valthorn. 1991. och för harpa och symfonisk band. 1990. Alla dessa solostycken har registrerats av den Symphonic Band i Brabant Conservatory of Music. Nederländerna. , Som genomfördes av Jan Cober. "Masterpieces for Band 3". Molenaar MBCD 31.1016.72. and "Masterpieces for Band 11". Molenaar MBCD 31.1040.72. Det är också mycket intressant att veta att den Oboe Concerto. 1991. i själva verket var en ny version av Konsert för munspel och symfoniorkester. 1954. uppdrag och även premiär av Larry Adler vid Birmingham Town Hall, Rudolf Schwarz genomför. Tonsättaren har alltid uttryckt en preferens för hans religiösa kompositioner. The first one he wrote was Poeme Ecumenique. 1975. baserat på texter som är utdrag ur bibeln. Ps 8, 23, 100 och 150. , Från böcker av böner på originalspråk. Latin, franska, slaviska, hebreiska. och från enskilda böner. The finale is the Hymne de Fraternite written by Roger Thirault. Denna religiösa sammansättning, premiär i Notre-Dame-katedralen i Laon den 12 oktober 1975 är skrivet för symfoniorkester och. eller blåsorkester, solister och kör. Den andra religiösa kompositionen är den Missa Solemnis. 1985. for vocal soloist, choir and symphonic band it is dedicated to late Pope John Paul II and was premiered by the Royal Wind Band of Thorn, conducted by Jan Cober, at the Our Lady's Basilica of Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 27 May 1989. Sedan har vi Te Deum. 1991. för tenor och baryton sångare, manskör och vind ensemble. 14 instrument. tillägnad fd Paris cardinal Lustiger. Slutligen finns det Credo. 1994. for mixed choir and symphonic band, commissioned to be included in the "Missa Solemnis" and premiered in the church "Eglise des Francaises" at Bolzano, Italy, by the choir and wind band of Zwolfmalgreien conducted by Markus Silbernagl on 19 March 1995. Bland de senare symfoniska bandet kompositioner av Serge Lancen bör vi nämna Zwiefache Symphonique. 1994. , Hymn för musiker. 1995. , Jour de Fete. 1995. , Jubila. 1996. och kantat Espaces Harmoniques. 1995. for soloist, mixed choir, children's choir and symphonic band, commissioned by the city of Blois for the commemoration of the diocese. This cantata was premiered at the Basilica "Notre-Dame de la Trinite" at Blois in 1997 Vincent Ries conducting. Some time later, Serge Lancen's health got more and more fragile. He did no longer compose and lived quietly surrounded by the loving care of his wife Raphaelle. Han dog fridfullt på söndag 10 juni 2005 och nu vilar på Montparnasse-kyrkogården i Paris. Alla de som hade tur att träffa Serge regelbundet blev rörd av hans distinktion, hans delikatess, hans balanserade syn och hans ärlighet, egenskaper vi också tillbaka i hans kompositioner. This 'gentleman of French wind band music' was welcome all over the world when attending premiere performances, concerts, recording sessions or simple rehearsals, everybody appreciating the amiability and simplicity of this great Master who deeply respected the amateur musicians.