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Duruflé Requiem: Programming ideas
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 22:15:42 -0700 (MST)
From: David Topping Subject: Durufle Requiem lit Compilation (Note: this is the second of three compliations posted on behalf of Jon Hurty. DBT) Colleagues, Some time ago I wrote asking for works to program with the Durufle Requiem. Following is the compilation. >I think this is a great opportunity to present a short unfamiliar work in >a contrasting style. Many liturgical works from other eras would fit the >bill - I did a program with the Durufle several years ago and opened with >a wonderful setting of "Salve Regina" for solo quartet, strings and organ >by Haydn. Used a string quartet only and it works very well. >John French Ursinus College >Several years ago we did the Requiem and preceded it with the Gregorian >Missa Pro Defunctis. The students and audience benfitted from hearing and >learning the basis for the later mass. It was a good combination for us and >not "too much of a good thing." > >Charles Chapman >Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. >I will immodestly suggest a work of my own: FOUR SEASONAL METAPHORS of >about 20 minutes' length. I think of it >in connection with the Durufle because it was premiered on a program which >included that work and knowing that, >I scored it for the same orchestral forces. The piece was premiered in >Washington National Cathedral by the >Cathedral Choral Society and Orchestra under the direction of J. Reilly >Lewis. I would be happy to send you a >score and tape if you will send along your snail mail address. > >Dan Gawthrop >danielg(a)ahoynet.com >Short but very tasty with the Durufle would be the Faure Cantique de Jean >Racine; I know that there is at the very least an arrangement with harp that >may be coordinated with organ if desired. There may be an orchestra version >as well; I can't remember how we did it with Robert Shaw's group in France in >1988 (shameless name drop *clunk*). Though now that I think of it, one of the >performances was outdoors, in front of the one standing wall of some Roman >ruin, so there must have been an orchestra, there not having been an organ >handy. > >I also remember that I used to have an Ambrosian Singers recording of the >Faure Requiem, and to fill out the B side of the LP, they did a *sung* >version of the Faure Pavane. Seriously. It would fill out your program >nicely, but I have no idea who might publish it, and I do not remember >whether it was accompanied or not. > >At any rate, it sounds like you will have a concert enjoyable for all, since >the Durufle Requiem is just one of the most pleasant things you can ever ask >a choir to sing--easy on the voice as well as sumptuous to the ear... > >Best wishes, > >Martha Sullivan >Cambridge, MA >The Canadian Centennial Choir performed the Durufle last year. We did it >in the >second half, along with the Quatre Motets. The first half was comprised >of the >Messe Solennelle by Louis Vierne, and the 8-part Crucifixux by Antonio Lotti. > >I found that this programme went extremely well because the two major >works were >with organ, and were quite a sing for the choir. The motets and the Lotti >provided a slight comparison of two styles of a cappella writing from >different >times. > >James Caswell >Music Director >Canadian Centennial Choir >770 Canterbury Avenue >Ottawa, ON >K1G 3A6 > >I am a composer on the faculty at Cal State, San Bernardino. I have a work >for choir and orchestra (or 2 piano, brass sextet, percussion) that you >might be interested in as a companion piece to the Durufle. It's a >"festival style" piece that is characterized by rich harmonies and driving >rhythms. A description of the piece follows along with a brief >biographical sketch of my work. > >If you're interested I'd be glad to send a recording and any combination of >the following scores: > > SATB with 1 piano (rehearsal score) > SATB with orchestra > SATB with 2 pianos, brass sextet, timpani and 4 percussionists > >Thanks for considering it! > >Larry McFatter D.M.A. >Professor >Music Department >California State University, San Bernardino >San Bernardino, CA 92407 >(909) 880-5861 >mcfatter(a)wiley.csusb.edu >John, > >The Faure Requiem works well with the Durufle. THere are several >recordings with them featured together. (Shaw Telarc) The similarities >between the two are remarkable and provide for an interesting, not too >long program. > >Matt Mehaffey >Bucknell University >To program with the Durufle Requiem: >Lili Boulanger's "Du fond de la'bime" (other titles: "De Profundis" or "Psalm >130"). 25 minutes; orchestra and organ; stunning. Published by Durand, whose >American agent is Presser in Bryn Mawr. There are a couple of recordings. > >Best wishes, >Mary Lycan >Treble Clef Music Press >415 Wesley Drive >Chapel Hill, NC 27516-1521 >phone 919-932-5455 >Jon, Try either the Kodaly, Missa Brevis, or Messe Solennelle by Jean >Langlais. Glad to see your name once and a while on this list and see >you doing good things with ALCM. >David Stein > >One work that I've heard many times which seems to work well is the Faure >Requiem. Do the Faure in the first half, take intermission, and do the >Durufle (which I think is a real gem of a piece - are you doing the full >or chamber orchestration?). > >Good luck! > >Todd M. Norton >TA in Choral Conducting >University of Colorado, Boulder >nortont(a)ucsu.Colorado.EDU >Faure, Poulenc, and Frank Martin come to mind. Let's see - the Faure >"Cantique de Jean Racine" would be ideal. Poulenc has some a capella >things that are nice - Mass in G, 7 chansons, the two sets of liturgical >motes. Frank Martin's "mass" as well as his requiem are very nice. How >about the Pizzetti "Missa di requiem." It is chant based and might work well >with the Durufle. If you want to do more Durufle you might consider the >"Missa cum jubilo" written for Men's voices. Perhaps some Respighi - >you'll have to do some digging. Oh, just thought about some English stuff >- how about the Vaughan Williams "Mass in G" or "Serenade to Music," or >Herbert Howells. Both his "Requiem" and the "In Paradisum" are >stunning. Perhaps the Finzi "Magnificat" might work as well. Good luck. > >Steve Z. > >Jon, I have been giving Joseph Jongen's Mass for choir and organ a long >look for possibility of doing next year. I believe it's also scored for >orchestra, but am not sure what that scoring is. I'll try to find out and >let you know. It looks like a great piece for organ though, and of >course, choir. Probably about the same duration as Durufle. > >Len Ratzlaff >Department of Music >University of Alberta >I sang in a concert a few years back that paired the Durufle with the Bach >Magnificat. It worked pretty well. Good luck. >Paul > >R. Paul Drummond >pdrummon(a)mail.coin.missouri.edu > http://www.cmc.edu/acc.html >Central Methodist College >Fayette, MO 65248 > >I'd also suggest James Hopkins' Songs of Eternity; 18 minutes long. We've >recorded it with the Pacific Symphony. Very moving; commissioned for the >Pacific Chorale several years ago. It's accessible. It's on our "Voices" >CD, paired with "Voices" by Stephen Paulus. > >Hope these ideas help. > >Rich Messenger > > >Next time I do the Duruflé, I plan to program Lou Harrison's St. Anthony >Mass. which, like the Duruflé, is a chant based work which uses the same >(or very close to) the strings, organ, trumpet and harp instrumentation as >the reduced Requiem scoring. The parts are not difficult, largely two part >and lots of unison. > >Good Luck, >Bill Fletcher > >William A. Fletcher >Music Department, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH 03301 >fletcher(a)sps.edu * 603-229-5500 ex. 6059 > >Herbert Howells Stabat Mater-not very long. Tenor soloist-make a good >first half. Faure is always nice with Durufle. Good luck! > >Sincerely, > > > >Dennis Wallisch >Vocal Education Major-choral conducting emphasis >North Dakota State University >wallisch(a)badlands.nodak.edu > >My favorite pairing has been the Poulenc Gloria which works well with >just organ if orchestration is too much. I personally think the Faure >Requiem which is often paired with Durufle is too much of the same >color. Recently did the Finzi- Requiem da Camera with the Faure. It >would work well with Durufle. How about the Vierne Messe? > >Good luck. >Bob > >Bob Eaton >eaton(a)meol.mass.edu > >A few things come to mind, depending on concert circumstances: > >att. J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 15 (same instrumentation) > >Purcell: Te Deum & Jubilate in D (Novello) > >Hovhaness: Missa Brevis (Peters); Prayer of St. Gregory (instrumental only; >trpt & strings; also *The Holy City*) > >Bach (for real): Cantatas BWV 61, 4; (if you can afford oboes) 29 > >Haydn: Nelsonmesse > >Hope this helps. > >Robert A.M. Ross >Artistic Director >Voces Novae Et Antiquae >Philadelphia, PA >VocNovEtAn(a)aol.com >or >RobertamR(a)aol.com >About your Durufle request, when ROS did it several years ago, we did a >death theme: Bach Cantata 4, Schutz Selig sind die toten, and Brahms >Begrabnisgesang (which I rescored for strings & organ from winds). Then >the second half was Durufle. >AL Sturgis ------------------------------------------- Dr. Jon Hurty Director of Choral Activities Augustana College 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Illnois 61201 309-794-7244 muj-hurty(a)augustana.edu ------------------------------------------- |
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