Par COLERIDGE-TAYLOR SAMUEL. The period of composition (ca. 1893) for the Suite de Pièces for violin and piano or violin and organ was especially productive for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) in the realm of chamber music. Unpublished works include a piano quintet, clarinet sonata, nonet, piano trio, and a piano sonata. It is notable that the different versions of the Suite for piano and organ are so contrasting. Typically, pieces in this genre that exist in versions for piano and organ have little that separate them in terms of musical content. However, Coleridge-Taylor not only approaches each keyboard instrument quite differently but conceived the violin part with notable melodic differences. This can be considered exceptional as they were both issued by the same publisher within a close timeframe. Coleridge-Taylor would have been very familiar with the organ from his early church experience as a boy in addition to studies at the Royal College of Music with Walter Alcock. His writing is consistently idiomatic for the instrument. The few registrational directions in the first edition, assuming they are by Coleridge-Taylor, demonstrate an understanding of the need to balance the organ part with the violin part so that the organ is not too loud. Rather than numbering the manuals I and II, with II being the quieter manual, the score indicates Swell and Choir but there is no requirement for the Great to be used. There are also extended sections where no manual indication is given at all. Whether the registration markings were made by Coleridge-Taylor or an editor at Schott is unclear but the indication for a Choir manual suggests not so much the need for an organ of three manuals but an instrument with a range of foundational colours for writing that is often accompanimental in nature. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Violon et Orgue

Rolande Falcinelli a écrit de nombreuses pièces pour orgue, notamment Triptyque op. 11, Poèmes-Etudes op. 26, Prophétie op. 42, Esquisses symphoniques op.45, Le Sermon sur la Montagne op. 46, Variations-Etudes sur une Berceuse op.48, Mathnavi op. 50, ainsi que Le Mystère de la Sainte-Messe op. 59 pour deux orgues) ainsi que des oeuvres pour instrument seul (violoncelle, flûte) ou en formation de chambre (alto et piano, violoncelle et piano, voix et piano, piano et orgue, orgue et un ou deux altos, quatuor à cordes, etc.) et pour orchestre (avec orgue, piano ou voix). Son écriture, d'une tenue technique exigeante est toujours pensée et intériorisée. Elle s'attacha notamment, suite à ses activités au sein du CEMO (Centre d'Etudes de Musique Orientale), à intégrer des éléments de musique iranienne dans certaines de ses compositions (Mathnavi op. 50 pour orgue, Miniatures persanes op. 52 pour orgue, Azân op. 61 pour flûte et orgue). / Violon Et Orgue