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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[Jean Langlais][decorative stamp]
Jean Langlais

[1859 Cavaille-Coll organ at the Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France][decorative stamp]
1859 Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France

[1993 Klais organ at Saint John Smith Square, London, England, UK][decorative stamp]
1993 Klais organ at Saint John Smith Square, London, England, UK

[1868 Cavaille-Coll organ at Cathedrale Notre Dame, Paris, France][decorative stamp]
1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Cathédrale Notre Dame, Paris, France

Langlais On Langlais

…a celebration of the blind French composer, Jean Langlais [1902-1991], featuring performances by himself and his wife, Marie-Louise Langlais, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death.

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

JEAN LANGLAIS: Te Deum, from Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Opus 5, number 3 [1935]; La Nativité, from Poemes evangeliques, Opus 2 [1936] –Jean Langlais (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France) Solstice CD-01

JEAN LANGLAIS: Noël Breton, Number 4; Jésus, mon Sauveur béni, Number 5; from Huit Chants de Bretagne, Opus 161 [1975] –Jean Langlais (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Solstice CD-165

JEAN LANGLAIS: Salve Regina Improvisation –Jean Langlais (1970 Rieger/Marienstatt Abbey, Germany) Motette CD MOT 50821

JEAN LANGLAIS: Missa Salve Regina, Opus 85 [1954] –Basilica Choir and Instruments, Teri Larson, conductor; Marie-Louise Langlais& Christina Harmon (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded October 29, 2003

Filler –Noël Breton, Number 4 (see above)

Hour 2

JEAN LANGLAIS: Tu es Sacerdos/Petrus et Pontifex, Opus 109 [1959]; Salve Regina, from Trois Oraisons, Opus 174 [1973]; Oremus pro pontifice, Opus 45 [1943]; O salutaris Hostia, Opus 36 [1941]; Chorale Médiéval, Opus 28 [1937] –Basilica Choir and Instruments, Teri Larson, conductor; Marie-Louise Langlais& Christina Harmon (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded October 29, 2003

JEAN LANGLAIS: La cinquieme trompette, from Cinq Méditations sur l’Apocalypse [1973] –Marie-Louise Langlais (1977 Kuhn/Hofkirche St. Leodegar, Luzern, Switzerland) Festivo 6961 962

JEAN LANGLAIS: Theme, Variations & Finale, Opus 29 [1938] –London Pro Arte Orchestra, Murray Stewart, conductor; Marie-Louise Langlais (1993 Klais/St. John’s, Smith Square, London, England, UK) Koch CD-1529

Filler –Chorale Médiéval (see above)

 

 

 

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