Estonian national opera is pleased to invite everybody to the all souls day concert at st johns church on november 2, at 6 oclock. Charles gounods saint cecilia mass twin cities catholic. The first edition of the song with the ave maria text is dated 1859. Choral, piano sheet music book by charles francois gounod 18181893. Cecilia mass cacilienmesse by various artists on amazon music. Mariss jansons conducts the chor and symphonieorchester des bayerischen rundfunks in two especially beautiful 19th century compositions, franz schuberts early mass in g major and the st. Gounod along with wagner and verdi for an invitation to compose aida, to inaugurate the cairo grand opera house. Choral sheet music book by charles francois gounod 18181893.
Vocal score choral satb soli, mixted choir and piano sheet music peters. He was the second son of louis francois gounod, painter and draftsman, and lemachois victoire, a pianist and daughter of a former lawyer. In truth, his operatic expertise lent the mass some of its dramatic effects. While schubert at the tender age of 18 wrote his mass in a single week. Misa santa cecilia guitarchoral edition estela garcialopez. Assessment of ave maria gounod considered ave maria to be an insignificant part of his lifes work, not important enough to mention in his autobiography. He received his first lessons in piano from his mother. Operas, theatre works, society music, church music, you name it. The work was assigned cg 56 in the catalogue of the composers works. In 1823, his father louis francois gounod died when he was just four years old. Ave maria bachgounod pianovocal pdf sheet free gig. This is a list of musical compositions by the 19thcentury french composer charles gounod 181893, sorted by musical category and date.
Author pedro gilabert posted on december 5, 2019 february 4, 2020 categories classical, easy, orchestra, uncategorized tags gounod, mass, french composers. Although gounod composed the motet gallia, more than 60 songs, two mass settings. It is a complete setting of the latin mass text for three soloists, choir and orchestra, including an instrumental offertory movement. Bachs the welltempered clavier, written some 7 years earlier. Join other members of the saint cecilia community on zoom for a brief reading of the gospel, followed by conversation and fellowship, every wednesday, thursday and friday at 9 am. Gounod s devotion to catholicism began around 1840, when. Solo voices soprano, tenor, bass mixed chorus satb orchestra piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones. Cecilia mass is the common name of a solemn mass in g major by charles gounod, composed in 1855 and scored for three soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ. Charlesfrancois gounod 17 june 1818 17 or 18 october 1893 was a french composer, best known for his ave maria, based on a work by. Gounod was quite the young, thrusting entrepreneur in 1854. Cecilia mass mariss jansons, bavarian radio chorus, bavarian radio symphony orchestra on allmusic 2011.
Te deum, an album by angela maria blasi on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Gounod s st cecilia mass anticipates both rossinis petite messe solennelle and verdis requiem by pulling off their trick of importing an overtly operatic style into liturgical music. Free sheet music for violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano. The instrumentation for the christmas festive occasion is lavish, using a large orchestra and instrumentation typical of late romanticism. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. Messe solennelle sainte cecile charles gounod choralwiki. Charles gounod s famous ave maria is a curiosity in music history. In 1890, gounod rearranged it for soli, fourpart mixed choir and organ and added the words aux chapelles. The piece consists of a melody by charles gounod especially designed to be superimposed over the prelude no.
In 1870, he moved with his family from paris to england, where he became involved with the singer georgina weldon and her husband harry. In the case of gounod s thrilling saint cecilia mass, we have markevitchs imposing, measured, cooler but grander performance on dg. Highly recommended for the sweet tooth in all of us cmgers. Orchestra at present, only pianovocal score is available first published. Charlesfrancois gounod 17 june 1818 17 or 18 october 1893 was a french composer, best known for his ave maria, based on a work by bach, as well as his opera faust.
Holy week 2020 celebrate the passion, death, and resurrection of jesus christ archbishop george j. Cecilia mass by gounod at estonian national operas all souls. Cecilia mass stands out by virtue of lustrous tone colors with harp and winds reminiscent in many places of grand opera. This is how the composer camille saintsaens described his impression of what was probably charles gounods bestknown setting of the mass. Today we generally hear a later version of the work with added trumpets and timpani.
Notes wolfgang apitz, 76 years old, played on a yamaha wx7, karl schwarze played on yamaha electone hs8, recorded probably around dec. High definition music the worlds greatestsounding music downloads. Saintcloud1893 was a practicing catholic and as a youth contemplated becoming a priest. Two free performances will take place during the 9am and 11am services in the church sanctuary at 520 royal palm boulevard, vero beach, fl, 32960.
Charles gounod biography childhood, life achievements. Soprano and baritone duet on charles gounod s masterpiece. The first work by gounod performed in public was on 1 may 1841 a mass at the church of san. Gounod messe breve in c 1 kyrie sheet music for violin. He would have been thirtysix years old and appeared to have been keen to get himself noticed wherever it might be possible. Acto penitencial, formulario 3penitential act with invocations, cont. The work was premiered on 22 november 1855 at sainteustache in paris. Cecilia mass is the common name of a solemn mass in g major by charles gounod, composed in 1855 and scored for three soloists, mixed choir, orchestra. Alain altinoglu conducts gounods saint cecilia mass. Charles gounod was an important french composer and figure in french music during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Soli, choral satb and organ or piano charles gounod. Charles father died before he was five years old, and his mother maintained her husbands painting classes as well as her own piano teaching.
The francoprussian war and siege of paris interrupted gounods career. Cecilia mass is one of the most profound, reverential, and beautiful settings of the mass. Cecilia mass was made as part of last years christmas concert in the mainz cathedral. This sanctus is the third of five movements in charlesfrancois gounods messe breve no. The majestic sanctus from gounods messe aux chapelles easy. These participants also get access to their internsection. Cecilia mass first presbyterian church of vero beach. He began and ended his lifes work in the composition of sacred works, including the messe breve in c major for soloist, chorus and orchestra. Barbara hendricks, laurence dale, jeanphilippe lafont, ch.
There are some works in which excellent versions are so different that its impossible to select a single reference recording. Gounod, igor markevitch, czech philharmonic orchestra, prague czech chorus, irmgard seefried, gerhard stolze, hermann uhde gounod. Invocation and offertorium, by charles gounod by kiltlvr. A sublime simplicity is combined with operaticdramatic elements. Truly, ave maria seems a minor effort compared to works such as the opera faust. Charlesfrancois gounod was born in paris in 1818 to a talented, but financially unsuccessful, painter and his pianist wife. By contrast gounods largescale and much loved saint cecilia mass is richly scored and probably has more chance of being heard in a concert hall than a church setting. Gounods devotion to catholicism began around 1840, when. Markevitchs vintage version, recorded in the mid1960s, still sounds remarkably well.
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