The organ part and reduced score Symphony No. 4 - An Organ Symphony (2008) by Poul Ruders. Full score: WH31186 Orch. parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk Preface / Programme Note When introducing a large-scale symphonic work not only as a symphony but as an organ symphony it would be impossible not to think of and perhaps compare it with Camille Saint-Saëns’s famous SYMPHONY NO. 3 popularly known as the Organ Symphony. Well that is a risk I am prepared to take – and live with the consequences.Saint-Saëns however listed his work as a symphony avec/withorgan. The organ only appears in two out of the four sections of thepiece. In my symphony the instrument plays a far more significant part and is featured in all four movements. But it is not a concerto for organ and orchestra rather a symphony with organo obligato - a symphony with an organ part of a soloistic nature. So an Organ Symphony it is. The first movement PRELUDE is exactly that: a foreplay to what is in store for the rest of the symphony. It is slow (very slow!) and predominantly hushed: the organ and the orchestra wake up side-by-side getting to know one another.The second movement CORTÈGE is a slowly moving processional and it evokes extreme solemnity and austerity. Later on the music takes flight and the atmosphere lightens considerably a far more playful music emerging.This leads to the third movement ETUDE an exercise in instrumental virtuosity and technical challenge.The fourth and last movement is called CHACONNE but I could just as well have named it passacaglia (the definition of those two terms seems to blur even among the learned). Bearing in mind the last movement of Johannes Brahms´s SYMPHONY NO.4 which is universally agreed on as being a passacaglia I chose to avoid the Wrath of the Gods and opted for

Description The greatest French organist of his day, Widor (1844?1937) composed 10 organ symphonies?actually solo compositions usually consisting of 6 or 7 short movements, that treat the organ as a kind of self-contained orchestra. Series II includes Symphonies 6-8, Symphonie Gothique and Symphonie Romane, frequently performed today. Also includes a glossary of French terms. Songlist Symphonie Gothique Op.70 Symphonie Romane Op.73 Symphony No.6 In G Minor Op.42 No.2 Symphony No.7 In A Minor Op.42 No.3 Symphony No.8 In B Major Op.42 No.4

Description Three majestic lyrical works from French organist and composer Louis Vierne. A student of Franck and Widor, Vierne was organist at Notre-Dame, Paris. Songlist Symphony No.1 Op.14 Symphony No.2 Op.20 Symphony No.3 Op.28

Premiered at the Borealis Festival Bergen in March 2009 this single movement symphony for solo organ is a deconstruction and devlopment of an unfinished Bach chorale prelude. With a powerful ending this is a challenging and highly rewarding work.

Pater Noster. Par SCHNEIDER ENJOTT. Organ Symphony No 1 de Schneider est dans la tradition des symphonies orgue français (Widor, Vierne, Duruflé). Avec sa tendance générale from the dark désespérée pour le réconforter brillante, l'Orchestre symphonique d'apporte de l'air de la prière et la plaidoirie de la souffrance des personnes comme un thème. Le ' pater noster ' comme l'archétype de la prière est cité dans tous les mouvements./ Recueil / Orgue

L'association de la Symphonie avec orgue douzième de la Pentecôte a commencé avec la cathédrale de Ratisbonne organiste Franz Josef Stoiber donne sa première représentation à l'orgue Rieger 2009 juste en face de la fenêtre de la Pentecôte grande par Josef Oberberger dans la cathédrale de Ratisbonne. La Pentecôte représente une consommation dans le christianisme, une manifestation de la Trinité, une intense spiritualité, le baptême et le développement de la communauté entre tous les chrétiens. Il s'agit d'une célébration passionnée de joie intérieure, mais toujours entouré d'une aura de respect et de spiritualité. 1er mouvement: Une invocation puissante en utilisant le calendrier grégorien pentecôtiste hymne Veni, Creator Spiritus. 2e mouvement: La colombe blanche est un symbole de l'Esprit Saint, qui représente la douceur et de l'amour. Dans le 3ème mouvement, l'eau est le 'fons vivus' (fontaine de vie) de toute vie. Chiffres circulant sur ??le cadre organe des variations quasi-grégoriens sur la mélodie de 'Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott' (Ebersberg c. 1480), inspiré par 'Veni Sancte Spiritus' du 11ème siècle antienne. 4e mouvement: Souffle et le vent ont été utilisés comme des images de l'esprit de Dieu depuis l'histoire de la Création. À la Pentecôte, ils se rassemblent dans un incendie. Cette 'Tempesta di fuoco' commence avec planant tonalité (plus un motif de douze notes) avec des harmonies lumineuses et aigu, mais mène à la tonique comme 'Veni Creator Spiritus' l'hymne pentecôtiste brille à travers - un credo programmatique pour les douze Symphonies d'organes, affirmant une prise de conscience universelle de la tonalité. / Orgue

Composer Organist and ecclesiastical arranger Wlliam Boyce was considered one of the leading musicians of his day. He completed the great tome Cathedral Music following the death of the editor which is still in use in Anglican services. He was widely celebrated for his odes anthems masques incidental music and in particular his eight symphonies.The composer’s inventiveness and musicality are apparent in this late Baroque work.