Course 19

Organ repertoire by César Franck II by Prof. Eric Lebrun

Dates: July 27-31 (2nd week)

Description
When composing for the organ, César Franck drew on the post-classical French tradition, using the instrument in layers. Franck was undoubtedly influenced by Aristide Cavaillé Coll’s instrument design. He created an orchestral aesthetic that reflected his evolution as a composer, bringing a Germanic depth that revolutionized French musical concepts. The course will be an opportunity to highlight the stylistic, instrumental, and architectural features of his work, in connection with the interpretative choices that bring them to the fore. Interpretative traditions will also be questioned in the light of historical knowledge.

Repertoire List
Fantaisie en ut
Grande pièce symphonique
Prélude, fugue et variation
Pastorale
Prière
Final
Fantaisie en la
Cantabile
Pièce héroïque
1er Choral
2e Choral
3e Choral
Cinq offertoires
Andantino en sol mineur

Choose which pieces from this list you want to prepare and let us know by sending an email to office@organfestival.nl. Please note that the playing time per student is limited and that we cannot guarantee that you can play all your preferred pieces. Nevertheless, choose approximately 3-5 pieces so that the professor can compile an attractive course program.
If we do not receive notification of your prepared pieces, your registration will be changed to passive.

This course can not be combined with:
[8a] Organ repertoire from North-German baroque composers (Bryndorf)
[8c] Organ repertoire by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & contemporaries (Van Doeselaar)

(8b)

About Eric Lebrun
A former student of Gaston Litaize, Eric Lebrun completed his studies at the Conservatory of Paris. He graduated with the highest honors including a first prize in the organ class of Michel Chapuis. He has been an award winner and finalist in several international competitions (organ, composition, chamber music) and in 1990 was named titular organist of the Cavaillé-Coll instrument at the Parisian church Saint Antoine des Quinze-Vingts. There he recorded the complete organ works of Jehan Alain, Maurice Duruflé and César Franck. In collaboration with Marie-Ange Leurent, Eric Lebrun has formed a popular organ duo for four hands. He also performs as a soloist with various orchestras and vocal groups. He has given the inaugural performance of many compositions for organ, some of them written especially for him.
Eric Lebrun has composed about fifty works, and is professor of organ at the Conservatory of Regional Musical Influence at Saint-Maur des Fossés and regularly gives master classes in Europa, U.S.A., Mexico. He is the founder and president of the Association Gaston Litaize. In 2016 he published a new biography of Johan Sebastian Bach (edited by Bleu-Nuit), and later, Debussy (2018) and Fauré (2023).