jmc's classics
This is the anniversary of the death of French organist and composer Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). he is remembered for his Tacata for organ played at weddings. It comes from his Symphony for Organ (Opus #42). I am not much in to organ music.
Although he is remembered as an organist he was also a prolific composer. he wrote a wide body of organ music. He also wrote two symphonies for orchestra. Opuses 16 and 54 dating from 1870 1nd 1882 respectively. A cello concerto (Opus#41) from 1878 and a violin concerto with o opus number dating from 1877. I like his cello concerto and his les Pecheurs de Saint-Jean. the later is an orchestral piece lasting about 10 minutes dating from 1905. I especially like the final parts of these pieces. The only copies that I can find of these works are by the royal Scottish National Orchestra with Martin yates conducting. It is on the Dutton label. It also contains the Second symphony. The first symphony is also on the same label and orchestra coupled with the first symphony and the la Nuit de Walpurgis (Opus#60). I have both discs. I with that his Cello concerto was more popular. It is in the standard three movements: Allegro, Andantino and Allegro Vivace. It lasta about 20 minutes. Another obscure Cello concerto is that Of Johan Svendsen which I also like. Svendsen was Norwegian and is remembered mainly for his Romance for Violin and Orchestra (Opus #26). I am not much in to organ music. I like orchestra and chamber music. i hope that Widor's orchestreal music becomes more popular in the near future.
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