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Masterpieces by Serge Lancen. Masterpieces for Band 19. For concert band. Molenaar Masterpieces. CD. Published by Molenaar Edition. ML.311084720. SERGE LANCEN - Serge Lancen was born in Paris on 5 November 1922 in a family of surgeons from father to son. His father was head of the rheumatology ward at the Saint-Antoine hospital. From his early youth onwards, Serge Lancen felt attracted to music while listening attentively when his mother played the classical pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin etc. on the piano. All of these classical composers will influence Lancen later. His mother was not only a fine pianist, but also an excellent painter, whereas his father had played the violin in an amateur symphony orchestra. Young Serge never got fed up with listening to the symphonic music concerts that were broadcast every Sunday afternoon and soon he starts learning to play the piano. Not even five years old, he composes a Berceuse. Cradle Song. which will be published much later and which was written down by his mother as little Serge could neither read nor write music yet. When he was eight years old he started studying solfeggio and piano and when he was fifteen, he had written enough piano music in order to give a complete recital with his own compositions. That concert took place at the London Rudolf Steiner Hall in 1937. Later, he studied the piano with Marguerite Long and Lazare Levy as well as composition with Noel Gallon and Tony Aubin at the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music. In 1950 he was awarded the 'Prix de Rome', the most prestigious reward for a young composer. Several composition prizes will follow. among those several Composition Prizes of the French Broadcasting Union, a Prize of the European Radio Union and Composition Prizes warded by the SACEM, the French copyright society. Serge Lancen composed all kinds of music such as chamber music, works for piano, ballet music, a chamber opera commissioned by the French Radio and quite some symphonic compositions. His rather original style is clearly influenced by the great classical composers he heard so often in his youth. Among his early symphonic compositions we mention the Concertino for Piano. 1949. , the Piano Concerto. 1951. and the Symphonie Legere. 1955. Serge Lancen and the symphonic band. There was absolutely nothing that could make one expect Serge Lancen to become one of the great French composers of original wind band music in the 20th century. Indeed, he had grown up in a musical world that was completely focused on the piano and the strings. The soloists he had heard when he accompanied his parents to the Sunday concerts always were either pianists or violinists. To him, winds only had a function in the orchestra when surrounded by the strings and so, he was completely predestined to become a purely symphonic composer. However, fate decided otherwise. One of his ancient friends at the Paris Conservatory, clarinettist Desire Dondeyne, was appointed conductor of the Paris Metropolitan Police Band in 1954. As Dondeyne wanted to enrich the original contemporary wind band repertoire he not only started composing himself but incited his ancient fellow-pupils to write music for symphonic band. Serge Lancen attended some concerts by this popular wind band and was deeply impressed by the splendid sonorities of the symphonic band with its mass of clarinets, saxophones and saxhorns. Later, he will admit that it was above all the massive sonorous communion of the wind band that attracted him and fascinated him for the rest of his life. For the symphonic composer by training, the upper register of the symphonic band definitely lacked volume and power, but the inventions by Adolphe Sax certainly add exceptional natural colours to the medium and low registers. So it happened in 1960 that Serge wrote a Marche de Concert that he had orchestrated for band by Dondeyne, as he himself was confronted with the huge difficulty of having to cope with the numerous transposing instruments of the symphonic band. A trip to the United States inspired Lancen to write his Manhattan Symphony. 1961-1962. for symphonic band and once more he entrusted the orchestration to Desire Dondeyne. And so he also did with his Symphonie de Noel. 1964. and the suite Festival - Kerkrade. 1966. two other wind band pieces. Serge Lancen discovered the World Music Contest that took place once in four years since 1950 at Kerkrade a small southern Dutch city near the German and the Belgian borders. Serge became a special guest of the World Music Contest since his Manhattan Symphony had been chosen as test piece in the 1st Division in 1966. At the 1970 edition of the WMC, the famous Banda Primitiva of Lliria performed his Mini Symphony in concert, whereas the colliery band DSM played his Manhattan Symphony. In 1974 Serge himself played his Parade Concerto with the Marine Band of the Royal Dutch Navy, in 1978 Cap Kennedy brought the house down as test piece in the 1st Division and in 1981 his Festival Rhapsody, commissioned by the WMC organizers, was the test piece in the 2nd Division. Four years later, still at Kerkrade, Serge played his Concerto de Paris with the Symphonic band of the Maastricht Conservatory of Music and this concert was broadcast on television. Serge Lancen's music was also often on the program of the gala concerts given by prestigious professional wind bands during the consecutive WMC editions. After the Festival - Kerkrade in 1967, Serge Lancen thought he was quite capable of writing himself the symphonic band orchestrations. The Mini Symphonie. 1967. can be considered as his first "complete" composition for symphonic band. Then, still fascinated by this unique sonorous spectrum, Lancen continued to write regularly for symphonic band, especially when he was encouraged by his Dutch publisher Pieter Jan Molenaar who had been impressed by the Manhattan Symphonie at the world premiere by the Musique des Gardiens de la Paix. Paris Metropolitan Police Band. on 29 April 1962 at Argentan. Obsession. 1969. , commissioned by the French Radio for a European composition contest was awarded a First Prize. Next he composed the masterpiece Cape Kennedy. 1969-1970. , a symphonic poem that was immediately very successful even far beyond the borders. Among the numerous wind band compositions. some sixty. we should mention the symphonic sketches Le Mont Saint Michel. 1976. , the symphonic poem commissioned by the French Government Le Chant de l'Arbre. 1979-1980. and Mascarade. 1985. for brass quintet and symphonic band, premiered during the third WASBE world conference in Boston on 20 July 1987. Serge Lancen attended the foundation of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles at Manchester in July 1981 and actively supported this organisation for many years. From 1985 to 1991 he was a member of the international board and represented his native country. Besides the already mentioned Mascarade first performed at Boston in 1987, several compositions by Lancen were either premiered or performed at the different WASBE conferences. Festival - Kerkrade was played by the Le Havre Municipal Band, conducted by Claude Decugis, at Skien, Norway on 14 July 1983. the Symphonie de l'Eau was premiered by the Musique de la Police Nationale. National Police Band. , conducted by Pierre Bigot, at Kortrijk, Belgium on 17 July 1985. the Ouverture pour un matin d'Automne was played by the Senior Musicians Band of the Netherlands, conducted by Henk van Lijnschooten at Kerkrade on 20 July 1989, whereas the Manhattan Symphony was played by the Musique de l'Air de Paris. Principal French Air Force Band. conducted by Francois-Xavier Bailleul on 21 July 1989 during the same Kerkrade conference. the Sonate Concertante for clarinet and symphonic band was performed by clarinettist Mark Vertessen and the Lier Concert Band on 14 July 1993 at Valencia, Spain and the Oboe Concerto was played by the same Belgian band. renamed "Concert Band for Flanders". on 8 July 1997 at Schladming, Austria. Serge Lancen has written several concertos with wind band accompaniment. First of all there are the two piano concertos. Parade Concerto. 1971. premiered by Pierre Nimax at the piano and the Esch-sur-Alzette Municipal Band. Luxemburg. , conducted by Georges Wagner, on 6 April 1972. Serge Lancen often played himself that concerto. so he did with Jan Molenaar conducting the United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. in 1973 and recorded it with Jan Molenaar conducting the Purdue University Symphonic Band that very same year and in 1971 he had recorded it with the Royal Dutch Military band KMK, conducted by Anne Posthumus. The Concerto de Paris was premiered by the composer and the Royal Dutch Military Band KMK conducted by Jan van Ossenbruggen on 25 November 1983 at Zaandam during a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Molenaar Edition. Then there are also concertos for different solo instruments with symphonic band. Dedicace. 1974. for alto saxophone solo and wind band was premiered by Jaques Desloges and the Musique de la Police Nationale, conducted by Michel Mariot, during the 4th World Saxophone Congress at Bordeaux, France in 1974. Next to the already mentioned solo pieces, there are also concertos for trombone. 1988. , for French horn. 1991. and for Harp and symphonic band. 1990. All these solo pieces have been recorded by the Symphonic Band of the Brabant Conservatory of Music. The Netherlands. , conducted by Jan Cober. "Masterpieces for Band 3". Molenaar MBCD 31.1016.72. and "Masterpieces for Band 11". Molenaar MBCD 31.1040.72. It is also quite interesting to know that the Oboe Concerto. 1991. was in fact a new version of the Concerto for Harmonica and Symphony Orchestra. 1954. commissioned and also premiered by Larry Adler at the Birmingham Town Hall, Rudolf Schwarz conducting. The composer has always expressed a preference for his religious compositions. The first one he wrote was Poeme Ecumenique. 1975. based on texts excerpted from the Bible. Psalms 8, 23, 100 and 150. , from books of prayers in their original language. Latin, French, Slavonic, Hebrew. and from individual prayers. The finale is the Hymne de Fraternite written by Roger Thirault. This religious composition, premiered in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Laon on 12 October 1975, is written for symphony orchestra and. or wind band, soloists and choir. The second religious composition is the Missa Solemnis. 1985. for vocal soloist, choir and symphonic band it is dedicated to late Pope John Paul II and was premiered by the Royal Wind Band of Thorn, conducted by Jan Cober, at the Our Lady's Basilica of Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 27 May 1989. Then we have the Te Deum. 1991. for tenor and baritone singer, male choir and wind ensemble. 14 instruments. dedicated to the former Paris cardinal Lustiger. Finally there is the Credo. 1994. for mixed choir and symphonic band, commissioned to be included in the "Missa Solemnis" and premiered in the church "Eglise des Francaises" at Bolzano, Italy, by the choir and wind band of Zwolfmalgreien conducted by Markus Silbernagl on 19 March 1995. Among the later symphonic band compositions by Serge Lancen we should mention Zwiefache Symphonique. 1994. , Hymne aux Musiciens. 1995. , Jour de Fete. 1995. , Jubila. 1996. and the cantata Espaces Harmoniques. 1995. for soloist, mixed choir, children's choir and symphonic band, commissioned by the city of Blois for the commemoration of the diocese. This cantata was premiered at the Basilica "Notre-Dame de la Trinite" at Blois in 1997 Vincent Ries conducting. Some time later, Serge Lancen's health got more and more fragile. He did no longer compose and lived quietly surrounded by the loving care of his wife Raphaelle. He died peacefully on Sunday 10 June 2005 and now rests at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. All those who were lucky to meet Serge regularly were touched by his distinction, his delicacy, his balanced vision and his honesty, characteristics we also find back in his compositions. This 'gentleman of French wind band music' was welcome all over the world when attending premiere performances, concerts, recording sessions or simple rehearsals, everybody appreciating the amiability and simplicity of this great Master who deeply respected the amateur musicians.

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Obres mestres de Serge llancin. Masterpieces for Band 19. Per a la banda de concerts. Molenaar mestres. CD. Publicat per Molenaar Edició. ML.311084720. SERGE llancin - Serge llancin va néixer a París el 5 de novembre de 1922 a una família de cirurgians de pares a fills. El seu pare era cap de la sala de reumatologia a l'hospital Saint-Antoine. Des de la seva primerenca joventut d'ara endavant, Serge llancin va sentir atret per la música mentre escolta amb atenció quan la seva mare tocava les peces clàssiques de Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, etc. al piano. Tots aquests compositors influirà llancin tard. La seva mare no només era un gran pianista, sinó també un excel · lent pintor, mentre que el seu pare havia tocat el violí en una orquestra simfònica d'aficionats. Jove Serge mai es va afartar d'escoltar els concerts de música simfònica que s'emet tots els diumenges a la tarda i aviat comença a aprendre a tocar el piano. Ni tan sols els cinc anys d'edat, compon una Berceuse. Cançó de bressol. que serà publicat molt més tard i que va ser escrit per la seva mare tan poc Serge no sabia llegir ni escriure música encara. Quan tenia vuit anys d'edat va començar a estudiar solfeig i piano que tenia quinze anys, havia escrit bastant música de piano per tal de donar un recital complet amb les seves pròpies composicions. Aquest concert va tenir lloc al London Rudolf Steiner Hall el 1937. Later, he studied the piano with Marguerite Long and Lazare Levy as well as composition with Noel Gallon and Tony Aubin at the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music. In 1950 he was awarded the 'Prix de Rome', the most prestigious reward for a young composer. Diversos premis de composició seguiran. entre els diversos premis de composició de la Unió de Radiodifusió Francesa, el Premi de la Unió Europea de Ràdio i premis de composició amb Guàrdia per la SACEM, la societat francesa de drets d'autor. Serge llancin compon tot tipus de música, com la música de cambra, obres per a piano, música de ballet, una òpera de cambra per encàrrec de la Ràdio Francesa i bastants composicions simfòniques. El seu estil bastant original està clarament influenciada pels grans compositors clàssics que va escoltar tantes vegades en la seva joventut. Entre les seves primeres composicions simfòniques esmentem el Concertino per a piano. 1949. , El Concert per a piano. 1951. and the Symphonie Legere. 1955. Serge llancin i la banda simfònica. No hi havia absolutament res que pogués fer que un espera Serge llancin per esdevenir un dels grans compositors francesos de la música original de la banda de vent al segle 20. De fet, s'havia criat en un món musical que es concentra totalment al piano i les cordes. Els solistes que havia sentit quan va acompanyar als seus pares als concerts de diumenge sempre eren o pianistes o violinistes. Per a ell, els vents només tenien una funció en l'orquestra quan està envoltat per les cordes i així, va ser completament els ha destinat a ser un compositor purament simfònic. No obstant això, la destinació va decidir d'una altra manera. One of his ancient friends at the Paris Conservatory, clarinettist Desire Dondeyne, was appointed conductor of the Paris Metropolitan Police Band in 1954. Com Dondeyne volia enriquir el repertori contemporani banda de música original, no només va començar a compondre a si mateix, però va incitar als seus antics companys dels alumnes a escriure música per a banda simfònica. Serge llancin assistir a alguns concerts d'aquesta banda de vent popular i va quedar profundament impressionada per les esplèndides sonoritats de la banda simfònica amb la seva massa de clarinets, saxòfons i saxhorns. Més tard, s'admetrà que va ser sobretot la comunió sonora massiva de la banda de vent que l'atreia i el va fascinar per la resta de la seva vida. Per al compositor simfònic de la formació, el registre superior de la banda simfònica definitivament no tenia volum i l'energia, però les invencions per Adolphe Sax, sens dubte afegir colors naturals excepcionals per al mitjà i registres baixos. Així va succeir en 1960 que Serge escriure un Marche de concert que havia orquestrat per la banda per Dondeyne, com ell mateix es va enfrontar a l'enorme dificultat d'haver de fer front als nombrosos instruments de transposició de la banda simfònica. Un viatge als Estats Units va inspirar llancin a escriure el seu Manhattan Symphony. 1961-1962. for symphonic band and once more he entrusted the orchestration to Desire Dondeyne. And so he also did with his Symphonie de Noel. 1964. and the suite Festival - Kerkrade. 1966. dues peces de la banda de vent. Serge llancin descobrir el Concurs Mundial de Música que es va dur a terme una vegada cada quatre anys des de 1950 a Kerkrade una petita ciutat holandesa sud, prop de la fronteres amb Alemanya i Bèlgica. Serge va esdevenir un convidat especial de la World Music Contest des de la seva Manhattan Symphony havia estat triat com a peça de prova en la primera divisió el 1966. En l'edició de 1970 de la WMC, la famosa Banda Primitiva de Llíria va realitzar el seu Mini Simfonia en concert, mentre que la banda de la mina de carbó DSM va jugar el seu Manhattan Symphony. El 1974 el mateix Serge va jugar la seva desfilada Concert amb la Banda de la Marina de la Marina Reial Holandesa, el 1978 Cap Kennedy va portar la casa a baix com a peça de prova en la 1 ª Divisió i el 1981 el seu Festival Rhapsody, encarregat pels organitzadors de WMC, va ser la peça d'assaig en la 2 ª Divisió. Quatre anys més tard, encara a Kerkrade, Serge va jugar el seu Concert de Paris amb la banda Simfònica del Conservatori de Música de Maastricht i aquest concert va ser transmès en la televisió. Serge Lancen's music was also often on the program of the gala concerts given by prestigious professional wind bands during the consecutive WMC editions. After the Festival - Kerkrade in 1967, Serge Lancen thought he was quite capable of writing himself the symphonic band orchestrations. El Mini Symphonie. 1967. can be considered as his first "complete" composition for symphonic band. Llavors, encara fascinat per aquest espectre sonor únic, llancin continuar escrivint regularment per a banda simfònica, sobretot quan se sentia encoratjat pel seu editor holandès Pieter Jan Molenaar que havia quedat impressionat pel Manhattan Symphonie en l'estrena mundial de la Musique des Gardiens de la Paix. París Metropolitan Police Band. el 29 d'abril de 1962 a Argentan. Obsessió. 1969. , Encarregat per la Ràdio francesa per a un concurs de composició Europea va ser atorgat el Primer Premi. Següent compondre l'obra mestra de Cap Kennedy. 1969-1970. , Un poema simfònic que va ser immediatament un gran èxit, fins i tot més enllà de les fronteres. Entre les nombroses composicions de la banda de vent. a seixanta. hem d'esmentar els esbossos simfònics Le Mont Saint Michel. 1976. , the symphonic poem commissioned by the French Government Le Chant de l'Arbre. 1979-1980. i Mascarade. 1985. per a quintet de metalls i banda simfònica, estrenada durant la tercera conferència mundial WASBE a Boston el 20 juliol 1987. Serge llancin va assistir a la fundació de l'Associació Mundial per al Concert Band al Manchester al juliol de 1981 i va recolzar activament aquesta organització durant molts anys. De 1985 a 1991 va ser membre de la junta directiva internacional i va representar al seu país natal. A més de la ja esmentada Mascarade primera realitzada a Boston el 1987, diverses composicions de llancin es van estrenar o bé realitzen en les diferents conferències WASBE. Festival - Kerkrade was played by the Le Havre Municipal Band, conducted by Claude Decugis, at Skien, Norway on 14 July 1983. the Symphonie de l'Eau was premiered by the Musique de la Police Nationale. Banda de la Policia Nacional. , Realitzat per Pierre Bigot, a Kortrijk, Bèlgica, el 17 juliol 1985. the Ouverture pour un matin d'Automne was played by the Senior Musicians Band of the Netherlands, conducted by Henk van Lijnschooten at Kerkrade on 20 July 1989, whereas the Manhattan Symphony was played by the Musique de l'Air de Paris. Inici francesa Air Force Band. conducted by Francois-Xavier Bailleul on 21 July 1989 during the same Kerkrade conference. la Concertant Sonate per a clarinet i banda simfònica va ser realitzada pel clarinetista Marc Vertessen i la Banda de Concerts Lier el 14 de juliol de 1993 a València, Espanya i el Concert per a oboè va ser interpretat per la mateixa banda belga. renamed "Concert Band for Flanders". el 8 de juliol de 1997 a Schladming, Àustria. Serge llancin ha escrit diversos concerts amb acompanyament de banda de vent. En primer lloc hi ha els dos concerts per a piano. Desfilada Concert. 1971. estrenada per Pierre Nimax al piano i la Esch-sur-Alzette Banda Municipal. Luxemburg. , Realitzat per Georges Wagner, el 6 abril 1972. Serge llancin sovint interpretava a si mateix que el concert. així ho va fer amb Jan Molenaar realitzar els Estats Units Air Force Band a Washington DC el 1973 i va gravar amb Jan Molenaar realitzar la Purdue University Symphonic Band aquest mateix any i el 1971 havia gravat amb la banda Royal Dutch Militar KMK, realitzat per Anne Pòstum. El Concert de Paris va ser estrenada pel compositor i la Royal Dutch Military Band KMK realitzat per Jan van Ossenbruggen el 25 de novembre de 1983 a Zaandam durant un concert per celebrar el 50 aniversari de Molenaar Edició. Després també hi ha concerts per a diversos instruments solistes amb banda simfònica. Dedicace. 1974. for alto saxophone solo and wind band was premiered by Jaques Desloges and the Musique de la Police Nationale, conducted by Michel Mariot, during the 4th World Saxophone Congress at Bordeaux, France in 1974. Al costat dels temes en solitari ja esmentats, també hi ha concerts per a trombó. 1988. , Per corn francès. 1991. i per Arpa i banda simfònica. 1990. Tots aquests temes en solitari han estat gravades per la Banda Simfònica del Conservatori Superior de Música de Brabant. Països Baixos. , Realitzat per Jan Cober. "Masterpieces for Band 3". Molenaar MBCD 31.1016.72. and "Masterpieces for Band 11". Molenaar MBCD 31.1040.72. També és molt interessant saber que el Concert per a oboè. 1991. era de fet una nova versió del Concert per harmònica i orquestra simfònica. 1954. encarregat i també estrenada per Larry Adler a l'Ajuntament de Birmingham, Rudolf Schwarz realització. El compositor sempre ha expressat la seva preferència per les seves composicions religioses. The first one he wrote was Poeme Ecumenique. 1975. basada en textos extrets de la Bíblia. Salm 8, 23, 100 i 150. , Dels llibres d'oracions en el seu idioma original. Llatí, francès, eslau, hebreu. i d'oracions individuals. The finale is the Hymne de Fraternite written by Roger Thirault. Aquesta composició religiosa, es va estrenar a la catedral de Notre-Dame de Laon el 12 octubre 1975 està escrit per a orquestra simfònica i. o banda de música, solistes i cor. La segona composició religiosa és la Missa Solemnis. 1985. for vocal soloist, choir and symphonic band it is dedicated to late Pope John Paul II and was premiered by the Royal Wind Band of Thorn, conducted by Jan Cober, at the Our Lady's Basilica of Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 27 May 1989. Després tenim el Te Deum. 1991. per a tenor i baríton, cor masculí i el vent ensemble. 14 instruments. dedicat a l'ex cardenal Lustiger de París. Finalment, hi ha el Credo. 1994. for mixed choir and symphonic band, commissioned to be included in the "Missa Solemnis" and premiered in the church "Eglise des Francaises" at Bolzano, Italy, by the choir and wind band of Zwolfmalgreien conducted by Markus Silbernagl on 19 March 1995. Entre les composicions de bandes simfòniques posteriors per Serge llancin hem d'esmentar Zwiefache Symphonique. 1994. , Himne de Músics. 1995. , Jour de Fete. 1995. , Jubila. 1996. i la cantata Espaces Harmoniques. 1995. for soloist, mixed choir, children's choir and symphonic band, commissioned by the city of Blois for the commemoration of the diocese. This cantata was premiered at the Basilica "Notre-Dame de la Trinite" at Blois in 1997 Vincent Ries conducting. Some time later, Serge Lancen's health got more and more fragile. He did no longer compose and lived quietly surrounded by the loving care of his wife Raphaelle. Va morir pacíficament el diumenge 10 de juny de 2005 i ara descansa al cementiri de Montparnasse a París. Tots els que vam tenir la sort de conèixer a Serge regularment van ser tocats per la seva distinció, la seva delicadesa, la seva visió equilibrada i la seva honradesa, característiques que també es troben de nou en les seves composicions. This 'gentleman of French wind band music' was welcome all over the world when attending premiere performances, concerts, recording sessions or simple rehearsals, everybody appreciating the amiability and simplicity of this great Master who deeply respected the amateur musicians.