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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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Meesterstukke deur Serge lancen. Meesterstukke vir Band 19. Vir konsert orkes. Molenaar Meester. CD. Gepubliseer deur Molenaar Edition. ML.311084720. SERGE lancen - Serge lancen is op 5 November 1922 in Parys gebore in 'n gesin van chirurge van pa na seun. Sy pa was die hoof van die reumatologie saal by die Saint-Antoine hospitaal. Van sy vroeë jeug af, Serge lancen voel aangetrokke tot die musiek terwyl aandagtig luister wanneer sy ma gespeel die klassieke stukke van Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, ens. op die klavier. Al hierdie klassieke komponiste sal lancen later beïnvloed. Sy ma was nie net 'n boete pianis, maar ook 'n uitstekende skilder, terwyl sy pa het die viool in 'n amateur simfonie-orkes gespeel. Young Serge nooit keelvol met luister na die simfoniese musiek konserte wat elke Sondag middag uitgesaai is en gou het hy begin leer om die klavier te speel. Nie eens vyf jaar oud was, het hy komponeer 'n Berceuse. Wieg Song. wat veel later gepubliseer word en wat geskryf is deur sy ma so min Serge kon nie lees of skryf musiek nog. Toe hy agt jaar oud was het hy begin studeer solfeggio en klavier en toe hy vyftien was, het hy genoeg klaviermusiek geskryf het ten einde 'n volledige uitvoering van sy eie komposisies te gee. Dit konsert vind plaas op die Londense 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. Verskeie samestelling pryse sal volg. onder diegene verskeie Samestelling Pryse van die Franse Broadcasting Union, 'n prys van die Europese Unie en Radio Samestelling Pryse afgeweer deur die SACEM, die Franse kopiereg samelewing. Serge lancen saamgestel alle vorme van musiek soos kamermusiek, werk vir klavier, ballet musiek, 'n kamer-opera in opdrag van die Franse Radio en 'n geruime simfoniese komposisies. Sy eerder oorspronklike styl is duidelik beïnvloed deur die groot klassieke komponiste hy hoor so dikwels in sy jeug. Onder sy vroeë simfoniese komposisies ons praat van die Concertino vir Klavier. 1949. , Die Klavierkonsert. 1951. and the Symphonie Legere. 1955. Serge lancen en die simfonie orkes. Daar was absoluut niks wat kan maak 'n mens verwag Serge lancen een van die groot Franse komponiste van oorspronklike wind band-musiek in die 20ste eeu te word. Inderdaad, het hy grootgeword in 'n wêreld wat heeltemal gefokus op die klavier en strykers. Die soliste hy gehoor het toe hy saam sy ouers na die Sondag konserte altyd was óf pianiste of violiste. Vir hom, winde het slegs 'n funksie in die orkes wanneer omring deur die snare en so het, was hy heeltemal bestem om 'n suiwer simfoniese komponis geword. Maar die noodlot anders besluit. 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 wou die oorspronklike kontemporêre blaasorkes repertoire hy nie net self begin komponeer te verryk, maar aangehits sy ou mede-leerlinge musiek vir simfonie-orkes te skryf. Serge lancen bygewoon paar konserte deur hierdie gewilde blaasorkes en was diep onder die indruk van die pragtige sonorities van die simfonie-orkes met sy massa van klarinet, saxofoon en saxhorns. Later, sal hy erken dat dit bo al die massiewe klankvol gemeenskap van die wind band wat hom gelok en hom gefassineer vir die res van sy lewe. Vir die simfonie-komponis deur opleiding, die boonste register van die simfonie-orkes beslis ontbreek volume en krag, maar die uitvinding deur Adolphe Sax seker voeg buitengewone natuurlike kleure aan die medium en lae registers. So het dit gebeur in 1960 dat Serge het 'n Marche de Concert dat hy vir orkes georkestreerde het deur Dondeyne, soos hy homself gekonfronteer is met die groot probleme van om te gaan met die talle omzetting instrumente van die simfonie-orkes. 'N reis na die Verenigde State van Amerika geïnspireer lancen sy Manhattan Symphony te skryf. 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. twee ander blaasorkes stukke. Serge lancen ontdek die World Music Contest wat plaasgevind het een keer in vier jaar sedert 1950 aan Kerkrade 'n klein suidelike Nederlandse stad naby die Duitse en die Belgiese grens. Serge het 'n spesiale gas van die World Music Contest sedert sy Manhattan Simfonie is gekies as toetsstuk in die 1ste Divisie in 1966. Op die 1970-uitgawe van die WMC, die beroemde Banda Primitiva van Lliria uitgevoer sy Mini Symphony in die konsert, terwyl die steenkoolmyn orkes gespeel DSM sy Manhattan Symphony. In 1974 Serge homself gespeel sy Parade Concerto met die Marine Band van die Royal Navy Nederlandse, in 1978 Cap Kennedy het die huis af as toetsstuk in die 1ste Divisie en in 1981 sy Festival Rhapsody, wat in opdrag van die WMC organiseerders, was die toetsstuk in die 2de Afdeling. Vier jaar later, nog steeds op Kerkrade, Serge gespeel sy Concerto de Parys met die Simfoniese band van die Johannesburg Konservatorium vir Musiek en hierdie konsert is op televisie uitgesaai. 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. Die Mini Symphonie. 1967. can be considered as his first "complete" composition for symphonic band. Dan, steeds gefassineer deur hierdie unieke klankvol spektrum, lancen voortgegaan om gereeld vir simfonie-orkes skryf, veral wanneer hy is bemoedig deur sy Nederlandse uitgewer Pieter Jan Molenaar wat was beïndruk deur die Manhattan Symphonie by die wêreld première by die Musique des Gardiens de la Paix. Paris Metropolitan Police Band. op 29 April 1962 op Argentan. Obsessie. 1969. , Wat in opdrag van die Franse Radio vir 'n Europese samestelling wedstryd is bekroon met 'n eerste prys. Volgende het hy die meesterstuk Kaap Kennedy. 1969-1970. , 'N simfoniese gedig wat was onmiddellik baie suksesvolle selfs ver buite die grense. Onder die talle blaasorkes komposisies. sowat sestig. Ons moet praat van die simfoniese sketse Le Mont Saint Michel. 1976. , the symphonic poem commissioned by the French Government Le Chant de l'Arbre. 1979-1980. en Mascarade. 1985. Vir koper kwintet en simfonie orkes, première in die derde WASBE wêreld konferensie in Boston op 20 Julie 1987. Serge lancen bygewoon die grondlegging van die wêreld Vereniging vir Simfoniese Bands en ensembles in Manchester in Julie 1981 en aktief ondersteun hierdie organisasie vir baie jare. Vanaf 1985 tot 1991 het hy was 'n lid van die Internasionale Raad en sy geboorteland verteenwoordig. Behalwe die reeds genoemde Mascarade die eerste keer by die Boston in 1987, 'n paar komposisies deur lancen is óf première of uitgevoer op die verskillende WASBE konferensies. 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. Nasionale Polisie Band. , Wat deur Pierre Bigot, by Kortrijk, België op 17 Julie 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. Skoolhoof Franse Lugmag Band. conducted by Francois-Xavier Bailleul on 21 July 1989 during the same Kerkrade conference. die Sonate concertante vir klarinet en simfonie orkes uitgevoer is van klarinettist Mark Vertessen en die Lier Concert Band op 14 Julie 1993 aan Valencia, Spanje en die hobo Concerto is deur dieselfde Belgiese band gespeel. renamed "Concert Band for Flanders". op 8 Julie 1997 op Schladming, Oostenryk. Serge lancen het verskeie concerto geskryf met blaasorkes begeleiding. Eerste van alles is daar die twee klavierkonserte. Parade Concerto. 1971. première deur Pierre Nimax op die klavier en die Esch-sur-Alzette Munisipale Band. Luxemburg. , Wat deur Georges Wagner, op 6 April 1972. Serge lancen dikwels gespeel en voorgee dat concerto. so het hy gedoen met Jan Molenaar die uitvoer van die Verenigde State van Amerika Air Force Band in Washington DC in 1973 en aangeteken is dit met Jan Molenaar die uitvoer van die Purdue Universiteit Simfoniese band wat baie dieselfde jaar en in 1971 het hy aangeteken is dit met die Koninklike Nederlandse militêre orkes KMK, uitgevoer deur Anne Posthumus. Die Concerto de Paris in première deur die komponis en die Koninklike Nederlandse Militêre Band KMK wat deur Jan van Osse Bruggen op 25 November 1983 aan Zaandam tydens 'n konsert die viering van die 50ste herdenking van Molenaar Edition. Dan is daar ook concerto vir verskillende solo-instrumente met simfonie-orkes. 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. Langs die reeds genoemde solo stukke, is daar ook concerto vir trombone. 1988. , Vir Franse horing. 1991. en harp simfonie orkes. 1990. Al hierdie solo stukke is deur die Simfoniese Band van die Brabant Konservatorium vir Musiek aangeteken. Nederland. , Wat deur Jan Cober. "Masterpieces for Band 3". Molenaar MBCD 31.1016.72. and "Masterpieces for Band 11". Molenaar MBCD 31.1040.72. Dit is ook baie interessant om te weet dat die Oboe Concerto. 1991. was in werklikheid 'n nuwe weergawe van die Concerto vir Harmonica en Simfonie-orkes. 1954. opdrag en ook première deur Larry Adler by die Birmingham Town Hall, Rudolf Schwarz uitvoer. Die komponis het nog altyd 'n voorliefde vir sy godsdienstige komposisies uitgedruk. The first one he wrote was Poeme Ecumenique. 1975. gebaseer op tekste gedig uit die Bybel. Psalms 8, 23, 100 en 150. , Vanaf boeke van gebede in die oorspronklike taal. Latyn, Frans, Slawiese, Hebreeus. en van individuele gebede. The finale is the Hymne de Fraternite written by Roger Thirault. Hierdie godsdienstige samestelling, première in die Notre-Dame-katedraal van Laon op 12 Oktober 1975, is geskryf vir simfonie-orkes en. of blaasorkes, soliste en koor. Die tweede godsdienstige samestelling is die 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. Dan het ons die Te Deum. 1991. vir tenoor en bariton sanger, manlike koor en ensemble wind. 14 instrumente. toegewy aan die voormalige Parys kardinale Lustiger. Ten slotte is daar die 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. Onder die later simfonie orkes komposisies deur Serge lancen ons moet noem Zwiefache Symphonique. 1994. , Hymn vir musikante. 1995. , Jour de Fete. 1995. , Jubila. 1996. en die kantate 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. Hy het gesterf vreedsaam op Sondag 10 Junie 2005 en nou berus by die Montparnasse-begraafplaas in Parys. Al diegene wat gelukkig te ontmoet Serge gereeld aangeraak is deur sy onderskeid, sy lekkerny, sy gebalanseerde visie en sy eerlikheid was, kenmerke wat ons terug in sy komposisies vind ook. 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.