Archive: Poulenc & Schmidt

Wien Musikverein Großer Saal Musikverein | Großer Saal

Instrumentation

  • Wayne Marshall, organ, conductor

Programmes

For Francis Poulenc, the organ was an instrument that made it possible to create completely new worlds of sound. His Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani brought audiences to their feet right from its premiere in 1939: a powerful and bombastic work that nonetheless breathes with delicacy. The British organ virtuoso Wayne Marshall stages it alongside «Cortège et Litanie», one of the most popular works by Poulenc-contemporary Marcel Dupré. The Tonkunstler Orchestra devotes the second half, led by Wayne Marshall, to the composer Franz Schmidt. The Symphony No. 2 by the Viennese late Romantic was premiered two years after the death of Gustav Mahler and combines classical form with modern tonality.

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Marcel Dupré

Cortège et Litanie for Organ and Orchestra op. 19/2

Movements

  • Moderato

Duration

7 Min.

Creation

1921-22/1924
Francis Poulenc

Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in g minor

Movements

  • Andante - Allegro giocoso - Andante moderato - Allegro, molto agitato - Très calme. Lent - Tempo de l´Allegro initial - Tempo Introduction. Largo

Duration

25 Min.

Creation

1938
Franz Schmidt

Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major

Movements

  • Lebhaft

  • Allegretto con variazioni. Einfach und zart - Var.I In demselben Zeitmaß - Var.II Etwas fließender - Var.III Schnell und leicht - Var.IV Schnell - Var.V Sehr schnell - Var.VI Langsam und ruhig - Var.VII Sehr schnell - Var.VIII Sehr leidenschaftlich, nicht zu schnell - Var.IX Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft - Var.X Trio. Sehr ruhig - Tempo I. Scherzo

  • Finale. Langsam - Ruhig und fließend - Etwas lebhafter

Duration

47 Min.