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New videos recorded live during the mass
February/March 2022 - Olivier Penin and his team from the grand organ of Ste Clotilde are
pleased to present their new videos recorded live during the mass at Sainte Clotilde.
Masterclass 2022 :
The ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck
The organist of Sainte Clotilde, Olivier Penin, offers a course dedicated to the Twelve Pieces of
César Franck on the famous organ of the Basilica on which César Franck was the first‘organiste
titulaire’. From July, 11 to July, 13, 2022. The masterclass is open to professional organists,organ
students and amateur organists of a good level. More information…
New videos
February, 4, 2022 - Publication of a new ‘Sortie improvisée’ on the le theme of Nun Komm den
Heiden Heiland / Veni Redemptor Gentium played by Olivier Penin on November, 28, 2021.
January,14, 2022 - The release of the sixth video of the recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César
Franck by Olivier Penin, featuring Pastorale. As part of the collection of the 6 Pieces, the work was
completed on September 29, 1863. Franck dedicated it to his friend Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the
builder of the great organ of Sainte-Clotilde. More information…
See also the other Franck-videos of Olivier Penin.
December, 20 , 2021 - The release of the sixth video of the recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of
César Franck by Olivier Penin, featuring Final . This work is part of the collection of "Six Pieces"
and was first performed in 1864. More information…
November, 5, 2021 - The fifth video of the recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck by
Olivier Penin, featuring Prélude, fugue et variation. This work is part of the collection of "Six
Pieces" and was completed in 1865. More information…
July, 2021 - Olivier Penin and his team from the grand organ of Ste Clotilde are pleased to present
their new videos recorded live during the early mass of June 12, 2021 at the grand organ of
Basilica.
The Improvised Communion highlights Olivier Penin's talents as an improviser and perfectly
illustrates the depth of fund-playing, undulating and mutations.
The Improvised Sortie highlights the improvising skills of Olivier Penin as well as the great Tutti.
July, 18, 2021 - The team of the great organ of Saint Clotilde is pleased to present its new video:
Asturias by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909). It is the best known piece of the Spanish composer,
composed for the piano in 1886. More information…
April, 19, 2021 - The team of the Great Organ of Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new video
of Olivier Penin, featuring the choral "Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott" BWV 721 of J.S. Bach.
More information…
February, 19, 2021 - The team of the Great Organ of Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new
video of Olivier Penin, featuring « Cantabile FWV 36 Op. 16 » of César Franck. This work is part of
the collection of "Three Pieces" and was completed in 1878. This set of works was designed for
the new Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Trocadero Hall and was created by its author on the occasion
of the organ's inauguration.
January, 18, 2021 - The team of the Great Organ of Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new
video of Olivier Penin, featuring the « Pièce héroique FWV 35 Op. 16 » de César Franck. This
piece, which is perhaps the most famous in the collection of "Three Pieces", perfectly highlights
the romantic craftsmanship of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, author of the great organ of Ste Clotilde.
November, 20, 2020 - The team of the Great Organ of Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a
new video of Olivier Penin, featuring the Fantaisie en La FWV 35 Op. 16 of César Franck. This
masterful work has three motifs. The beginning of the work plunges the listener into questioning
and imploration. This is followed by a development in which the different motifs intersect before
ending with serenity on a celestial miner.
November, 1, 2020 - On the occasion of the solemnity of All Saints' Day and the 150th
anniversary of the birth of Charles Tournemire, the team of the Grand Organ of Sainte Clotilde is
pleased to unveil its new video dedicated to the l’Offertoire de l’ Office de la Toussaint » opus 57
of Charles Tournemire (1870-1939). This Offertoire from Office 48 Festum Omnium Sanctorum is
dedicated to Joseph Bonnet. Indeed, it was thanks to the encouragement of the organist of St Eustace
that Tournemire began composing this gigantic corpus named "The Mystical Organ".
Septembre 2020 - On the occasion of the new school year, Olivier Penin is happy to present his
new video dedicated to the Fantaisie & Fugue en Si Bémol Mineur d’ Alexandre-Pierre-François
Boëly (1785-1858). It is performed on the Great Organ of the Basilica of Ste Clotilde in Paris.
The most famous work of Boely is part of the tradition of Bach's great preludes and foreshadows
the great symphonic pieces of Franck, Guilmant and Gigout. The Fantasy drips with brilliant
broken arpeggios, alternated with chords, while the Fugue states a subject that is reminiscent of
the B.A.C.H. motive. In this masterful work, the organist of St Germain l'Auxerrois clearly shows
his parentage with JS. Bach whose music he never stopped having rediscovered in the Capital.
May, 2020 - Release of new videos recorded at the Lutherian church of The Hague, the
Netherlands (JHH Bätz, 1762) :
Vater unser - Georg Böhm
Sonate VI - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Organ talk
Olivier Penin and Alexandra Bartfeld talk about the instruments at Sainte-Clotilde, César Franck
and future projects of Olivier Penin (in English). See also l’entretien avec Dr. Carol (2017).
March, 30, 2020 - The team of the Great Organ of Ste Clotilde is happy to announce the release of
a new video: « Prière » - César Franck, opus 20,5. This work was composed by Franck in 1860 and
dedicated to François Benoist. It was written after the death of his mother in July of that year.
For the seventh consecutive year, the organist of the Basilica, Olivier Penin, offers a course on
the famous organ of the Basilica on which Franck was the first ‘organiste titulaire’.
More information….
A new video: Te Deum - Tournemire
January, 22, 2020 - On this day of commemaration of the 150th birthday of Charles Tournemire, a
Commemoration du Jubilé de Charles Tournemire
A week-end of commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the death and the 150th anniversary
of the birth of Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) at Sainte-Clotilde, November, 8-9, 2019. Four
concerts, a lecture and an exposition.
More information…
A new video recorded at the Great Organ of trhe Basilia by Olivier Penin can be watched on
YiouyTube: Bach’s chaconne for violon, adapted for organ by Henri Messerer.
More than 960.000 views!!
(Photo: B. Ruesch)
New videos recorded live during the
mass
February/March 2022 - Olivier Penin and his team
from the grand organ of Ste Clotilde are pleased to
present their new videos recorded live during the
mass at Sainte Clotilde.
Masterclass 2022 :
The ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck
The organist of Sainte Clotilde, Olivier Penin, offers a
course dedicated to the Twelve Pieces of César Franck
on the famous organ of the Basilica on which César
Franck was the first‘organiste titulaire’. From July, 11
to July, 13, 2022. The masterclass is open to
professional organists,organ students and amateur
organists of a good level. More information…
New videos
February, 4, 2022 - Publication of a new ‘Sortie
improvisée’ on the le theme of Nun Komm den Heiden
Heiland / Veni Redemptor Gentium played by Olivier
Penin on November, 28, 2021.
January,14, 2022 - The release of the sixth video of the
recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck by
Olivier Penin, featuring Pastorale. As part of the
collection of the 6 Pieces, the work was completed on
September 29, 1863. Franck dedicated it to his friend
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the builder of the great organ of
Sainte-Clotilde. More information…
See also the other Franck-videos of Olivier Penin.
December, 20 , 2021 - The release of the sixth video
of the recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César
Franck by Olivier Penin, featuring Final . This work is
part of the collection of "Six Pieces" and was first
performed in 1864. More information…
November, 5, 2021 - The fifth video of the recording
of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck by Olivier
Penin, featuring Prélude, fugue et variation. This work
is part of the collection of "Six Pieces" and was
completed in 1865. More information…
July, 2021 - Olivier Penin and his team from the grand
organ of Ste Clotilde are pleased to present their new
videos recorded live during the early mass of June 12,
2021 at the grand organ of Basilica.
The Improvised Communion highlights Olivier Penin's
talents as an improviser and perfectly illustrates the
depth of fund-playing, undulating and mutations.
The Improvised Sortie highlights the improvising skills
of Olivier Penin as well as the great Tutti.
July, 18, 2021 - The team of the great organ of Saint
Clotilde is pleased to present its new video: Asturias by
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909). It is the best known piece of
the Spanish composer, composed for the piano in 1886.
More information…
April, 19, 2021 - The team of the Great Organ of
Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new video of
Olivier Penin, featuring the choral "Erbarm' dich
mein, O Herre Gott" BWV 721 of J.S. Bach.
More information…
February, 19, 2021 - The team of the Great Organ of
Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new video of
Olivier Penin, featuring « Cantabile FWV 36 Op. 16 »
of César Franck. This work is part of the collection of
"Three Pieces" and was completed in 1878. This set of
works was designed for the new Cavaillé-Coll organ in
the Trocadero Hall and was created by its author on
the occasion of the organ's inauguration.
January, 18, 2021 - The team of the Great Organ of
Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new video of
Olivier Penin, featuring the « Pièce héroique FWV 35
Op. 16 » de César Franck. This piece, which is perhaps
the most famous in the collection of "Three Pieces",
perfectly highlights the romantic craftsmanship of
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, author of the great organ of Ste
Clotilde.
November, 20, 2020 - The team of the Great Organ of
Sainte Clotilde is happy to announce a new video of
Olivier Penin, featuring the Fantaisie en La FWV 35
Op. 16 of César Franck. This masterful work has three
motifs. The beginning of the work plunges the
listener into questioning and imploration. This is
followed by a development in which the different
motifs intersect before ending with serenity on a
celestial miner.
November, 1, 2020 - On the occasion of the solemnity
of All Saints' Day and the 150th anniversary of the
birth of Charles Tournemire, the team of the Grand
Organ of Sainte Clotilde is pleased to unveil its new
video dedicated to the l’Offertoire de l’ Office de la
Toussaint » opus 57 of Charles Tournemire (1870-
1939). This Offertoire from Office 48 Festum
Omnium Sanctorum is dedicated to Joseph Bonnet.
Indeed, it was thanks to the encouragement of the
organist of St Eustace that Tournemire began composing
this gigantic corpus named "The Mystical Organ".
Septembre 2020 - On the occasion of the new school
year, Olivier Penin is happy to present his new video
dedicated to the Fantaisie & Fugue en Si Bémol
Mineur d’ Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly (1785-
1858). It is performed on the Great Organ of the
Basilica of Ste Clotilde in Paris.
The most famous work of Boely is part of the
tradition of Bach's great preludes and foreshadows
the great symphonic pieces of Franck, Guilmant and
Gigout. The Fantasy drips with brilliant broken
arpeggios, alternated with chords, while the Fugue
states a subject that is reminiscent of the B.A.C.H.
motive. In this masterful work, the organist of St
Germain l'Auxerrois clearly shows his parentage with
JS. Bach whose music he never stopped having
rediscovered in the Capital.
May, 2020 - Release of new videos recorded at the
Lutherian church of The Hague, the Netherlands (JHH
Bätz, 1762) :
Vater unser - Georg Böhm
Sonate VI - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Organ talk
Olivier Penin and Alexandra Bartfeld talk about the
instruments at Sainte-Clotilde, César Franck and
future projects of Olivier Penin (in English). See also
l’entretien avec Dr. Carol (2017).
March, 30, 2020 - The team of the Great Organ of Ste
Clotilde is happy to announce the release of a new
video: « Prière » - César Franck, opus 20,5. This work
was composed by Franck in 1860 and dedicated to
François Benoist. It was written after the death of his
mother in July of that year.
2020
For the seventh consecutive year, the organist of the
Basilica, Olivier Penin, offers a course on the famous
organ of the Basilica on which Franck was the first
‘organiste titulaire’.
More information….
A new video: Te Deum - Tournemire
January, 22, 2020 - On this day of
commemaration of the 150th birthday of
Commemoration du Jubilé de Charles
Tournemire
A week-end of commemoration of the 80th
anniversary of the death and the 150th anniversary of
the birth of Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) at Sainte-
Clotilde, November, 8-9, 2019. Four concerts, a
lecture and an exposition.
More information…
A new video recorded at the Great Organ of trhe
Basilia by Olivier Penin can be watched on YiouyTube:
Bach’s chaconne for violon, adapted for organ by
Henri Messerer.
More than 960.000 views!!
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