Masterclass 2023 by Olivier Penin For the 9th consecutive year, the organist of basilica, Olivier Penin, invites you to participate in his masterclass on the Great organ of the basilica. More information. Release of a new ‘Intégrale’ of the "Douze Pièces" of César Franck Brilliant Classics has releasedf a 3-CD-box César Franck - Les Douze Pièces pour orgue played by Olivier Penin on the Great organ of the basilica Sainte- Clotilde. More information Homage to César Franck on 9 et 10 décembre 2022 at the basilica Sainte- Clotilde. With Marc Korovitch (direction), Olivier Penin (organ), Jeune Choeur de Paris, and the Département Supérieur pour Jeunes Chanteurs. The ‘Messe solennelle’ of César Franck on 10 décembre 2022 with Olivier Penin and the choir Ô Trente directed by Louis Gal. More information Photos of the commemoration can be found here: • Repetitions • Concert of 09.10.2022 • Concert of 10.12.2022 • Messe of 11.12.2022 • Exposition Videos of the three Chorals of César Franck Franck wrote them in 1890, just before his death. They constitutes his final work and his spiritual testament. • Choral I en mi majeur • Choral II en si mineur • Choral III en la mineur New video July, 28, 2022 - Olivier Penin and the association of the Friends of the Silbermann Organ of Wasselonne are pleased to present their new video dedicated to "Liebster Jesu wir sind hier" BWV 731 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recorded on the venerable Jean-André Silbermann organ in Wasselonne (1745), the work was probably written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his youth years. The ornamented choral composed to the melody "Liebster Jesu wir sind hier", a hymn often sung by the Sunday assembly in Bach's time, is treated with a simple harmonization enriched with numerous ornamentations conferring on the piece, the character of mystical lullaby, here played on A. New videos in the series ‘12 pieces of César Franck’ June, 19, 2022 - The release of a new video of the recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck by Olivier Penin, featuring Grande Pièce Symphonique . As part of the collection of the 6 Pieces, the work was completed on 1863. Franck dedicated it to Charles-Valentin Alkan. June, 6, 2022 - The release of a new video of the recording of all the ‘Douze pièces’ of César Franck by Olivier Penin, featuring Fantaisie en Ut opus 19. As part of the collection of the 6 Pieces, the work was completed on 1865. Franck dedicated it to Alexis Chauvet. Lire plus. 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… 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… ebruary, 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. 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. 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 recorded live during the mass Olivier Penin and his team from the grand organ of Ste Clotilde are pleased to present new videos recorded live during the masses at Ste Clotilde. Septembre 2022 - Offertoire improvisé February/March 2022 - six videos July, 2021 - Improvised Communion, which 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. New videos 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… 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). A new video: Te Deum - Tournemire

January, 22, 2020 - On this day of

commemaration of the 150th birthday of

Charles Tournemire, a new video is

released of his famous improvisation sur le

Te Deum, transcribed by Maurice Duruflé.

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: Chaconne - J.S. Bach

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.

Video Bach/Dupré Sinfonia BWV 29

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