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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
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 11.350.000 views!!
(Photo: B. Ruesch)
Olivier Penin
News
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
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 11.350.000 views!!
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