Pierre villette is a composer who deserves to be better known. Choral sheet music book by pierre villette 19261969. Presumably, because he wasnt paris based, he is not very widely performed in his native france. Live recording of 29042016 at the grote of jacobijnerkerk, leeuwarden the netherlands more information and concert dates. Pierre villette might best be regarded as a stylistic bridge between debussy and faure on the one hand and poulenc and messiaen on the other.
Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. His choral music has a rare individual quality, somewhat akin to poulenc and durufle, but, somehow, not as french as either. I will sing your priase, lord, for you have cared for me, for you have wrapped me in the veil of purity. Pierre villette was prolific in many fields of compositionvocal, orchestral. Marliere concert du 26 novembre 2006 en leglise saintmichel. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. East coast music specializes in sheet music and other music products including software, hardware and instruments. Lacuna arts chorale san francisco, ca sven edward olbash, director. David willcocks kings college cambridge 2009 duration. Hymne a la vierge op 24 o toute belle vierge marie356. The music of villette as stephen layton says in the sleeve notes is both spiritual and sensual to which i would also add warm.
Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Pierre boulez was a fellow student but their careers followed very different paths. Discover everything scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers. Even though he was an admirer of olivier messiaen and a onetime colleague of pierre boulez, french composer pierre villette observed older traditions in his music, and wrote in a quasiimpressionistic language that incorporated both tonal harmonies and modal chants in a style reminiscent of poulencs or durufles ecclesiastical works. We have a huge sheet music inventory and offer all music notation software programs including finale, encore and sibelius. We are one of the top suppliers of woodwind, brass and orchestral strings across sussex and are main agents for most of the instruments we sell. Chormusik vivian, layton, holst singers, pierre vilette. He studied with maurice durufle before attending the paris conservatoire.