Plein-Jeu à Saint-Séverin
Concerts
Season 2024-25: the 60 years of the rebuilding of the organ
In the early 1960s, the reconstruction of the great organ of Saint-Séverin by the organ builders Alfred KERN and Philippe HARTMANN – under the leadership of the organist Michel CHAPUIS and Father AUMONT, choirmaster – had a strong impact on the world organistic and musical, both by the novelty of the return to an instrumental style of classical aesthetics, and by the musical quality of the new organ, immediately served by a brilliant generation of young musicians around the figure of Michel CHAPUIS, who was the first titular organist.
Blessed and inaugurated on March 8, 1964, the great organ of Saint-Séverin has since been at the center of a very active artistic life, from which we can retrospectively identify five common threads: • A breeding ground for young talents, with numerous auditions allowing young organists to be heard and, for some, to become leading figures. • Great personalities who succeeded one another at the keyboards – organists, composers and improvisers – since Helmut WALCHA who gave the first major recital in April 1964. • An ideal organ for serving early music, the reconstruction having sought to reconstitute the internal structure of the 1745 case and the color of the great French classical full organ, while allowing the service of early German music, especially BACH and BUXTEHUDE. • An original composition, however, favorable to contemporary music and improvisation, from Jehan ALAIN and Olivier MESSIAEN to the collective project of the Livre d’orgue de Reims (Hymnes) created in part in Saint-Séverin in 2016. • A unifying and friendly place, finally, to which many people remain attached, both for the place and for the organ itself. To celebrate this 60th anniversary, the titular organists and the association "Plein-Jeu à Saint-Séverin" have designed a set of events over two seasons, until spring 2025, varying the formats and guests according to these outlines: • Auditions ("Concerts tremplin") with students from the Conservatoires Nationaux Supérieurs of Paris and Lyon, as well as from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional/Pôle supérieur of Paris-Boulogne-Billancourt and the Conservatoire Gabriel Fauré in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Some of these auditions will combine the organ with other instruments and singers. • On Sunday, April 28, 2024, a concert by the current titular organists, François ESPINASSE, Christophe MANTOUX and Véronique LE GUEN. • An “open tribune” evening in the fall of 2024, during which several guests will alternate musical moments on the three organs and convivial moments. • In the fall of 2024, a concert of today’s music, around the worldwide premiere of a work from Valéry AUBERTIN for the two organs and the current organists of Saint-Séverin. Around this creation will be declined an evening of repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries. • In the spring of 2025, an improvisation recital by Freddy EICHELBERGER, alternating with the plainchant of the Propre of Saint-Séverin, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. • Finally, on Saturday May 25th, 2025, a concert around The Art of Fugue by Johann Sebastian BACH, which was performed in Saint-Séverin by Helmut WALCHA in April 1965. This gala evening (including a conference and convivial moments) will be an opportunity to hear the entirety of this major work by the successive holders of the Saint-Séverin organ for 60 years. Many musicians responded positively to our invitation, including the composer Valéry AUBERTIN, the organists Michel ALABAU, Régis ALLARD, Michel and Yasuko BOUVARD, Nicolas BUCHER, Francis CHAPELET, Freddy EICHELBERGER, Aude HEURTEMATTE and Luca AKAEDA-SANTESSON, to which are added the pupils and students of the organ classes of the 5th arrondissement (prof. Françoise DORNIER), the C.N.S.M.D. of Paris (prof. Olivier LATRY and Thomas OSPITAL) and Lyon (prof. François ESPINASSE) and the CRR of Paris (prof. Christophe MANTOUX), as well as the students of the department of early music of the CRR of Paris and the Centre de Musique baroque de Versailles.
The friends of Francis CHAPELET also organized on November, 17th 2024 an exceptional concert for his 90th birthday, with choir, trumpet and organ. The association "Plein-Jeu association à Saint-Séverin" warmly wishes an wonderful birthday to this legendary organist, co-tenured of Saint-Séverin from its inauguration in 1964 until 1984; re-discoverer, and thereby savior, of the historic organs of Castile; widely recognized teacher; striking improviser and composer ― his “Etna 71” is breathtaking!
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Next event
22
FEB
16:00
Concert tremplin
Gabriel DE LAHARPE - C.R.R. of Paris
The continuation of the season
22
MAR
16:00
Italian chamber music
Class of chamber music, C.R.R. of Paris
26
APR
16:00
Concert "Grand siècle"
Improvisation and Saint-Séverin plainchant
Freddy EICHELBERGER and the Chantres of Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
24
MAY
16:00
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17:30
Closing concert - The art of the fugue
The present and past successors of Michel CHAPUIS at the gallery of Saint-Séverin give their interpretation of the program of the inauguration of March 8, 1964
16:00 - Conference by Max DOZOLME, journalist and columnist at France Musique
17:30 - Concert by Régis ALLARD, Michel BOUVARD, Nicolas BUCHER, Francis CHAPELET, François ESPINASSE, Aude HEURTEMATTE, Véronique LE GUEN, Christophe MANTOUX, Daniel ROTH
28
JUN
16:00
Concert tremplin
Haru SHIONOYA, C.N.S.M.D. of Lyon
Past events
28
APR
16:00
Opening of the celebrations by the three titular organists of Saint-Séverin
François ESPINASSE, Véronique LE GUEN, Christophe MANTOUX
Biographies
See dedicated page.
Program
Nicolaus BRUHNS (1665-1697) (2,a)
Præludium in G major
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) (3,b – 1,c –2,a)
1st movement of the concerto en a minor (transcr. Johann-Sebastian BACH – BWV 593)
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) (3,a)
Trio in G major (BWV 1027a)
Trio in d minor (BWV 583)
Prelude and fugue en G major (BWV 550)
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) (1,b – 3,c)
1st movement of the concerto in c minor for 2 harpsichords (BWV 1060)
Nicolas de GRIGNY (1672-1703) (1,a)
Hymne Veni Creator (5 versets)
(I. Veni Creator en taille à 5 – II. Fugue à 5 – III. Duo – IV. Récit de Cromorne – V. Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux)
Albert PERILHOU (1846-1936, titular organist from 1889 to 1914 of John ABBEY's organ of Saint-Séverin) (2,a)
Impromptu n°1
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707) (3,b – 1,c – 2,a)
Præludium in D major (BuxWV 139)
(1) François ESPINASSE (2) Véronique LEGUEN (3) Christophe MANTOUX
(a) Great organ KERN (b) Choir organ HARTMANN (c) Portative organ KOENIG
They spoke about it
25
MAY
16:00
Concert tremplin
Filip ŠMERDA, C.R.R. of Paris
Biography
Since his childhood, Filip ŠMERDA has been intensively devoted to music. At the age of 12, he began studying the organ, which gradually became his main instrument. He graduated from the Brno Conservatory in the organ class of Zdeněk NOVÁČEK. He is currently studying at the University of Music and Theatre in Munich under Martin SANDER, one of the greatest specialists in German organ music. In addition, he is continuing his studies with Bernhard HAAS. He is currently spending a year in Paris as part of the Erasmus program, studying with Christophe MANTOUX. Filip is also expanding his training by participating in the performance courses of the world's greatest organists (Olivier LATRY, Martin SCHMEDING, Wolfgang ZERER, David FRANKE, Harald VOGEL).
Filip has successfully participated in numerous performance competitions, including the first prize at the Petr Eben International Organ Competition in Opava, the third prize at the M. K. Čiurlionis International Organ Competition in Lithuania, the third prize at the Wuppertal International Organ Competition and the third prize at the Korschenbroich International Organ Competition. Filip regularly gives concerts in the Czech Republic and Germany, but has also had the opportunity to perform in Poland, Slovakia and Austria.
He teaches piano and organ, and also devotes himself to chamber and choral music as well as composition. He is also a church organist and choirmaster.
Program
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)
Praeludium in d minor, BuxWV 140
Nicolas DE GRIGNY (1672-1703)
Et in terra pax
Récit de Tierce en Taille
Dialogue
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
Toccata in E major, BWV 566
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Fantasy in f minor, KV 594
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Sonata in D major, Op. 65 N. 5
22
JUN
16:00
"Carte blanche" to the organ class of Conservatoire du 5th arrondissement (prof. Françoise DORNIER)
With the participation children choirs of the Conservatoires of 5th et 16tharrondissements (prof. Laurence ESQUIEU)
Program
Johann-Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Prélude in D major BWV 532
Victorien CAMBOURIAN, great organ
Oxana KRUT (née en 1971)
Jeu de Badminton
Karl DELAMARE, orgue-coffre
Marien POTTIER, orgue de choeur
Johann Gottfried WALTHER (1684-1748)
Allegro in B flat major, from the Concerto del Signor Albinoni, transcripted for organ
Amande TEMKINE, great organ
Robert DE VISEE (1655-1725)
Bourrée in d minor
Geneviève DURIN, orgue-coffre
Anonymous
Danse de mai in F major,
Raphaël DUPONT-HUYARD and Amande TEMKIN, choir organ
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)
Sonata in C major, BuxWV 266 in three movements, for 2 violins, cello and organ
(I. Adagio, Allegro, Adagio – II. Solo, Allegro – III. Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Presto, Adagio, Lento)
Lilas DION, Blanche QUILLIARD, violins
Mattéo VESLASCO MARTINEZ, cello
Siméon PETROV, orgue-coffre
Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)
Danse allemande in C major
Geneviève DURIN and Aurélien SEGARRA, choir organ
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Prelude and fugue in c minor BWV 549
Emma KIRECHE, grand organ
Joseph BODIN DE BOISMORTIER (1689-1755)
Sonata in g minor opus 37 n°4, for flute, cello and organ
(I. Allegro – II. Adagio – III. Allegro)
Marie LABBE, flute
Eloise DERNBACH, cello
Nicolas GUGUEN, orgue-coffre
Carl Philip Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)
Polonaise in g minor
Émilie GUGUEN, great organ
Jean Adam GUILAIN (1680-1739)
Suite du second ton
I. Prélude
Arsalène AFFES, great organ
II. Tierce en taille
Marien POTTIER, great organ
Johann Baptist VANHAL (1739-1813)
Allegro in G major
Émilie et Nicolas GUGUEN, great organ
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich BWV 605
Marien POTTIER, greant organ
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Menuetto from Einie kleine Nachtmusik
Ilan Aldana CHAMORRO and Natanaele MARINERO, great organ
Georg Friedrich HAENDEL (1685-1757)
Impertinence in g minor
Raphaël DUPONT-HUYARD, great organ
Claude GERVAISE (1525-1583)
Branle
Alexis BENISTAN and Emma KIRECHE, orgue-coffre
Johann PACHELBEL (1653-1706)
Chaconne in f minor (extracts)
Aurélien SEGARRA, great organ
Gabriel FAURE (1845-1924)
Messe basse (I. Kyrie eleison – II. Sanctus – III. Benedictus – IV. Agnus Dei)
Choir of young people from Conservatoires Gabriel FAURE et Francis POULENC
Laurence ESQUIEU, conductor
Yuri TSUKAHARA, soprano
Safiatou DIALO, Iris LETIZ and Michelle MARONE, voice department
Nicolas GUGUEN, Victorien CAMBOURIAN, Françoise DORNIER, choir organ
Lajos PAPP (1935-2019)
Danse polonaise
Adam DANG and Arsalène AFFES, orgue-coffre
Jean LANGLAIS (1907-1991)
Nazard, extract from Suite française
Ilan Aldana CHAMORRO, great organ
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Prelude in a minor, BWV 543
Augustin MARTEAU, great organ
Natanaele MARINERO (né en 1999)
Magnificat du 4ème ton avec plain chant alterné : Plein jeu, duo
Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)
Basse de trompette (Livre d’Orgue)
Natanaele MARINERO, great organ and Cécile PORTES, soprano
Carl Philip Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)
Duo in B flat major
Siméon PETROV, choir organ and Victorien CAMBOURIAN, orgue-coffre
Clara SCHUMANN (1819-1896)
Fugue in d minor, opus 16 n°3
Cécile PORTES, great organ
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in D major
Thomas MORIN, great organ
Nicolas DE GRIGNY (1672-1703)
Hymne Pange Lingua (I. Pange Lingua en taille à 4 – III. Récit du chant de l’hymne précédent)
Siméon PETROV, great organ
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Adagio from trio sonata BWV 525
Dorian PORTALIER, great organ
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Prelude and fugue in d minor, opus 37 n°3
Théophile COLCOMBET (prelude) and Nicolas GUGUEN (fugue), great organ
28
SEP
19:00
"Tribune ouverte"
Three hours of music, punctuated by friendly moments, with Patrick DELABRE, Françoise DORNIER, Eric LEBRUN, Marie-Ange LEURENT and Jean-Baptiste ROBIN
Biographies and program presentation
You will find the biographies of the the artists and their program presentation in the program to be downloaded.
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) (1,2)
Symphony n°41 (KV 551), Jupiter
(I. Allegro vivace – II. Andante cantabile - III. Menuetto et Trio - IV. Molto allegro)
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921), music (1,2)
Francis BLANCHE (1921-1974), text (3)
Le carnaval des animaux
(Introduction et marche royale du lion - Poules et coqs - Hémiones - Tortues - L'éléphant - Kangourous - Aquarium - Personnages à longues oreilles - Le coucou au fond des bois - La volière - Pianistes - Fossiles - Le cygne - Finale)
Georg Friedrich HAENDEL (1685-1759) (4)
Sarabande and variations
Johann Kaspar KERLL (1627-1693) (4)
Capriccio sopra il Cucu
Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764) (4)
Les Sauvages
Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632-1687) (4)
Marche des Turcs et cinq doubles (transcr. J.-B. ROBIN)
Nicolas DE GRIGNY (1672-1703) (4)
Tierce en taille
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) (4)
Toccata (transcr. J.-B. ROBIN)
Jean-Baptiste ROBIN (1976) (4)
Chant du Ténéré
Éric LEBRUN (1967) (5)
L'Ascension, extract from Sonata Sacra
Jacques-Denis THOMELIN (1640 ?-1693) (5)
5 versets sur Ave Maris Stella, avec plain chant alterné
(Plain chant en taille - Plain chant en taille à trois jeux différents - Autre plain chant pour le petit plein jeu - Fugue à trois - Fugue grave sur la trompette et le clairon)
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707) (5)
Magnificat primi toni (BuxWV 204)
Magnificat noni toni (BuxWV 205)
(Versus - Versus alla duodecima)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) (5,6)
Andante and variations in G major (KV 501)
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) (6)
Prélude in g major (BWV 541)
Andante, extract from Trio Sonata (BWV 528)
Fugue in g major (BWV 541)
Thierry ESCAICH (1965) (6)
Eaux natales, extract from Poèmes, Premier Livre
Patrick DELABRE (1952) (6)
Ricercar à 5 sur le Sanctus de Michel CHAPUIS
Michel CHAPUIS (1930-2017) (6)
Sanctus, sung by all
(1) Marie-Ange LEURENT (2) Éric LEBRUN (3) Pierre GRANDRY
(4) Jean-Baptiste ROBIN (5) Patrick DELABRE (6) Françoise DORNIER
26
OCT
16:00
Worldwide premiere - "Chronos" by Valéry AUBERTIN
Luca AKAEDA-SANTESSON, François ESPINASSE, Véronique LE GUEN
Biographies and program presentation
Luca AKAEDA SANTESSON is currently studying organ at the C.N.S.M.D. of Lyon and at the Hochmusikschule of Hamburg with Francois ESPINASSE, Liesbeth SCHLUMBERGER, Wolfgang ZERER and Pieter VAN DIJK. He obtained his Master's degree in organ in June 2024 and then perfected his skills at the HfMT in Hamburg in the Konzertexamination course.
Winner of several international prizes, he notably won the Jean-Louis FLORENTZ Organ Grand Prize 2022, the second prize at the Olivier MESSIAEN International Competition (Lyon), as well as the prize for the best interpretation of the works of Olivier MESSIAEN; he was named young ECHO organist of the year 2024 after his victory during the fifteenth edition of the International SCHNITGER competition in Alkmaar (NL).
Luca is also interested in performing video game music and electronic music on the pipe organ, and leads his "minecraft" project, notably performed at the Lyon Auditorium as a soloist.
You will find the biographies of François ESPINASSE and Véronique LE GUEN in the dedicated page, and their program presentation in their program presentation in the program to be downloaded.
Program
Michelangelo ROSSI (1602-1656) (1)
Quarta Toccata
Jean-Pierre LEGUAY (1939) (1)
Préludes n°1 and n°6
Johann-Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) (1)
Fantasia super “Komm Heiliger Geist” (BWV 652)
Bernard FOCCROULLE (1953) (1)
Toccata
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707) (1)
Klag-Lied, extr. "Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfarth" (BuxWV 76b)
Valéry AUBERTIN (1970) (2,3)
Chronos, for two organs - World première
Franz DANKSAGMÜLLER (1969) (1)
Cantio “O, traurigkeit, o Herzeleid” imitazione tremula organi
Jean-Sébastien BACH (1685-1750) (1)
Toccata and fugue in d minorr (BWV 538)
(1) Luca AKAEDA SANTESSON (2) François ESPINASSE (3) Véronique LE GUEN
They spoke about it
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Le concert du soir, France Musique - October, 23 2024 (link)
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Musique matin, La Matinale de France musique - October, 24 2024 (link)
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Concertclassic.com, Michel ROUBINET (lien)
23
NOV
16:00
Concert tremplin
Kacper ORZECHOWSKI, C.R.R. of Paris
Biography
Kacper ORZECHOWSKI was born in 2002 and comes from Krakow, Poland. He graduated from the Cardinal Franciszek MACHARSKI archidiocesan Music School in Krakow, in the organ classes of Krzysztof PAWLISZ, Tomasz CHORZALSKI and Filip PRESSEISEN. He is currently a student at the Krzysztof PENDERCKI Academy of Music in Krakow, in Arkadiusz BIALIC's organ class. He also studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany, as part of the Erasmus+ program, in the organ and organ improvisation class of Tomasz Adam NOWAK. Currently, he is also studying at the Pôle Supérieur d'enseignement Artistique Paris Boulogne-Billancourt in Christophe MANTOUX's organ class as part of the Erasmus+ program.
He won 3rd prize at the 8th Bronisław RUTKOWSKI National Organ Competition and 3rd prize at the International Organ Music Competition in Rumia. He is one of three organists at the Saint John Paul II sanctuary in Krakow.
You will find the program presentation in the program to be downloaded.
Program
Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK (1562-1621)
Ballo del Granduca
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)
Magnificat primi toni (BuxWV 203)
Louis-Nicolas CLÉRAMBAULT (1676-1749)
Suite du deuxième ton
(I. Plein jeu – III. Trio – VII. Caprice sur les grands jeux)
Jean-Sébastien BACH (1685-1750)
Pièce d’orgue (BWV 572)
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 639)
Sonate IV en mi mineur (BWV 528) (I. Adagio / Vivace – II. Andante – III. Un poco Allegro)
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (BWV 641)
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Sonate n°3 en la majeur (Op. 65.3)
30
NOV
16:00
La nativité du Seigneur by Olivier MESSIAEN
The organ class of the Conservatoire of the 5th arrondissement (prof. Françoise DORNIER) celebrates the entry into Advent with one of the organ masters of the 20th century
25
JAN
16:00
Concert tremplin
Edmond REUZÉ - C.N.S.M.D. of Paris
Biographies
Born in 2004, Edmond REUZÉ joined Marianne LÉVY-NOISETTE's organ class at the Conservatoire of Le Mans at the age of 6, and joined the class of Eric LEBRUN at the C.R.R. in Saint-Maur in 2019. Alongside the organ, he took lessons from François SAINT-YVES (writing), and began playing the harpsichord in 2021 with Brice SAILLY. As part of his studies at the C.R.R. of Saint-Maur, he will participate in the recording of two discs: "Singulièrement plurielles" (Chanteloup Musique), and the complete organ work of Olivier MESSIAEN at the Cathedral from Toul.
He is currently studying at the C.N.S.M.D. of Paris in the organ class of Thomas OSPITAL – and Olivier LATRY until 2024. He perfected his skills in basso continuo in the classes of Thierry MAEDER and Pierre CAZES, as well as improvisation in the class by Thierry ESCAICH and Laszlo FASSANG.
In 2024, he graduated with a degree in Music and Musicology at the Sorbonne.
Edmond is regularly invited to perform at festivals or prestigious venues (Vouvant, la Chaise-Dieu, Cunault, Nice, Notre-Dame de Paris), and wins first prize at the Concours Marchal in 2021. His studies at the C.N.S.M.D. of Paris led him to participate in the performance of the complete organ works of Jean-Sébastien BACH at the Philharmonie de Paris, during a marathon concert lasting 16 hours.
After studying sound engineering at the C.N.S.M.D. from Paris, Pierre ISABELLON studies choir conducting and singing at the C.R.R. in Paris.
He studied Gregorian chant in the class of Louis-Marie VIGNE. Currently, he is director of the Maîtrise des Buttes Chaumont and the vocal ensemble La Sapience.
You will find the program presentation in the program to be downloaded.
Program
Nicolas DE GRIGNY (1672-1703) (1)
A solis ortus (I. Plein-jeu – II. Trio – III. Fugue à 5 – IV. Point d’orgue)
In alternance with plain-chant
Johann-Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Fantaisie in C minor (BWV 562)
Ricercare à 6 (BWV 1079)
Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (BWV 244, transcr. Robert SCHAAB)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Adagio and fugue in C minor (KV 546)
Jean-Sébastien BACH (1685-1750)
O Mensch, bewein deine Sünde gross (BWV 244, transcr. Robert SCHAAB)
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Prelude and Fugue in C minor (Op. 37-1)
(1) Plain-chant : Pierre ISABELLON
