Rachel Laurin (b. 1961) : Concerto for organ, Strings and timpani (2011)

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Rachel Laurin (b. 1961) (Canada) Concerto in D for organ, Strings and timpani (2011) Organist : André Lash Dir : Gerard Schwarz 1- Introduction and Allegretto (10.55) 2- Elegy (Adagio molto espressivo) (10.58) 3- Fantasie-Rondo (Energico) (6.49) On collectionCB3 and collectionCB4 we can also listen to Rachel Laurin’s « Concerto in G for marimba/vibraphone and string orchestra » (1992), « Fantaisie pour guitare » (1995), « Piano Concerto » (2008), « Fantasy and Fugue, for Organ Duet (one organ, four hands) » (2012). Organist, composer and improviser, Rachel Laurin was born in l96l, in St-Benoît, Province of Quebec, Canada. After her studies at the Montreal Conservatory, she became Associate Organist at St-Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal (1986-2002), and from 2002 to 2006 she was Titular Organist at Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa. She now devotes herself to composition, recitals, master classes and lectures. Rachel Laurin has performed organ recitals in major cities in Canada, the United States and Europe, and has made more than ten recordings on Motette, Musicus, Musicus/Fidelio, Analekta, SRC (Radio-Canada), Riche Lieu, and BND labels. In 2000 in Montreal, and 2001, in Ottawa, she played the Six Organ Symphonies by Louis Vierne, in three recitals. In 2002, at the inauguration of the Edmonton Winspear Center’s new Létourneau organ, she performed the Premiere of Jacques Hétu’s Concerto for Organ with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi. Rachel Laurin is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre. She has composed more than sixty works for various instruments, instrumental ensembles and orchestra. These works have been performed and recorded in major cities in America, Europe, Asia and South Africa. She has won many awards including the « Prix Conrad-Letendre », the Holtkamp-AGO Composition Competition 2008, and the first Prize of the Marilyn Mason New Organ Music Competition, in 2009. She is frequently invited as organist and composer in major organ festivals and, among others, was a recitalist in the AGO National Convention 2008 (St.Paul/Minneapolis, MN), and a commissioned composer for the AGO National Convention 2010, in Washington, D.C. She also presented the opening gala recital of the RCCO Centenary National Convention, in Toronto, in 2009. Rachel Laurin is well known as an improviser, and she had many opportunities to teach this art in many schools and académies : at the Montreal Conservatory, in Épinal, France, in many RCCO and AGO workshops, and in Calgary as a Faculty Member at the Mount Royal Summer Academy where she was also in charge of a composition class. In November 2009, and March 2010, she was “Distinguished Guest Artist” at Yale University (New Haven, CT), invited as a lecturer, teacher and concertist. Major works : - Ten Pieces for the Piano, op.1, 3, 5 et 8 - Sonata in E Minor for piano, op.2 - Suite, Ballet in three scenes (from Piano sonata, op.2), op.18 - Quartet, for violin I, violin II, Viola, Cello, op.19 - Concerto in G, for vibraphone, marimba and string orchestra, op.21 - Sonata in A Minor, for violin and piano, op.23 - Divertissement, for vibraphone, marimba and piano, op.25 - Fantaisie, for guitar, op.28 - Three Pieces, for organ, op.31 (2012) - Symphony No.1, for organ, op.36 (2008) - Heroic Study, for organ, op.38 (2012) - Sonate, for duet for violin and viola, op.40 - Sonata in E Minor, for viola and piano, op.42 - Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, for organ, op.45 (2008) - Piano Concerto, op.46 (2008) - Four Preludes, for harpsichord, op.48 - Symphony No.2, for organ, tone toem on “The Fall of the House of Usher” by E.A. Poe, op.55 - Concerto in D, for organ, string orchestra and timpani, op. 59 (2011) - Sonata, for organ and horn, op.60 - Fantasy and Fugue, for Organ Duet (one organ, four hands), op. 62 (2012) - Introduction and Allegro, for organ and oboe, op.65 To better know the Canadian composer Rachel Laurin : http://www.rachellaurin.com/