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Roger Calmel
1921 - 1998
France
| R.T. Calmel |
Roger-Thomas [Roger] Calmel (13/05/1921 - 03/07/1998), a French composer, from Beziers. He studied with the famous composers Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud. In his choral works he uses a clear style, based on atonality, with much attention to polyphony.
Requiem
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1980 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| Duration: | 45' |
A requiem for choir and orchestra.
Requiem (1980) for 4 voices mixed (SATB), 2 soloists (soprano, basse) and orchestra, percussion. It contains:
01. Requiem
02. Dies irae
03. Offertoire
04. Sanctus
05. Agnus Dei
06. Libera me
07. In paradisum
01. Requiem
02. Dies irae
03. Offertoire
04. Sanctus
05. Agnus Dei
06. Libera me
07. In paradisum
Requiem
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1993 |
| Duration: | 36'45'' |
| In memory of: | Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (1755 - 1793) |
| Label(s): | HMMH - 1993 |
This requiem is a work for mixed choir, baritone solo, organ and orchestrates. In this requiem the choral role always dominates, sometimes in a dense but tonal polyphonie, sometimes in unisono or just two voices.
This Requiem contains:
01. Kyrie 6'38
02. Dies irae 10'41
03. Offertoire 3'10
04. Sanctus 4'09
05. Agnus Dei 3'53
06. Libera me 3'15
07. In Paradisum 4'42
01. Kyrie 6'38
02. Dies irae 10'41
03. Offertoire 3'10
04. Sanctus 4'09
05. Agnus Dei 3'53
06. Libera me 3'15
07. In Paradisum 4'42
| Source: | booklet of cd HMMH - 1993 |
| Contributor: | Pentti Ruokonen |
| Marie-Antoinette (dedicatee) |