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Roger-Thomas Calmel
1921 - 1998
France
| R.T. Calmel |
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:
- Requiem
- Dies irae
- Offertoire
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
- Libera me
- In paradisum
- Requiem
- Dies irae
- Offertoire
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
- Libera me
- 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:
- Kyrie 6'38
- Dies irae 10'41
- Offertoire 3'10
- Sanctus 4'09
- Agnus Dei 3'53
- Libera me 3'15
- In Paradisum 4'42
- Kyrie 6'38
- Dies irae 10'41
- Offertoire 3'10
- Sanctus 4'09
- Agnus Dei 3'53
- Libera me 3'15
- In Paradisum 4'42
| Source: | booklet of cd HMMH - 1993 |
| Contributor: | Pentti Ruokonen |
| Marie-Antoinette (dedicatee) |