César Franck has been a composer for a long time is not the place that gave its fair share in the history of music. It is often presented in a misleading, hiding its complexity behind an outward appearance of little interest and a way to be gentle, affable, even naive.
Franck's life is also marked by great drama, high unbridled love .... companies or lived a life far from the glitz, quiet and extremely simple little llamativa.Vestido almost always black with an umbrella under his arm, looked like an ugly, scruffy and vulgar little man in the street.
There was nothing in him of arrogance or eloquence, no trace of him could be seen as the great composer who actually was. The real Franck is entirely in his music .... that's where you can encontrársele, where you can uncover.
Born in 1822 in Liege in the midst of a very humble family, and his father, a man frustrated by the mediocrity and modesty of his life, encouraged him to begin his musical studies at the Conservatory of his hometown. When little Caesar began to show signs of his genius, the family moved to Paris in 1835 so he could continue his training at the prestigious Paris Conservatory. His father, a somewhat obsessive personality, I wanted to reach as high and therefore forced him to study without break, which the young, docile nature, was subject to their chagrin.
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When finished school and got a teaching post at the Conservatory, decided to marry his student Eugenie. Caesar had already served 22 years, but even so his father opposed the marriage, a fact that has to trigger the breakdown final between the two.
were married and had four children. Those years were difficult as he pulled out his family working in earnest at the Conservatory and also teaches at home, and although I felt the itch of the composition, this work had to be pushed aside by real lack of time.
But in 1858, a fortunate circumstance changed his life: he was appointed organist of the church of Santa Clotilde, on the banks of the Seine, under the devoted himself body and soul until he died in 1890. Through the body
said it best himself, located "between heaven and earth and become the interpreter of the aspirations of men before God," as he put it.
Up on the porch of the basilica, the teacher sometimes spread the voice soft and trembling, some terrible and deep body for all areas of the temple, finally giving life to their creations and improvisations. Become the soul and intelligence of the instrument, captivated and deeply moved every one came to listen.
His reputation as an exceptional organist was increasing over the years, they called for recitals at all churches, and demonstrated its giant size of his greatest masterpieces, oratorios, masses, choral, chamber music .... were fertile moments in the history of French music.
pious and noble his character earned him all kinds of friends ... when he died and his funeral took place in the church of Santa Clotilde, "his" church, a huge crowd of friends, faithful and even beggars who it every day dispensing charity to enter the church, came to thank seen the joy and comfort received through his music.
His posthumous glory, beginning .....
deeply religious man, was always guided by its mission to bring men to God through his music. Today's work is a motet (small piece of a religious nature) that is part of a collection written in 1871. It is a short choral originally conceived for organ and choir or solo, full of faith and sincerity, and discovers the fertility of his talent even in these musical miniatures. JS Bach's spiritual heir, romantic by nature, classic inclination, Christian by conviction, always honest, always true, always true to his ideal .... Frank is a composer César eternal.
The version you hear is the incredible soprano Kiri Te Kanawa to the accompaniment of organ and orchestra. (As you can see, this time you have the video, instead of having to go to the ipod in the right margin).
I learned about this piece when it was part of the choir of the conservatory in my student years .... and I have to admit that not once of the many who read it, ceased to thrill.
If you want to know some more work, I suggest the Sonata for violin and piano in A major, at least, hear the first movement of the four that comprise ... Not let you indifferent!
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