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Maurice OHANA (1913-1992). Autograph musical... - Lot 320 - Ader
Maurice OHANA (1913-1992). Autograph musical manuscript, Lux Noctis-Dies Solis, 1983-1988; 61 leaves 37.5 x 27 cm (marginal cut on the last leaf during clichage).
Important diptych for four choirs, two organs and percussion, composed in two stages, before and after the writing of the opera La Celestine, on Latin texts by the poet Catullus and Roman inscriptions. [CCP92 and 98, p. 474-477 and 488-490]
Dies Solis, composed in 1983, was premiered on June 11, 1983 at the Lyon International Festival, for the Choral Day, by the Association d'art populaire, under the direction of Stéphane Caillat. Lux Noctis was composed in 1988. Ohana combined the two parts, starting with the most recent one; the work was performed on December 9, 1988, as part of the Festival d'Art Sacré, in Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, by the Association d'art populaire, under the direction of Stéphane Caillat, to whom the work is dedicated.
The work requires a choir of children's voices (16 to 24), a choir of 16 mixed voices, a 3rd choir of 30 to 40 mixed voices, and a 4th choir of 40 to 60 voices, plus an organ, a choir organ (with the 4th choir), and a percussionist.
"Ohana surpasses himself here in terms of richness of sound, variety of colours and harmonic sumptuousness. This polychoral writing, supported by the two organs, is reminiscent of the Venetians of the Renaissance. If the words of Lux noctis celebrate the splendour of starry nights conducive to love and hymns, Dies solis contrasts the perenniality of the suns with the ephemeral duration of life, which will be followed by darkness" (Harry Halbreich).
The manuscript is carefully written in Indian ink on tracing paper with 24 or 26 lines. Lux Noctis occupies pages 1 to 36; it is signed at the end with the monogram and dated "Carnac Sare Août-Sept.88". Dies Solis (p. 37-61) is dated at the end "Paris-Carnac 3.III.83".
Discography: Les Petits Chanteurs de Paris, Musicatreize, Chœur contemporain d'Aix-en-Provence, Chœur de l'Université de Provence, Jean-Marc Aymes and Roland Conil (organs), Jean-Paul Bernard (percussion), under the direction of Roland Hayrabedian (Calliope 1991)
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