Sur le nom d'Alain: Organ Music by Jehan Alain and Maurice Duruflé Matthew Martin

• Maurice Durufé (1902 - 1986): Suite, Op. 5:
• 1 Durufé: Suite, Op. 5: I. Prélude 08:09
• 2 Durufé: Suite, Op. 5: II. Sicilienne 06:41
• 3 Durufé: Suite, Op. 5: III. Toccata 08:09
• Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940): Intermezzo, JA 66:
• 4 Alain: Intermezzo, JA 66 05:19
• Variations sur Lucis Creator, JA 27:
• 5 Alain: Variations sur Lucis Creator, JA 27 04:34
• Suite, JA 82:
• 6 Alain: Suite, JA 82: I. Introduction et variations 07:45
• 7 Alain: Suite, JA 82: II. Scherzo 04:58
• 8 Alain: Suite, JA 82: III. Choral 04:32
• Aria, JA 138:
• 9 Alain: Aria, JA 138 06:24
• Maurice Durufé: Chant donné ‘Hommage à Jean Gallon’:
• 10 Durufé: Chant donné ‘Hommage à Jean Gallon’ 01:42
• Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7:
• 11 Durufé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7: I. Prélude 06:48
• 12 Durufé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7: II. Fugue 05:22
• Jehan Alain: Litanies, JA 119:
• 13 Alain: Litanies, JA 119 04:45
• Total Runtime 01:15:08

Info for Sur le nom d'Alain: Organ Music by Jehan Alain and Maurice Duruflé

Für seine Debütaufnahme mit Ad Fontes hat Matthew Martin ein Konzert zusammengestellt, das zwei der größten Organisten und Komponisten des Frankreichs des 20. Jahrhunderts präsentiert. Duruflé, ein berüchtigter Perfektionist, suchte nach Inspiration in seinem tiefen Glauben und der großen Ahnenreihe französischer Komponisten – Debussy, Dukas, Fauré und Ravel. Alain, eine leidenschaftliche Stimme der Avantgarde, entwickelte seine eigene unverwechselbare Sprache vor seinem tragischen Tod 1940 im Alter von nur 29 Jahren. Dies veranlasste Duruflé, zum Gedenken an seinen Freund ein Präludium und eine Fuge zu komponieren, a la mémoire de Jehan Alain, mort pour la France. Matthew Martin hatte einen Großteil seines Lebens mit gregorianischen Gesängen verbracht – die ebenfalls einen spürbaren Einfluss auf die Musik dieses Gedenkpaars haben – und war selbst ein Schüler der verstorbenen Marie-Claire Alain in Paris, was ihm seltene Einblicke in die Musik ihres Bruders ermöglichte. Der lebendige Klang und die Klangfarbe der Ruffatti-Orgel der Buckfast Abbey sind das ideale Medium für dieses Programm, gekonnt eingefangen in einem Gebäude, das die Musik lebt und atmet.

Matthew Martin, Orgel

Matthew Martin
is Precentor and Director of College Music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and studied at Oxford University and The Royal Academy of Music. He has been commissioned by The Tallis Scholars, the choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, The Gabrieli Consort and The Sixteen, and won the Liturgical category in the 2013 British Composer Awards. Recent projects include a festival anthem (In the midst of thy Temple) for the choir of Westminster Abbey, marking the 750th anniversary of its refounding, and a test piece (Triptych) for the 2019 St Albans International Organ Competition.

Matthew Martin was born in 1976 and read music at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was organ scholar. After graduating in 1997, he went on to the Royal Academy of Music, London as a post-graduate student winning all the major organ prizes, and subsequently continued his studies in Paris with Marie-Claire Alain. He was recently elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and is currently a teacher in keyboard skills and organ improvisation there.

In 2000 Matthew was appointed Organist and Choirmaster at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin and Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford before moving to Canterbury Cathedral in 2002 where he played for the enthronement of Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop. Since 2004 he has been Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral. In addition to daily work with the cathedral choir, he organizes and gives many of the cathedral’s organ recitals. These recently included performances of the complete organ works of Jehan Alain over five concerts and Messiaen’s Messe de la Pentecôte and La Nativité du Seigneur.

As well as his busy schedule as a recitalist and director, Matthew is in increasing demand as a composer and his music is widely performed both in this country and further afield. Recent commissions have come from The Cardinall’s Musick, the choirs of Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral, as well as a Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Cathedral. Each year during August, Matthew directs the Nave Choir of boys and men as part of the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy.

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