evreux cathedral creation of a composition international competition

EVREUX CATHEDRAL
CREATION OF A COMPOSITION INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION
FOR VOICES AND ORGAN
A magnificent new organ by french organ builder Pascal Quoirin has recently be completed in Evreux cathedral.
The futuristic design of the organ case intends this instrument for musical creation.
In this cathedral took place, at the end of XVIth century, the “Puy de Musique” created by the composer
Guillaume de Costeley, very attractive composition competition for the best musicians at this period.
The “Amis de l’orgue de la cathédrale d’Evreux » (AM.OR.C.E.) organize each year an “Organ and sacred
music festival” about this exceptional instrument. They have wished to restore this tradition by creating a new
composition competition, as attractive for XXIst century musicians.
This competition will be called “Prix Guillaume Costeley”.
Evreux Cathedral organ was inaugurated in 2007
Organ case designed by Bruno Decaris
Rules
- The competition is open to all composers of any nationality and of any age.
- The work must be original. It must be intended for organ and vocal ensemble. It will be premiered in Autumn
2011 during the “organ and sacred music festival”. It will be played by the grand organ of Evreux cathedral
(specification below) and the vocal ensemble “Ludus modalis”, run by Bruno Boterf .
This ensemble includes 8 to 12 male and female voices; it is specialized in the “Puy de Musique” time repertoire,
but commission as well contemporary vocal works (to be performed during “Le Puy neuf”). For this work, the
ensemble will be placed in the nave, just 5 meters in front of the organ gallery. Attention must be paid, when
writing, to the fact that Bruno Boterf conducts while singing, and is placed inside the ensemble and not in front
of it. To improve the coordination between choir and organ, an audiovisual relay will be placed on the organ
gallery. The choice of the organist for the creation concert will be discussed with each selected composer.
- As regards the literary text, the religious inspiration must be mostly considered in a philosophical and poetical
point of view, and may include multicultural and multireligious aspects.
- Duration of the work: 10 to 20 minutes.
Applications :
Applications are received at the website of AMORCE : http://orgues.evreux.free.fr, or by letter to Yves Laot
Becdal 27400 Acquigny France. We send a confirmation.
If you want to visit the organ, send an e-mail to Yves Laot: [email protected] tel (33) 2 32 50 39 11
- Deadline : scores will be received by registered letter till May 31 st 2010 sent to : Yves Laot Becdal 27400
Acquigny The organization committee will send a confirmation. Scores will have to be anonymous, without any
distinctive sign allowing to identify the composer
- Participation in the competition implies contestants’s full acceptance of the rules. In the event of a dispute, only
the French language version of these rules is binding.
Selection
The jury will read the scores and will select maximum three of them. He eventually can select none.The selected
composers will be advised at the latest on October 31st 2010. If more than one work is selected, the chairman of
jury will proclaim the decision at the end of the creation concert. The winner will be attributed an amount of
three thousand Euros; his/her work will be published later on. If attibuted, the second prize will be offered an
amount of 1500 euros and the third one an amount of 750 euros . The jury may award no prize.
Jury
Chairman: Michaël Radulescu, organist and composer
Members: Bruno Boterf, head of the “Ludus modalis” ensemble
Nicole Corti, choirmaster of chœur Britten, professor of choir conducting at the conservatoire nationalesupérieur
de Musique et de Danse of Lyon
Alain Mabit, composer, professor in Post-tonal writing techniques at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de
Musique et de Danse de Paris
Pascale Rouet, organist, professor of organ at the CRD of Charleville-Mézières
At the creation concert, the jury will also include Jean-Pierre Leguay, composer and co-organist of the grandorgan of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.
Organization committee
Yves Laot, Odile Jutten, Père Pascal Le Roux
Specification
I-Choir : montre 8, bourdon 8, prestant 4, flûte 4, doublette2, nazard 2 2/3, tierce 1 3/5, larigot 1 1/3, plein-jeu 6 rangs,
trompette 8, cromorne 8, tremblant
II-Great : montre 16, montre 8 (doublure harmonique de C2 à G5), prestant 4, doublette 2, quinte 2 2/3/, grande fourniture 3
rgs, fourniture 5 rgs, 1ère cymbale 3 rgs, 2ème cymbale 2 rgs, 1ère trompette 8, 2ème trompette 8 en chamade
III-Expressive swell : : gambe 8, voix céleste 8, flûte harmonique 8, flûte octaviante 4, prestant 4, octavin 2, nazard 2 2/3,
tierce 1 3/5, fourniture 3 rgs, basson 16, trompette 8, basson hautbois 8, voix humaine 8, clairon harmonique 4, tremblant
IV- Bombarde manual : bourdon 16, bourdon 8, gambe 8, flûte harmonique 8, flûte ouverte 4, grosse tierce 3 1/5, gros
nazard 5 1/3, cornet 5 rgs, bombarde 16, trompette 8, clairon 4, tremblant
V-Pedal : flûte 16, flûte 8, prestant 4, grosse quinte 10 2/3, grosse tierce 6 2/5, bombarde 32 acoustique
Manual compass: 56 keys
Pedal compass: 32 keys
Couplers: I/ped, II/ped, III/ped,IV/ped.
with Barker machine: I/II, III/II, IV/II
III/I
mechanical action; electric stop action
Electronical combinatory (48 spaces with 18 series of 10 combinations)
2 CD are available, “classiques d’hier” by Odile Jutten, “classiques de demain” by Pascale Rouet : you can order
at www.disques-triton.com
(further details available on AM.OR.C.E. website)
Application form :
You can fill the web-form at http://orgues.evreux.free.fr and send it by internet, or if you prefer use postal way
Address: Yves Laot Becdal 27400 Acquigny France
You’ll receive an acknowledgement of receipt
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Je m’inscris au concours Guillaume Costeley prize
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