organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational h ...
, former holder of the Great Organ of the
Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux
Notre-Dame des Blancs-Manteaux is a Roman Catholic parish church at 12 Rue des Blancs-Manteaux in Le Marais, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. It takes its name from the "Les Blancs-Manteaux" ("white mantles"), for the cloaks worn by the mendica ...
church in Paris.
Life
Born in
Saint-Just-la-Pendue
Saint-Just-la-Pendue (; frp, Sant-Just-la-Pendua) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Name
The name of the commune dates from the 11th century and is recorded in the documents of Savigny Abbey, Rhône. The qualifying name ...
, Guillard was for a long time the holder of the Grandes Orgues de Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux and the Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île in Paris. Founder and former head of the Department of early music at the , he is also a doctor of musicology: his thesis, defended in 1993 under the supervision of Danièle Pistone, is entitled ''L'orgue à Paris de 1964 à 1986''.
He is a regular guest at
Radio France
Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster.
Stations
Radio France offers seven national networks:
* France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety o ...
and the main festivals of the capital (Festival Estival, Festival d'Art Sacré), and has also given numerous concerts in the provinces and in Europe. He has also been executive producer at Radio France (
France Musique
France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz.
History
The channel was launch ...
) for organ cycles. In 2002, he launched a complete set of Bach' Cantatas in the Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux church, which was a great public success, is to last for more than twenty years and is now continuing to be performed in
L'Oratoire du Louvre
The Temple protestant de l'Oratoire du Louvre, also Église réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre, is a historic Protestant church located at 145 rue Saint-Honoré – 160 rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, across the street from the L ...
(
1st arrondissement of Paris
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)
A long practice of the splendid Kern organ of the Blancs-Manteaux, extensive contacts with organ builders (in particular, Jürgen Ahrend, for an aborted project relative to St-Louis-en-l'Ile) and specialised interpreters led him to take a particular interest in the European baroque and classical repertoires.
His research has taken the form of musical publications (works by G. A. Homilius, facsimile of J. S. Bach's ''The Art of Fugue''), musicological (numerous articles), musicographic (''J. S. Bach and the Organ'', series.
Que sais-je?
"Que sais-je?" (QSJ) (; Literally: "What do I know?", ) is an editorial collection published by the Presses universitaires de France (PUF). The aim of the series is to provide the lay reader with an accessible introduction to a field of study wr ...
) or educational (Manuel pratique d’Analyse).
His discography includes several world premieres: in particular the organ work of
Gottfried August Homilius
Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor and organist.Dennis Shrock ''Choral Repertoire'' 2009 -- Page 303 "1714–1785 Homilius was born near Dresden, where he was educated and where he served ...
, the first so-called "Weimar version" of J. S. Bach's Leipzig choirs, as well as the entire vocal and instrumental work of
Jehan Alain
Jehan-Aristide Paul Alain (; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer, and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and compo ...
on three CDs. These records have twice been awarded a Golden Orpheus from the (in 1992 and 1996).
His interest in contemporary repertoire has also led him to premiere important authors in France: Giacinto Scelsi, Pierre-Yves Level,
Olivier Alain Olivier Georges Alain (3 August 1918 – 28 February 1994) was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer.
Life
Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, into a musical family. His father was the organist and composer Albe ...
Jacques Castérède
Jacques Castérède (10 April 1926 – 6 April 2014)Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine">Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (CDMC) biographical pagebr>Musique Contemporaine files on CastérèdeBernard Foccroulle.
Discography
* Jehan Alain, ''Œuvres vocales et instrumentales'' (vol.1) – CD ARION Orphée d'or 1992.
* Jehan Alain, ''Œuvres vocales et instrumentales'' (vol.2) – CD ARION Orphée d'or,1996
* Jehan Alain, ''Œuvres vocales et instrumentales'' (vol.3) – CD ARION
*
Hans Leo Hassler
Hans Leo Hassler (in German, Hans Leo Haßler) (baptized 26 October 1564 – 8 June 1612) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of less known composer Jakob Hassler. He was born in Nür ...
, Organ pieces and polyphonic songs – CD Solciste
* Gaillac, l'orgue des Cavaillé with Delphine CollotDelphine Collot on Bach Cantatas Website– CD REM
* Gottfried-August Homilius, Organ works (world premiere) – CD ARION
* Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Cantates bibliques et œuvres instrumentales, 2 CD ARION
* Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Pièces pour clavier transcrites à l'orgue (world first. Orgue de la cathédrale d'Auch) - CD Jean-François Production JFP 2013
* Gottfried August Homilius, ''Huit chorals'', Paris, Ed. Musicales Transatlantiques, 1981, 22 p.
* Johann Sebastian Bach, ''Trio en sol mineur'' BWV 584, Paris, Ed. musicales Transatlantiques, 1978, 4 p.
* Johann Sebastian Bach, ''Choral Wo gehest du hin'', extract of Cantata BWV 166 (transcription: GG), Paris, Ed. musicales Transatlantiques, 1981, 4 p.
* Johann Sebastian Bach, ''Choral Du Friedefürst'', extract from Cantata BWV 143, (transcription: GG), Paris, Ed. musicales Transatlantiques, 1981, 2 pages.
* Johann Sebastian Bach, ''Fantasia con fuga'', BWV 904 (revision and original adaptation for organ by GG), Paris, Ed. musicales Transatlantiques, 1981, 10 p.
* Johann Sebastian Bach, ''Prélude, Fugue et Allegro'', BWV 998 (transcription, adaptation and fingering by GG), Ed. Delatour, 2002
* Johann Sebastian Bach, ''
The Art of Fugue
''The Art of Fugue'', or ''The Art of the Fugue'' (german: Die Kunst der Fuge, links=no), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, ''The Art of Fug ...
Johann Christoph Altnickol
Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (baptised 1 January 1720, buried 25 July 1759) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. He was a student, copyist and son-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Biography
Altnikol was born in Berna bei ...
, ''Sonata per il cembalo solo'' llegro, Largo, Vivace edition restored and annotated by Guillard, Ed. Delatour, 2002
* Johann Christoph Altnickol, ''Notenbüchlein'' ollection of 7 very short and easy pieces for beginners Ed. Delatour, 2002
* Gottfried August Homilius, ''Motetto à trois chœurs a cappella'' (1st worldwide edition), Ed. Delatour, 2002
Musicological and pedagogical works
* ''Jean Sébastien BACH et l'Orgue'', Paris, P.U.F., series Que sais-Je ?, 1987, 128 pages, out of print (8000 copies). 2nd ed. at A.Zurfluh, 2000. (translated into Swedish)
* ''Manuel Pratique d'Analyse auditive'', Paris, Ed. Musicales Transatlantiques, 1982, 131 pages, (3rd edition - avec un CD incorporé)
* Robert Schumann, ''Album d’Orgue pour la Jeunesse'', Pieces taken from Opus 68 and adapted for the organ in the form of a progressive method, Volume 1, Musical Editions of the Schola Cantorum, Fleurier, January 2013.
Participation to collective publications
* ''Glenn Gould Pluriel'', Québec, Louise Courteau, 1988, 278 p. Chapter about
Glenn Gould
Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann ...
, paradoxal organist.
* ''Guide de la Musique d'Orgue'', under the direction of
Gilles Cantagrel
Gilles Cantagrel (born 20 November 1937) is a French musicologist, writer, lecturer and music educator.
Biography
Born in Paris, Cantagrel studied physics, art history and music at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and at the Conservatoi ...
, Paris,
Fayard
Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.
In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...
, 1991, 840 pages, 2nd edition, 2013. Guillard wrote numerous articles on German Baroque music (J. S. Bach's predecessors) and contemporary music, in particular
Jehan Alain
Jehan-Aristide Paul Alain (; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer, and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and compo ...
Guy Bovet
Guy Bovet (born 22 May 1942 in Thun) is a Swiss organist and composer.
Career
Bovet studied under Marie Dufour in Lausanne, Pierre Segond in Geneva and Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. From 1979 to 1999 he taught Spanish organ music at the Univer ...
and Giacinto Scelsi.
* ''Jehan Alain, Livre du Centenaire'', under the direction of Aurélie Decourt, Les Presses Franciliennes, 2012. Article « L’orchestre « caché » de Jehan Alain ». Esquisse d’une réflexion sur J. Alain « orchestrateur », ou l’intuition d’un J. Alain orchestrateur-né.(8 pages)
Discogs
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