Louis Vierne
(8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer
Piano Quintet, Op. 42
Quintet for 2 violins, viola, cello & piano in C minor, Op. 42, written in 1917-1918.
00:00 - I. Poco lento - Moderato
10:16 - II. Larghetto sostenuto
21:24 - III. Maestoso - Allegro risoluto
Vierne's Piano Quintet is inspired by one of the many sorrowful trials that he was subjected to throughout his life; the death of one of his sons (the only surviving) killed in action in November 1917. Written in early 1918 in a fit of feverish activity, the composer pours out all his despair, anguish and bitterness, and yet the work also has a streak of tenderness that lays bare all the superb fatherly qualities of this extraordinary artist. Vierne confided to a friend that he was "…building a votive offering, a Quintet of vast proportions, to convey the inspiration born of my tenderness and my child’s tragic death."
Of special interest is the first theme, which consists of 9 different notes, until the F# (which was played before).
The Piano Quintet is dedicated: "En Ex-voto: à la mémoire de mon cher fils Jacques, Mort pour la France à 17 ans." [In votive: to the memory of my dear son Jacques, Died for France at age 17].
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