Louis Vierne - Allegretto (op. 1)

Allegretto
"Between 1894 and 1903 Charles-Marie Widor published a quarterly collection of organ composition by his pupils and other young organists and composers under the title L'Orgue moderne. Vierne's Allegretto in B minor, Op. 1 appeared in 1894 in the first volume of this series, together with composition by Henri Libert and Charles Tournemire. The piece has a three-part A-B-A1 form. A charming oboe solo above a syncopated bass is set off by a middle section in the major, in which the syncopated rhythm is continued. The influence of Vierne's teacher, Widor, is clearly recognisable in the elegant writing style. Yet at the same time Vierne's characteristic flair for harmonic colour and poetry is already discernible." (Ben van Oosten)


Ben van Oosten
Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris

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