Wissmer - Concertos & Orchestral Works | Claves CD3045

Wissmer - Concertos & Orchestral Works

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Label: Claves

Cat No: CD3045

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st July 2022

Contents

Artists

Nora Cismondi (oboe)
Oleg Kaskiv (violin)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductor

John Fiore

Works

Wissmer, Pierre

Clamavi, triptyque symphonique
L'Enfant et la rose
Oboe Concerto
Violin Concerto no.3

Artists

Nora Cismondi (oboe)
Oleg Kaskiv (violin)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductor

John Fiore

About

While twentieth-century Swiss composers often synthesise the Latin and Germanic sources of their country’s inspiration in their aesthetics, it is to France that Pierre Wissmer (1915-1992) is resolutely attached, both in his life’s journey as in his artistic ideals.

Imbued at first with a post-Ravelian neoclassicism, over the years his style has shifted toward a more distanced relationship with tonality and a more inner language. However, the refinement of the contrapuntal writing and instrumentation will always remain a constant feauture of his art.

The orchestra occupies a preponderant position in his production. If he readily references classical structures, such as the symphony (composing nine of them between 1938 and 1989), or the concerto, he has likewise written free-form works whose construction continues to remain meticulously elaborate.

This is the case of Clamavi, a symphonic triptych composed in 1957 and premiered the same year on Radio-Genève as part of the International Red Cross Day. The most “Honeggerian” work of Wissmer, it is based on the Lutheran chorale Herr, nun lass in Frieden which runs through the three parts uninterruptedly. Each of the three sections is headed by a Biblical verse: “But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” (Revelation XII.12) – “Let your gentleness be known to all men” (Philippians IV.5) – “Do not be afraid, O earth, but rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has done great things” (Joel II.21).

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