Philippe Leduc
About the composer
Philippe Leduc is living in Montreal, Canada, and at the moment (about 1997) involved in a project named The Wings of Fire. This is a tetralogy of four CD’s, describing in music the life of a man, a life that is shaken by the historical developments in the first half of the twentieth century. The project is dedicated to the victims of war. Simultaneously with the CD’s novels will be published in which the story is told in detail. The music is very expressive and might have come from a picture or a musical. On each of the first two CD’s a Stabat Mater can be found. In both pieces (one situated in 1937, the other in 1941) the mother of the man, thinking her son has died, prays to God for help.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1994 (Stabat Mater 37) |
| Performers: | Soprano, symphony orchestra |
| Length: | 8.44 minutes |
| Particulars: | As in some other modern Stabat Maters the Stabat Mater 37 is not based solely on the poem, but other pieces of text are used, by which the composer tries to extend the meaning to all suffering people. |
| Textual variations: | The text according to "Analecta" is used, but only the first four stanzas. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | PHLCD 2202: The Wings of Fire, Part I: Blood |
| More info: | The first part of this musical story. Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, in October 1994. |
| Orchestra: | The Free Symphony of Prague |
| Choir: | The Free Symphony of Prague |
| Conductor: | Mario Klemens |
| Soloists: | Mary-Lou Gauthier, soprano |
| Other works: | The Red Baron Flying Circus |
| Code: | LED-01 |
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About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1994 (Stabat Mater 41) |
| Performers: | Soprano, alto, symphony orchestra |
| Length: | 13.13 minutes |
| Particulars: | Just as in the Stabat Mater 37 the Stabat Mater 41 is not based solely on the poem, but other pieces of text are used, by which the composer tries to extend the meaning to all suffering people. |
| Textual variations: | The text according to "Analecta" is used, but only the stanzas 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 and 10. The other texts (in stanza's I, II and III) are by the composer, in fact a plea by a mother to God to tell her where her son is. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | PHLCD 2206: The Wings of Fire, Part II: Toil |
| More info: | The second part of this musical story. Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, in October 1994. |
| Orchestra: | The Free Symphony of Prague |
| Choir: | The Free Symphony of Prague |
| Conductor: | Mario Klemens |
| Soloists: | Mary-Lou Gauthier, soprano |
| Other works: | Lionhearted |
| Code: | LED0-02 |
