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Partridge, Philippe

Philippe Partridge

About the composer

French-American musician, born in Paris, he musically grew up in Italy where he studied piano, composition and opera singing but also musicology improving his knowledge of musical paleography and musical philology at the Pavia university. He accomplished his studies of composition with Davide Anzaghi (Milan conservatory) and successively with Franco Donatoni. He also sang in opera choruses in some of the most important theaters in Italy making a direct experience of the opera repertoire and its vocal aspects. He is composer of instrumental and orchestral music but is mostly interested in vocal music, taking a great interest in composing choral sacred music.
He moved to the grand duchy of Luxembourg in 2007 where he worked for the National Theater of Luxembourg and the City Theater of Luxembourg as an arranger and stage music composer He has been working with the choir of the University of Luxembourg since 2008 as a vocal coach. For the choir of the University of Luxembourg, he composed the music of Chorus 27 for mezzo, choir and string quartet and a Stabat Mater. He now is a music theory teacher at the conservatory of Luxembourg.

About the Stabat Mater

Date: 2015
Performers:

Mezzo soprano, choir, percussions, bass clarinet, double bass

Length: 26.58 minutes
Particulars:

The 20 stanzas in this composition are divided into 11 parts.
From the chronicle of the University of Luxembourg: "This text sounds like a call to face the worst pain with compassion, to be placed in the acceptance of his own condition," said Philip Partridge. "Indeed, the importance of this text lies not only in what he expresses but also and just as much in what he does not express: anger, revenge or resentment toward those who have caused suffering."
This work by Philip Partridge is primarily vocal, sensitive and compassionate. It does not seek to stage the text, but to enter a contemplative and meditative dimension to access inner peace once transcended the expression of pain. Musically, the harmony is based on the range that the composer multiplies and overlaps in different ways, as the search for a state of stability and rest.

Textual variations:
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Information about the recording

CD: Espaces Culture – University of Luxembourg 2016
More info:

Recording: March 2016, in the Basilica of Saint Willibrord, Echternach , Luxemburg. Special edition with bookbinding and extra graphic. On the front cover the painting ‘Die gute Nachricht’ by Raffaela Zenoni.

Orchestra: Paul Altmann, Laurent Clément, Michel Mootz, Paul Mootz, percussions Eric Engel, bass clarinet, Patricio Banda, double bass
Choir: Choir of the University of Luxembourg
Conductor: Julia Pruy
Soloists:

Luisa Partridge-Mauro, mezzo-soprano

Other works:

Qui seminant in lacrimis (those who sow in sorrow), motet for a cappella choir

Code: part-01

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