Thierry PALLESCO
French composer and organist
Extract of the Fantaisie for organ
Thierry Pallesco at the organ of the church Sainte-Radegonde de Poitiers (2002)
Now Thierry Pallesco is on Facebook!
Dedication of Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006), in October, 1982.
NEW in 2023-24
Now published by United Music Publishing Ltd (UMP), England:
For organ:
- Te Deum, Fantaisie n°3, Fantaisie n°4, Fantaisie n°5, Fantaisie n°6, Fantaisie n°7, Fantaisie sur B-A-C-H, Caprice poétique n°6, Scherzo, Andantino, 5 petites pièces, Bicinium, Impromptu, Largo, Lueurs nocturnes, Méditation, offertoire, Perpetuum mobile, Prélude ascensionnel, Syncopes (Toccata), Scherzo.
You can already listen to these pieces on Youtube.
As well as:
- Fantaisie pour Clavecin et orgue
- Divertissement, pour flûte, hautbois et basson
- Caprice poétique, pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette et basson
- Le carrousel, pour piano
- Tic-tac, pour piano
- Suite pour piano
- Impromptu pour piano
- Élégie, pour violon et piano
- Diptyque, pour violon solo
- 2 Danses pour flûte et piano
- 2 pièces for accordion (Tango pour Louis and Souvenir).
You can already listen to these pieces on Youtube.
Organ recital
Sat 6 April 2024, 1.00 pm
Organ Recital – St John’s Kirk de Perth (Scotland): Simon Leach (Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh). Simon Leach will perform Pallesco's "Fantaisie #5" (Premiere).
I - Biography
Thierry Pallesco was born in Paris in 1956. After achieving his piano studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Versailles in the class of Madeleine Chacun - he later became one of her assistants - he studied the organ at the Ecole Nationale de Musique d'Orsay with André Isoir (gold medal in 1980), then with Rolande Falcinelli at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he was awarded the first prizes in harmony (in 1980, in the class of Roger Boutry), in counterpoint (in 1981, in the class of Jean-Paul Holstein) and in fugue (in 1982, in the class of Michel Merlet) then his prize in organ (in 1983).
In 1984, he was a finalist of the composition competition of the Amis de l'Orgue. Since then his works have been published in France and Germany.
He has been professor of harmony at the University of Poitiers, France. He has been organist of the Cathédrale St-Spire de Corbeil-Essonnes (in the Paris area).
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The organ works of T. Pallesco have been performed in USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Russia and France.
Thanks especially to Stephen Tharp (USA, New York), Alistair Reid (USA, Greenwich, Connecticut), Kevin Bowyer, D'Arcy Trinkwon and Marcus Wibberley (UK), Armin Becker (München, Germany), (Dr) Josef Dahlberg (Köln, Germany), Petra Veenswijk and Eric Koevoets (Netherlands), Jacques Saint-Laurent (Canada), Pascale Rouet, Jean-Paul Imbert, Olivier Grodecoeur, Marc Sacrispeyre, Bruno Mathieu, Michael Matthes, Maxime Patel, Yannick Merlin and François Clément (France) : all of them are T. Pallesco's performers round-the-world !
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"...Your organ pieces feel so natural under the hands and you use the colours and sonorities of the organ so very well. Le Salut always makes a big impact with its huge striding theme, and your Variations sounded so colorful at Durham. Many people told me how much they enjoyed your Toccata and Fugue at Truro. I opened the programme with that. It is such a rich, expressive piece and very satisfying to play. I will play them all again and venture further into your music too..." (Kevin Bowyer, in December, 2005)
"... I have listened to the piece several times and I am impressed by the energy and color of the music. I think it would be a great addition to the repertoire..." (Alistair Reid, in January, 2013)
"...Thank you very much for this score! Yes, I absolutely accept the dedication and will be playing the work in concert. It's quite splendid!..." (Stephen Tharp, in February, 2013)
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II - Works of Thierry Pallesco
Last updating : 12/23/2021
- Fantaisie (18/01/2013, 4'45) - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 2186
- 2 Préludes Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 2195
- Prelude N°1 (10/02/2013, 2'28)
- Prélude N°2 (15/02/2013, 2'40)
- Caprice poétique n°5 (29/05/2008, 4'40) - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 1750
- Suite en FA (07/07/2001, total = 15') - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0046
Volume I - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0012
- Toccata et fugue en C sharp (total = 7'33) Youtube (by Kevin Bowyer)
- a) Toccata (24/11/1979, 4'33)
- b) Fugue (20-22/04/2001, 3')
- Toccata en ré (30/05/2002, 3'20)
- Le salut messianique (24/09/1990, 3'45) Youtube (by Kevin Bowyer)
- Au commencement... (Genèse, I, 1-2) (28/03/1989 et 23/12/1998, 4'28)
- Vers Toi, Seigneur, j'élève mon âme (31/07/1998, 5'02)
Volume II - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0029
- Caprice poétique n°1 (25/03/1982, 2'52)
- Caprice poétique n° 2 (25/06/0982, 3'10)
- Caprice poétique n°3 (14/07/1982, 3'45)
- Caprice poétique N°4 (31/01/2001, 5'23)
- Variations (1980, 5'37)
- Harmonies en Paradis (21/02/1988, 3'05)
Volume III - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0032
- La Femme de l'Apocalypse (09/09/1977 et 09/1990, 5'07)
- Rhapsodie (07/06/2001, 7'47) Youtube (by Pascale Rouet-Nollemans in Dudelange - Luxembourg)
- Evocation (30/08/1990, 4'05)
- Petite suite (14/04/1989, 18/04/1989, 08/09/1989, 4'53)
- Paraphrase sur "Hosanna filio David" (16/01/2002, 1'25)
- 12 nouvelles pièces pour orgue (Collection Organ Prestige), Editions Delatour-France. réf. DLT2914
Mémorial, Hommage à Couperin, Prélude nostalgique, Cantabile, Evocation n°2, Prélude glorieux, Toccata en Mi, Prélude extatique, Fantaisie n°2, Toccata en Ut, Prélude en La, Passacaille.
Christ a vaincu la mort (Toccata) (26/01/88, 4'). Published by Heinrichshofen (Germany) - réf. N 2145
- Transcription by T. Pallesco of the "Maestoso" from the 3ème Symphonie with organ of Camille SAINT-SAENS. Sort of "Wedding march" version (3'15). Delatour-France (réf. DLT 1698).
- "Hymn to St Radegund" for women's choir 3 voices and organ Delatour-France (réf. DLT 2146.
- "Sortilèges" ("Spells"), for string quartet (I Vivace - II Lento - III Spiritoso, 7'). Delatour-France
- "Prélude pastoral et Fugue" for piccolo, hautbois and strings (4'35 - 1979). Delatour-France
- L'Orgue contemporain pour les premières années (The contemporain Organ for the first years) - Volume 1, forword by Marie-Claire Alain, 25 pieces of which 6 by T. Pallesco - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 1099
- 2 Préludes, and Parfums d'enfance (5 little and easy pieces) for the piano, published by Delatour France .
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III - CD's including Thierry Pallesco's works :
- "The Organ Works of Thierry Pallesco" (Priory - UK) :
13 organ pieces by Kevin Bowyer (organ of Glasgow Cathedral).
In this CD : the 5 Caprices poétiques, Le salut messianique, the Rhapsodie, the Suite in F, La Femme de l'apocalypse, Christ a vaincu la mort, Vers Toi, Seigneur, the Variations and the Toccata and fugue in C sharp.
- The Salut Messianique was recorded by Marcus Wibberley (Portsmouth Cathedral) on the CD "Sing to the Lord" (2009), The Choirs of Portsmouth Cathedral, published by "Convivium records". Link "Amazon".
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IV - ERRATA LIST
Editions Heinrichshofen :
Christ a vaincu la mort (Toccata for organ) :
- Page 3, bar 5 (counting the bar with anacrusis) and page 9, last bar : G clef, 2nd beat, remove the sharp in front of the D in triplet (4th line) and add a sharp in front of the C in triplet (3rd space).
- Page 6, bar 8 : last note of the last arpeggio of the left hand, read F and not G.
For organ:
- Te Deum, Fantaisie n°3, Fantaisie n°4, Fantaisie n°5, Caprice poétique n°6, Scherzo, Andantino, 5 petites pièces, Bicinium, Impromptu.
You can already listen to these pieces on Youtube.
As well as:
- Divertissement, pour flûte, hautbois et basson
- Caprice poétique, pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette et basson
- Le carrousel, pour piano
- Élégie, pour violon et piano
- Diptyque, pour violon solo
- 2 Danses pour flûte et piano
- 2 pièces for accordion (Tango pour Louis and Souvenir).
Organ recital
Sunday 14 November 2021 at 11.30 am, in Germany :
Evangelical Episcopal Church of St. Matthew, Munich. Armin Becker will perform "La Femme de l'Apocalypse" by T. Pallesco.
I - Biography
Thierry Pallesco was born in Paris in 1956. After achieving his piano studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Versailles in the class of Madeleine Chacun - he later became one of her assistants - he studied the organ at the Ecole Nationale de Musique d'Orsay with André Isoir (gold medal in 1980), then with Rolande Falcinelli at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he was awarded the first prizes in harmony (in 1980, in the class of Roger Boutry), in counterpoint (in 1981, in the class of Jean-Paul Holstein) and in fugue (in 1982, in the class of Michel Merlet) then his prize in organ (in 1983).
In 1984, he was a finalist of the composition competition of the Amis de l'Orgue. Since then his works have been published in France and Germany.
He has been professor of harmony at the University of Poitiers, France. He has been organist of the Cathédrale St-Spire de Corbeil-Essonnes (in the Paris area).
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
The organ works of T. Pallesco have been performed in USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Russia and France.
Thanks especially to Stephen Tharp (USA, New York), Alistair Reid (USA, Greenwich, Connecticut), Kevin Bowyer, D'Arcy Trinkwon and Marcus Wibberley (UK), Armin Becker (München, Germany), (Dr) Josef Dahlberg (Köln, Germany), Petra Veenswijk and Eric Koevoets (Netherlands), Jacques Saint-Laurent (Canada), Pascale Rouet, Jean-Paul Imbert, Olivier Grodecoeur, Marc Sacrispeyre, Bruno Mathieu, Michael Matthes, Maxime Patel, Yannick Merlin and François Clément (France) : all of them are T. Pallesco's performers round-the-world !
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"...Your organ pieces feel so natural under the hands and you use the colours and sonorities of the organ so very well. Le Salut always makes a big impact with its huge striding theme, and your Variations sounded so colorful at Durham. Many people told me how much they enjoyed your Toccata and Fugue at Truro. I opened the programme with that. It is such a rich, expressive piece and very satisfying to play. I will play them all again and venture further into your music too..." (Kevin Bowyer, in December, 2005)
"... I have listened to the piece several times and I am impressed by the energy and color of the music. I think it would be a great addition to the repertoire..." (Alistair Reid, in January, 2013)
"...Thank you very much for this score! Yes, I absolutely accept the dedication and will be playing the work in concert. It's quite splendid!..." (Stephen Tharp, in February, 2013)
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II - Works of Thierry Pallesco
Last updating : 12/23/2021
- Fantaisie (18/01/2013, 4'45) - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 2186
- 2 Préludes Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 2195
- Prelude N°1 (10/02/2013, 2'28)
- Prélude N°2 (15/02/2013, 2'40)
- Caprice poétique n°5 (29/05/2008, 4'40) - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 1750
- Suite en FA (07/07/2001, total = 15') - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0046
Volume I - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0012
- Toccata et fugue en C sharp (total = 7'33) Youtube (by Kevin Bowyer)
- a) Toccata (24/11/1979, 4'33)
- b) Fugue (20-22/04/2001, 3')
- Toccata en ré (30/05/2002, 3'20)
- Le salut messianique (24/09/1990, 3'45) Youtube (by Kevin Bowyer)
- Au commencement... (Genèse, I, 1-2) (28/03/1989 et 23/12/1998, 4'28)
- Vers Toi, Seigneur, j'élève mon âme (31/07/1998, 5'02)
Volume II - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0029
- Caprice poétique n°1 (25/03/1982, 2'52)
- Caprice poétique n° 2 (25/06/0982, 3'10)
- Caprice poétique n°3 (14/07/1982, 3'45)
- Caprice poétique N°4 (31/01/2001, 5'23)
- Variations (1980, 5'37)
- Harmonies en Paradis (21/02/1988, 3'05)
Volume III - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 0032
- La Femme de l'Apocalypse (09/09/1977 et 09/1990, 5'07)
- Rhapsodie (07/06/2001, 7'47) Youtube (by Pascale Rouet-Nollemans in Dudelange - Luxembourg)
- Evocation (30/08/1990, 4'05)
- Petite suite (14/04/1989, 18/04/1989, 08/09/1989, 4'53)
- Paraphrase sur "Hosanna filio David" (16/01/2002, 1'25)
- 12 nouvelles pièces pour orgue (Collection Organ Prestige), Editions Delatour-France. réf. DLT2914
Mémorial, Hommage à Couperin, Prélude nostalgique, Cantabile, Evocation n°2, Prélude glorieux, Toccata en Mi, Prélude extatique, Fantaisie n°2, Toccata en Ut, Prélude en La, Passacaille.
Christ a vaincu la mort (Toccata) (26/01/88, 4'). Published by Heinrichshofen (Germany) - réf. N 2145
- Transcription by T. Pallesco of the "Maestoso" from the 3ème Symphonie with organ of Camille SAINT-SAENS. Sort of "Wedding march" version (3'15). Delatour-France (réf. DLT 1698).
- "Hymn to St Radegund" for women's choir 3 voices and organ Delatour-France (réf. DLT 2146.
- "Sortilèges" ("Spells"), for string quartet (I Vivace - II Lento - III Spiritoso, 7'). Delatour-France
- "Prélude pastoral et Fugue" for piccolo, hautbois and strings (4'35 - 1979). Delatour-France
- L'Orgue contemporain pour les premières années (The contemporain Organ for the first years) - Volume 1, forword by Marie-Claire Alain, 25 pieces of which 6 by T. Pallesco - Editions Delatour-France. Réf. DLT 1099
- 2 Préludes, and Parfums d'enfance (5 little and easy pieces) for the piano, published by Delatour France .
_______________________________________________________________
III - CD's including Thierry Pallesco's works :
- "The Organ Works of Thierry Pallesco" (Priory - UK) :
13 organ pieces by Kevin Bowyer (organ of Glasgow Cathedral).
In this CD : the 5 Caprices poétiques, Le salut messianique, the Rhapsodie, the Suite in F, La Femme de l'apocalypse, Christ a vaincu la mort, Vers Toi, Seigneur, the Variations and the Toccata and fugue in C sharp.
- The Salut Messianique was recorded by Marcus Wibberley (Portsmouth Cathedral) on the CD "Sing to the Lord" (2009), The Choirs of Portsmouth Cathedral, published by "Convivium records". Link "Amazon".
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
IV - ERRATA LIST
Editions Heinrichshofen :
Christ a vaincu la mort (Toccata for organ) :
- Page 3, bar 5 (counting the bar with anacrusis) and page 9, last bar : G clef, 2nd beat, remove the sharp in front of the D in triplet (4th line) and add a sharp in front of the C in triplet (3rd space).
- Page 6, bar 8 : last note of the last arpeggio of the left hand, read F and not G.
