Sheet Music Downloads by Jean Guillou

The French organist and composer Jean Guillou (*1930) calls his own cycle 'Colloque' in which the grand seigneur among the virtuoso organists wants to present an exchange of ideas, while juxtaposing c...

A musical instrument has its own personality, with a voice that can provoke reactions, give rise to dramatic impulses and awaken colours and moods; it is capable of articulating and responding to all...

Colloque, colloquy or symposium, is a term used in reference to Erasmus, but of course also to Plato and, closer to us, Paul Valéry. In this piece, instead of characters who speak to each other, there...

'Augure' is not about looking into the future. This piece does not attempt to conjure up omens; instead, it describes figures that may subsequently be interpreted in the listener's mind. The richest o...

This work with its unusual instrumentation originates in Guillou's conceptual design of the organ for the new concert hall in Tenerife. The composition project came into being when he determined the s...

Jean Guillou's 'Hymnus' Op. 72 was written in memory of Father Jaap Keulen, a friend of the composer. Hymns are traditional, chordal, solemn chants. The piece has adopted this style by consisting main...

Der französische Komponist Jean Guillou (geb. 1930) hat eine ganze Reihe von Werken für Orgel plus Instrument komponiert, die alle den Serientitel 'Colloques' tragen. Damit ist alles über die Intentio...

Although the organ clearly represents the centre of the musical action in Jean Guillou's Concerto No. 5 'Le Roi Arthur', the accompanying brass quintet has an important role. Like the noble knights at...

Since Bach's Trio Sonatas, this form of playing with 2 obbligato parts and pedal has been among the most important and elaborate tasks of every organist, the art of polyphonic playing. Jean Guillou ha...

Schlagzeug (2 Spieler): Gongs, Templeblocks, Woodblocks, Becken, Toms, Tamtam

Handel's 'Alla Hornpipe' from 'Water Music' is one of the best-known pieces of music from the Baroque era. With its rich melody and harmony and the inimitable tonal splendour of the Baroque era, this...

This organ fantasy was originally commissioned by the famous Japanese actor Masaru Sekine for his production of the Shakespeare work. Jean Guillou later assembled the various parts to form a musical p...

Jean Guillou is one of the most significant contemporary organ virtuosos and composers for the instrument. A student of Dupré, Duruflé and Messiaen, he is the personification of the great and living F...

Jean Guillou is one of the most eminent organists of our time. His compositions make use of the full range of colours which the organ is capable of producing and handle the instrument with virtuoso sk...