Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame

Altinoglu, Alain, Escaich, Thierry, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, NFM Choir Wrocław

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The French composer and organist Thierry Escaich composed his Te Deum pour Notre-Dame for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; a hymn to the Cathedral’s resurrection, it is a large-scale work for children's choir, two mixed choirs and orchestra. One hundred and eighty singers and instrumentalists gave the work its first performance and recorded it in the prestigious building on 12 June 2025. Thierry Escaich was inspired by the Cathedral's thousand-year-old history and drew on many sources, beginning with the Bible but also including prestigious authors who had written about Notre-Dame such as Victor Hugo and Charles Péguy. According to Escaich himself, "this Te Deum is a journey from the destructive flames of the conflagration to the fire of redemption". Escaich, who has been a co-titular organist of the Cathedral since 2024, also presents examples of his famous art of improvisation on the Cathedral's organ between each movement of the Te Deum. The work won universal acclaim at its first performance, with some journalists describing it as "the great French oratorio that we have been awaiting since the beginning of the 21st century" (Le Figaro).

Works:

•Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame: I. Nuit de feu
•Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame: II. Anges de lumières
• Escaich: Verset improvisé à l'orgue (II)
•Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame: III. Le vaisseau marial
•Escaich: Verset improvisé à l'orgue (III)
• Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame: IV. La flamme percera

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2025-11-03

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