Serge Lancen

This Mini Symphony in three movements (moderato - andantino - allegro) has been commissioned by the Swiss wind band happening 'Festliche Musiktage Uster' in 1967. It was premiered at Uster (Switzerlan...

This composition, written in 1973, was commissioned by the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs and is dedicated to Désiré Dondeyne who premiered it with the 'Musique des Gardiens de la Paix' at the Pa...

Cette oeuvre, écrite en 1973, a été commandée par le Ministère des Affaires Culturelles. Elle est dédiée à Désiré Dondeyne qui l'a créée avec la Musique des Gardiens de la Paix au Palais des Congrès à...

Serge Lancen (Paris 1922) undoubtedly belongs to the top of contemporary European wind music composers. His MANHATTAN SYMPHONY (1962), CAP KENNEDY (1970), SYMPHONIE DE L'EAU (1986) and MISSA SOLEMNIS...

A jewel, compositionally, simple technically, Lances has written a fantastic piece of music. This work along with two others was commissioned by the French government for the 'more minor' orchestras....

This symphony was composed in 1984 and is dedicated to the great French composer Ida Gotkovsky a good friend of the Lancen family. It was the test piece in the Seccion Primera of the famous Spanish wi...

Diese ganz besondere Suite von Serge Lancen nutzt auf ausserordentliche Weise die Möglichkeiten eines Harmonieorchesters und ins besondere das Registerder Klarinetten.

La MISSA SOLEMNIS est dédiée à Sa Sainteté le Pape Jean-Paul II, en témoignage de la profonde et respectueuse admiration que Serge Lancen lui porte. Cette oeuvre a été composée en 1986, pour deux voix...

Symphonie Ibérique (Iberian Symphony) was composed in 1989. As the title suggests the composer evokes in this three part composition some Spanish atmospheres. The melodic structure and the typical mus...

'Remerciements' (Thanksgivings) is the fourth religious composi-tion by Serge Lancen. It is a song of praise and thanksgiving, piously devoted to God. As the composer is very happy to live here on ear...