On 30 June 2024 a concert was held in the Church of Sainte Jeanne d'Arc (parish of St John the Theologian) featuring litugical works composed and adapted by me, sung by a new choral ensemble, Chrysostome. For a review of the concert (in French), click here. I am grateful about the positive reactions of both the public and te reviewer, but must rectify the impression given that my pieces are too "complex" to be performed by parishes. This is true of only some of them. For years I have been working on pieces for 1 or 2 voices suitable for small parishes with few skilled singers. Somer of these pieces featured in the concert. If you are interested in getting to know them, please contact me at jmchater"at sign"gmail.com.
Le 30 juin 2024 j'ai dirigé un concert à Meudon (Église de Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc, paroisse de Saint-Jean-Le-Théologien) consacré à mes propres compostions et adaptions de chants liturgiques. Pour une brève revue, voir ici . Je suis heureux de la réception positive de part du publique et de l’auteur de la revue, mais je me vois obligé de corriger l’impression que mes compositions soient trop “complexes” pour être chantés dans les paroisses. C’est vrai seulement en partie. Je suis très conscient que les paroisses avec très peu de chanteurs experts ont besoin de chants pour un ensemble réduit, donc j’ai composé de nombreuses compositions pour 3 et 2 (et même 1) voix, dont quelques-uns furent chantés lors du concert. Si vous voulez connaitre ces morceaux svp me contacter a jmchater aerobas gmail.com.
HOW I BECAME A COMPOSER
It was rather an unusual trajectory, which I have described in this article.
COMPOSITIONS
On the pages linked below you can access music that I have composed or arranged for the Orthodox Church with English texts. There are two kinds of files:
(1) for musical scores, press on "pdf". (To access a free pdf file reader go to www.adobe.com.)
(2) To hear the music, click on MIDI, and the piece (or part of it) will be played. You will need a sound card and your computer will need to be configured for sound. Please note that the tempo of the MIDI playback is not to be considered as indicative of the true tempo. To really know how the music sounds you need to sing it or hear it sung!
