Monday, November 10, 2025

Louis Vierne: Suite bourguignonne, Op.17, ルイ・ヴィエルヌ ブルゴーニュ組曲

 I asked an AI web servece for piano pieces from the time Debussy was living that I didn't know.  Based on the results, I read music sheets on IMSLP.  I thought I might like pieces by Vierne, downloaded his music books, and played them.  

I decided to perform the work "Suite bourguignonne".  I think the work is brighter than other works of him.  


Also, I decided to perform the work "Silhouettes d'enfants, Op.43".  I recorded it first. 


I thought that I heard this music "Suite bourguignonne" before, but I realize I hadn't truly listened to it.


I found that some notes and sounds were unfamiliar to me.   



I've not been to Bourguignonne.



1.Aubade 

E A, B

La Mi Si #Fa #Do #So #Re ?


7th


the last, E



bright, clear, joy, 

calm


practice: played each tone of double-note accompaniment with both hands, played the double-note accompaniment with non-legato with the hand, played left-hand octave part first and played right-hand part over it, etc.


Since I think that loud dynamics like ff, fff cannot be achieved on my electric piano, so I considered how to play the parts to sound as if they were ff, fff.

I think that the una corda pedal doesn't produce good sound and it sounds rather blurry on my electric piano.  I refrained from using it for this piece.  



2.Idylle 

Fa


practice: played the left-hand part with both hands, etc.


No.3 Divertissement

Once I stopped practicing this piece.  But I found I still remembered it.  So I decided to record it.


Note patterns and sounds of this piece were unfamiliar to me.  I practiced it in various ways.  


I had been playing a left-hand triplet and 8th note, arpeggio as a single chord, trying to grasp it all at once.   However, that put a strain on my left hand, especially beyond an octave.  So I played arpeggios as arpeggios.


I used una corda as indicated, though I feel that it doesn't produce good sound on my electric piano.



diminished unison, third, etc. 

7th


interval, 

pleasant, amusing, 


streaming


light



No.4 Légende bourguignonne


. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 ...

1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 ...


Im  /V

I7 V7


I imagined something more general - legend, time, space, long ago and so on.

I used una corda as designated, though I feel it doesn't produce good sound on my electric piano.


No.5 A l'Angelus du Soir


#Do


I've never heard the Angelus.  

But I've heard temple bells, or ringings before prayers at shrines.


I used cathedral reverb on my electric piano.







6.Danse rustique


+5, whole tones



practice: played the left-hand part with both hands,  recorded the left-hand part and played the right-hand while listening to the recording,  used various sounds to create images, etc.


I think that the una corda pedal doesn't produce good sound and it sounds rather blurry on my electric piano.  I refrained from using it for this piece.  



7.Clair de Lune


piano and vocal?  violin?


"The moon is beautiful" ??

generally, night sky and the moon?

"Kaguya-hime"?


practice: played the tones other than the melody with both hands, etc.


continued the melody with fingers as much as possible

played the arpeggio with non-legato touch even under slurs,due to electric piano's sounds





初めに、全曲弾いてみた。

次に、始めの4曲を主に練習した。

それから、後半の3曲を主に練習した。

特に速い曲は、3曲目は出だしから馴染みのない感じだったので、譜面をみながら弾けるようにして、それから、譜面を見ていると遅いので、覚えるようにした。6曲目は意外と覚えやすかった。

練習してある程度弾けるようになったが、真ん中の3曲は録音しないことにした。

最初の2曲と最後の2曲を録音してアップロードした。

そのあと、何気なく3曲目を弾いてみたら覚えていた。そこで、真ん中の3曲も録音することにした。

それぞれ、メトロノームや、ノン・レガートで音を確認して整理しながら弾きなおした。

それから、録音した。自由に弾くことにした。

そのあとで、最初の2曲を弾いてみたら、前よりも滑らかに弾けるような気がした。
なので、録音しなおした。また、artworkも選びなおした。



artwork

No.1

https://pixabay.com/photos/mountains-sunrise-fall-fog-trees-7591326/


No.2

https://unsplash.com/ja/%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F/%E7%B7%91%E3%81%AE%E8%91%89%E3%81%8C%E6%97%A5%E5%85%89%E6%B5%B4%E3%82%92%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99-u_eNNSxbSYg


No.3  Divertissement

https://pixabay.com/photos/leaves-stream-water-rocks-stones-5353592/


No.4  Légende bourguignonne

https://unsplash.com/ja/%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F/%E6%9C%A8%E3%80%85%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%9A%E3%81%84%E6%A3%AE%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%AD%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%AA%E8%88%97%E8%A3%85%E3%81%AE%E5%B0%8F%E9%81%93-QrUE21_oKBU


No.5  A l'Angelus du Soir

https://pixabay.com/photos/cranes-birds-migratory-birds-9858983/


No.6

https://pixabay.com/photos/heaven-stars-moon-venus-universe-5114501/


No.7

https://unsplash.com/ja/%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F/%E9%81%A0%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AB%E6%9C%88%E3%82%92%E6%9C%9B%E3%82%80%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%81%A8%E9%9D%92%E3%81%AE%E7%A9%BA-iNy3n41Erik