Maurice Duruflé - Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens | Peter Dijkstra | WDR Rundfunkchor

Maurice Duruflé's ‘Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens’ was performed by the WDR Rundfunkchor under the direction of Peter Dijkstra as part of the concert ‘Kunst der Motette’ on 5 April 2019 in the Trinitatiskirche in Cologne. Maurice Duruflé - Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens op. 10 00:00:00 Ubi caritas 00:02:26 Tota pulchra est 00:04:31 Tu es petrus 00:05:34 Tantum ergo WDR Rundfunkchor Peter Dijkstra, conductor ► Find out more about the Rundfunkchor, concerts and current livestreams at https://www.wdr-rundfunkchor.de ► The WDR Rundfunkchor on Facebook   / wdr.rundfunkchor   ► Further concerts and introductions to works from the world of classical music, symphonic crossover, choral singing and concerts for children can also be found in the ARD Mediathek: https://www.ardmediathek.de/klassik Introduction to work: Maurice Duruflé's ‘Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens’ transport the audience to Gregorian chant. The French composer remained attached to the tradition throughout his life and composed his own personal ‘declaration of love’ to Gregorian chant in these four songs. His motets are orientated towards the simple and reduced melodies of medieval chant and transfer the solemn devotion of the early chorales into the modern age. Text: Elfi Vomberg