Francis Jacob

Francis Jacob
Francis Jacob

Francis Jacob (born 4 July 1972) is a French organist and harpsichordist.

Biography

Born in Saverne, Jacob started playing the organ at a young age. He was only thirteen when he replaced the organist from Saessolsheim who had fallen ill.[1] He studied the organ with Sylvain Ciaravolo and André Stricker in Strasbourg and Jean Boyer in Lyon. He studied the harpsichord with Aline Zylberajch in Strasbourg and Jan-Willem Jansen in Toulouse, and basso continuo with Martin Gester in Strasbourg and with Jesper Christensen in Basel.

Jacob has taught organ and harpsichord at the Conservatoire de Perpignan, the Conservatoire de Toulouse and the Conservatoire de Montauban. Since 2001 he has been an organ and basso continuo teacher at the conservatoire de Strasbourg.

He performs as soloist on organ and harpsichord, and in chamber music and orchestra, particularly with the Ricercar Consort, the Concert Royal, Gli Angeli, and other ensembles.

He is very interested in organ building, which he practises with Bernard Aubertin in Courtefontaine.

He is still the organist of Saessolsheim, where he succeeded, with the help of the Saessolsheim Organ Friends Association, in enriching the church with a new Aubertin organ, which energised the cultural life of the village.[2]

Selected discography

As solist

All CDs in this section have been recorded on Aubertin organs.

  • Francis Jacob à l’orgue Aubertin de Sæssolsheim (1995). CD ou cassette présentant des œuvres de Bach, Buxtehude, Purcell, Tomkins, Bœhm. Production et diffusion: Association des Amis de l’Orgue de Saessolsheim
  • "L'orgue Herbuté-Aubertin d'Uffheim" (1998). Works by ten composers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Pamina SPM 1654.
  • "Pièces pour orgue" by J.S. Bach (2000, orgue de Saessolsheim). Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT 001001.
  • "Pieces for organ" by Dietrich Buxtehude (2003, organ of the Église Saint-Martin de Vertus). Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 030901.
  • "Bach Clavier-Übung III" (2005, organ of the Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île). Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 050901.2.
  • l'Union Musicale of Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet (tracks 1–13; Mozart, Böhm and J.S. Bach)[3] 1999
  • l'Association of Friends of the Organ of Clairvaux-les-Lacs (works by ten composers from the 15th to the 19th century); with Guy Ferber, baroque trumpet[4] 2012;
  • The Protestant parish of Kamata at Ōta (Guilain, Louis Couperin, Kerll, J.S. Bach), 2013.
  • "Les Couperin", works by Louis Couperin, François Couperin, Armand-Louis Couperin, orgue de Bellelay, Suisse. 2014.

As continuist

He has recorded CDs with Le Parlement de Musique and the Ricercar Consort, among others. On some of the first ten CDs mentioned below, which he recorded with the Ricercar Consort under the direction of Philippe Pierlot, he also plays works by J.S. Bach as soloist organ.

  • Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665): Theatrum Musicum, — and works by Couperin and Montéclair — with Lee Parlement de Musique (Martin Gester). 1993. Op. 111. OPS 30-99.
  • "Clérambault : La Muse de l'Opéra", with Le Parlement de Musique (Martin Gester). 1999. Assai. Qobuz.
  • Henry Du Mont: "Grands Motets", with the Namur Chamber Choir. 2003. Ricercar RIC202.
  • "Giovanni Legrenzi: Dies Irae – Sonata a quattro viole – Motetti". 2004. Ricercar RIC 236.
  • "Bach: Actus Tragicus" (= BWV 106; also includes the BWV 18 and BWV 150) cantatas. 2005. Mirare MIR002.
  • "J.S. Bach's cantata BWV 198; contient aussi la Messe brève BWV 234). 2007. Mirare MIR030.
  • De Profundis: J.C.F. Bach, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Tunder, with Stephan MacLeod and François Fernandez. 2008. Mirare: MIR041.
  • "Bach: Aus der Tieffen" (cantata 131; includes also cantata 182 and cantata 4). 2009. Mirare MIR057.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; includes also the Messe brève BWV 235). 2009. Mirare MIR102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: In tempore nativitatis (three cantatas for Christmas time, BWV 63, BWV 110 & BWV 153). 2013, Mirare MIR243.
  • De Aeternitate (works by ten German composers of the 17th and 18th centuries), with Carlos Mena, countertenor. 2002, Mirare : MIR9911.
  • "Johannes Passion", J.S. Bach) BWV 2245. 2011, Mirare : MIR136.
  • "Antonio Bertali : Valoroso" (includes also some anonymous works). 2004, Mirare MIR9969.
  • "German & French Chamber Music 1633–1767 " (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Johann Philipp Krieger, François Couperin & Marin Marais) with Le Rêve d'Orphée under the direction of Jakob David Rattinger.[5] 2010, Classic Concert Records CCR 62023.
  • "Töne von meiner Flöten" (Jean Gaspard Weiss) with Antichi Strumenti. 2012, Stradivarius STR 33916.
  • "Guillemain Sonates", 4 sonatas by Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705 – 1770) — traverso, violin, viol, cello, harpsichord — with Barock-in (direction Kozue Sato, traverso). 2014. Raumklang RK 3304.

References

  1. ↑ Cf. Thid page d'un site sur les orgues Aubertin.
  2. ↑ These biographical data are largely based on Organa 2013, the programme of the 38th Festival d'Orgue at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, published by the Association des Amis de l'Orgue de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
  3. ↑ Website of the Orgue Aubertin de Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet.
  4. ↑ Cf. This page of the Guide de la Musique d'Orgue.
  5. ↑ Jakob David Rattinger
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