Charles Joseph Van Helmont (1715-1790) - Overtura a 2: chori (1754)

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Composer: Charles Joseph Van Helmont (1715-1790)
Work: Overtura a 2: chori (1754)
Performers: Les Solistes de Liège; Géry Lеmairе (1926-2013, conductor)

Painting: Charles-Joseph Flipart (1721-1797) - Gathering in a Garden
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Drawing: Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) - A 1720 engraving of Brussels
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Charles Joseph (Carol Josephus) Van Helmont
(Brussels, 19 March 1715 - Brussels, 8 June 1790)

Flemish composer and organist. He studied as a choirboy under Petrus Hercules Brehy at the collegiate church of St Michel et Ste Gudule in Brussels where, at the age of 18, he succeeded Josse Boutmy as titular organist. In 1737 he was appointed choirmaster at the Kapellekerk of Brussels. The premature death of Joseph-Hector Fiocco in 1741 enabled him to return to Ste Gudule, this time as music director, a position he had aspired to since the onset of Brehy's terminal illness in October 1736, but which had gone to Fiocco. For the next 36 years, Van Helmont lived with his growing family in the choraelhuys (maîtise) where he supervised the musical and general education of the choristers, composed frequently for the service, and undertook the task of conserving Ste Gudule's extensive music collection. In 1768 he founded a musical association which gave weekly public concerts; this was one of the first societies of its kind in Brussels. In 1777 he resigned from Ste Gudule passing his duties to his son, the composer and teacher Adriaan Joseph van Helmont (1747-1830). As a composer, he wrote much sacred music, including masses, motets, Magnificats, and litanies. Among his secular works were an opera, 2 symphonies, an overtura, a divertissement, Pieces de clavecin (Brussels, 1737), and 6 organ fugues.