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Henri Sauguet - Les Caprices de Marianne
[…] that of André Jolivet in Section 27, near the grave of Hector Berlioz.Sauguet's autobiography Musique, ma vie (Music, my life) was published posthumously in 1990. Les caprices de Marianne is a two-act opéra comique by Henri Sauguet with a French libretto by Jean-Pierre Grédy after Alfred de Musset. It was first performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1954, with the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Louis de Froment with the Chorale Élisabeth Brasseur .The opera was broadcast on French radio ten days after the premiere, performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 1956, with Graziella Sciutti, Jacques Jansen and Michel Sénéchal, and was recorded in 1959 (conducted by Manuel Rosenthal). More recently, the opera has been staged by Compiègne (2006) and Dijon (2007). SynopsisThe setting is Naples. The opera opens with musicians serenading Marianne beneath her balcony. Coelio is a young man desperately trying to […]
2015-06-24 19:27:30
In the chamber of the Shulamite: The great sopranos who have performed and recorded Florent Schmitt's Psalm 47 (1904).
A sonic “experience”: Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47 (1904). The Psaume XLVII of Florent Schmitt is recognized as one of the most important choral works of the early 20th century. And while it isn’t performed with great regularity, it has benefited from quality interpretations as revealed by some of the world’s leading conductors, ensembles and soloists. Particular pride of place goes to a group of distinguished sopranos who have lent their considerable artistic talent and appeal to the very important solo part in the middle portion of the Psalm focusing on the Song of Songs. The French music critic Emile Vuillermoz has characterized the soprano solo passages in the Psaume as brimming “with sensual chromaticism which has lithe and languorous movements … that give utterance to her soft, dove-like cooings … in a contemplative reverie through which pass all the perfumes of the East.” The rich and ecstatic nature […]
2014-10-01 03:01:20
Florent Schmitt and the Organ
One of Florent Schmitt’s most famous and popular compositions is his monumental choral work Psaume XLVII, Opus 38 . Composed in 1904, it is one of the most striking choral works of the 20th Century — or of any era in classical music. Music lovers who know this work know how important the organ is in Schmitt’s Psalm, which also features a soprano solo in addition to the large mixed chorus and large orchestra. I saw Psalm 47 performed at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC in 2001, where the massive pipe organ in that space filled the hall and shook the rafters. It was truly a sonic “experience.” On recordings, one can get the same sense of this in the 1973 Jean Martinon/ORTF performance on EMI, which benefits from the powerful pipe organ of the Salle Wagram in Paris. That recording features the legendary Gaston Litaize on the organ, […]
2014-07-03 22:29:09
Powerful Sounds: The Seven Commercial Recordings of Florent Schmitt's Psaume 47 (1904).
A sonic “experience”: Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47, composed in 1904. There is little question that Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII, Op. 38 , composed in 1904, is one of the most powerful compositions in the choral repertoire. Indeed, the forces called for in this music — large chorus, large orchestra, soprano solo and organ — make it nearly unique in the French repertoire. When it had its premiere in 1906, it hit the Parisian music world like a thunderbolt. Audiences knew they were hearing something much more significant than just the first performance of a new work. The French poet and essayist Léon-Paul Fargue echoed the sentiments of many when he wrote of the Psalm: “A great crater of music is opening up.” Ravel declared the music “striking and profound,” and others spoke of Schmitt as “the new Berlioz.” The music director for the premiere was Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht , the […]
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