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Magical textures & supple lines: Fauré's La bonne chanson, Ravel & Canteloube from Louise Alder & eleven friends at Wigmore Hall
[…] song in Ravel's cycle.Fauré wrote the cycle, for soprano and piano, during the Summers of 1892 and 1893 when he stayed with Emma and her husband, and Emma would sing the newly composed material for him each day. It was published in 1894, dedicated to Emma, then in 1898 Fauré created a version for piano and string quintet. The work received a mixed reception, after the premiere Saint-Saens declared that Fauré had gone mad but Proust loved it! The cycle sets nine poems from Verlaine's 1870 collection of the same name.Essentially a cycle of love songs, we can perhaps trace the development of Fauré and Emma's affair in the songs. But Fauré's style is not simple, many of the songs have a harmonic restlessness that underpins the more direct vocal line. The first song, 'Une sainte en son auréole' led us into the style quite clearly with Alder singing with poised […]
2023-02-08 19:25:16
In the last volume of “In Search of Lost Time,” Proust famously describes the transformation of himself as an author.
2022-08-08 15:37:27
Seven composers
This Week in Classical Music: August 8, 2022. Seven composers. Yes, that many, all interesting, none of them great, at least in our opinion, and three of them French. Cécile Chaminade, one of the few women composers of the 19th century, and André Jolivet were born on August 8th and both in Paris, Chaminade in 1857, Jolivet in 1905. Reynaldo Hahn, a songwriter and Proust’s friend,was born on August 9th of 1874 in Caracas but spent his adult life in France. You can read about all three here. The Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was born on August 10th of 1865. He wrote a wonderful Violin concerto and a very popular ballet, Raymonda. He also wrote eight complete symphonies (he never finished his ninth), two piano concertos and much more. Outside of Russia very little of this music is performed or broadcast. But Glazonov was very important as a public cultural […]
2022-08-08 15:32:27
Seven composers
This Week in Classical Music: August 8, 2022. Seven composers. Yes, that many, all interesting, none of them great, at least in our opinion, and three of them French. Cécile Chaminade, one of the few women composers of the 19th century, and André Jolivet were born on August 8th and both in Paris, Chaminade in 1857, Jolivet in 1905. Reynaldo Hahn, a songwriter and Proust’s friend,was born on August 9th of 1874 in Caracas but spent his adult life in France. You can read about all three here. The Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was born on August 10th of 1865. He wrote a wonderful Violin concerto and a very popular ballet, Raymonda. He also wrote eight complete symphonies (he never finished his ninth), two piano concertos and much more. Outside of Russia very little of this music is performed or broadcast. But Glazonov was very important as a public cultural […]
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