Joël-François Durand News
French composer
Anniversaries 1954 Anniversaries (Birth: Joël-François Durand)
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- composer, university teacher, academic, professor of music composition
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2021-08-10 15:10:00
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin – Sean Chen (HD 1080p)
[…] Forlane. Allegretto (E minor) [06:38] iv. Rigaudon. Assez vif (C major) [12:22] v. Menuet. Allegro moderato (G major) [15:40] vi. Toccata. Vif (E minor) [21:12] * Start time of each movement Sean Chen, piano Recording and broadcast by Public Media Network Audio engineering by Doug Decker Gilmore Keyboard Festival's 2016-2017 Rising Stars Series (HD 1080p) Ravel (1918), Le Tombeau de Couperin.Paris, Durand, Bibliothèque nationale de France,département de la Musique, Fol Vm 12-6382 Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, composed between 1914 and 1917, pays homage to the Baroque tradition of François Couperin (1668-1733) and his contemporaries. During those years Ravel joined the French military and dedicated each movement of the piano suite to the memory of a friend who died in World War I: i. Prélude - dedicated to Jacques Charlot Jacques Charlot […]
2021-07-01 06:45:37
Three characters in a room: Nature and the Imagination from the Pelléas Ensemble
[…] Ensemble (Henry Roberts, flute, Luba Tunniclife, viola, Oliver Wass, harp) and features Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp, and Syrinx, Rameau's Deuxième concert in G major, RCT 8 (from Pièces de clavecin en concerts), Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's Sonata after Syrinx, Sir Arnold Bax's Elegiac Trio, Benjamin Graves' Scherzo (which was written for the ensemble), and Gershwin arranged Stephen Roberts A Foggy Day - Love Walked In. Encouraged by the publisher, Jacques Durand, from 1914 Debussy planned a set of six sonatas for various instruments, in homage to the French composers of the 18th century. But the First World War, along with the composers Couperin and Rameau, inspired Debussy as he was writing the sonatas. The Sonata for flute, viola and harp was written in 1915 and premiered at the New England Conservatory, Boston, USA in 1916.There is little that is traditional about the piece, its three […]
2020-08-28 22:29:00
New Focus Recordings: Cellist Diana Golden Releases Tanbou Kache With Pianist Shawn Chang: An Album that Celebrates Haiti’s Rich Art Music Traditions
[…] to research and use folkloric melodies and rhythms in creating a Haitian national voice. His work with folkloric dance troupes and tourist shows promoted Haitian classical music’s international standing. Though many of his other compositions are folkloric or Neoclassical in style, Jaegerhuber’s Petite Suite in C minor is among his baroque-influenced compositions and was likely inspired by J.S. Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suites. The Petite Suite was written for Robert Durand, a cellist from Les Cayes who became a pioneer of Haitian chamber music. A renowned classical guitarist in the last third of the 20th century and a student of Jaegerhuber, Frantz Casséus (1915 – 1993) composed especially for the guitar. While he sought to show Haitian musical style through his compositions and performances, he was also interested in incorporating Caribbean, jazz, and European classical music into his works. As Casséus […]
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