Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Hervé Niquet | direction
David Kadouch | piano
A century of music by women with hidden gems uncovered by the Fondation Palazzetto Bru Zane and enthusiast Hervé Niquet.
Programme
ROMANTIC WOMEN COMPOSERS
Bertin Le Loup-garou, overture
Farrenc Grandes variations sur un thème du comte Wallenberg for piano and orchestra Op. 25
Holmès La Nuit et l’Amour
Danglas L’Amour s’éveille, waltz for orchestra
Bonis Suite en forme de valse
De Grandval Entracte, Danse ukrainienne, excerpts from Mazeppa
Jaëll Concerto for piano No. 2
About
Sidelined? Spurned? Scorned? Neglected… and possibly eventually consigned to oblivion because they are women? This is a valid hypothesis when we consider how French women composers struggled in the 19th century to earn the esteem of their contemporaries and have their works performed. The Fondation Bru Zane is reviving music by women from this century whose names are frequently unfamiliar to music lovers. Following in the wake of Louise Farrenc, we have six women composers, often the students of the great masters, who were also pianists, singers and poets, and it is high time they were rediscovered. A concert full of contrasts in the safe hands of keen expert Hervé Niquet.
Production Orchestre de chambre de Paris / Palazzetto Bru Zane
Dans le cadre du Xe Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane Paris
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