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BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS:

French Piano Music inspired by the world of Nadia Boulanger, featuring pianists Danny Driver and Piers Lane in a concert recorded at The Menuhin Hall, Sussex, England in September 2020.

César Franck Organ Chorale No. 1, arranged for 2 pianos by Henri Duparc (1890)

Lili Boulanger Theme and Variations (1914)

Gabriel Fauré Theme and Variations in C-sharp minor, Op. 73 (1895)

Camille Saint-Saëns Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Two Pianos, Op. 35 (1874)

Also included: 

Join renowned scholars Byron Adams and Kimberly Francis for an introduction to works by four composers who helped shape the history of French music—César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, and Lili Boulanger—and the person who connects them, Nadia Boulanger.

Mussorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition (1874)

Beethoven Sonata in G major Op 30 no 3

Franck Sonata in A major

Programme to be announced

Deirdre McKay Time, Shining (1997)

Fauré Theme and Variations in C sharp minor

Ravel Une Barque sur l’Océan (from ‘Mirroirs’)

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

C P E Bach  Sonata in F sharp minor Wq 52/4

György Ligeti Études for Piano (selection)

Robert Schumann Études Symphoniques Op 13

Beethoven  Violin Sonata No 1 in D major Op 12 No 1

Prokofiev  Cinq Mélodies Op 35

Beethoven Violin Sonata No 10 in G major Op 96

programme to be announced

Programme to include:

Stravinsky Sonata for Two Pianos (1944)

Markevitch L'envol d'Icare (1932, arr C. Lyndon Gee)

Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Part 3 (conclusion)

Sonata Op 96 in G major
Sonata Op 47 in A ('Kreutzer')

Chloë Hanslip, violin;Danny Driver, piano

Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Part 2

Sonata Op 12 No 2 in A major
Sonata Op 30 No 2 in C minor

Sonata Op 23 in A minor
Sonata Op 24 in F major ('Spring')

Chloë Hanslip, violin;Danny Driver, piano

Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Part 1

Sonata Op 12 No 1 in D major
Sonata Op 12 No 3 in E flat major

Sonata Op 30 No 3 in G major
Sonata Op 30 No 1 in A major

Chloë Hanslip, violin;Danny Driver, piano

Programme to include:

Clementi Piano Sonata in F sharp minor Op 25 no 5

Beethoven Piano Sonata in B flat Op 106 ('Hammerklavier') 

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture ('Fingal's Cave')

Beethoven Piano Concerto no 4 in G major Op 58

Beethoven Symphony no 7 in A major

Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (selections)
Gabriela Lena Frank Nocturno Nazqueño
Joaquín Rodrigo Suite for Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata Op 106 in B flat (‘Hammerklavier’)

Deirdre McKay (b.1972) Time, Shining
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Betsy Jolas (b.1926) Pièce Pour
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Deirdre McKay (b.1972) Time, Shining
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Betsy Jolas (b.1926) Pièce Pour
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

J S Bach Partita no 1 in B flat major

György Ligeti Etudes for Piano (complete)

Deirdre McKay (b.1972) Time, Shining
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Betsy Jolas (b.1926) Pièce Pour
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Deirdre McKay (b.1972) Time, Shining
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Betsy Jolas (b.1926) Pièce Pour
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'