A miscellany of French Treasures
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
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A miscellany of French Treasures: music through the eyes of the editor - Concert and Pre-Concert Conversation
Pre-concert Conversation: A life in editing: perspectives on the editing of music from Professors Hugh Macdonald and Graham Sadler.
In this pre-concert conversation, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s own Professor Graham Sadler, an international authority on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French music, and Professor Hugh Macdonald a world-renowned expert on Hector Berlioz discuss the challenges they’ve experienced in editing a range of works, including some of those that feature in the ensuing concert. Join us as they share their insights on the role of the editor, drawing on a combined experience of sixty years in this field.
The Ex Cathedra Scholars Ensemble, joined by students and staff instrumentalists from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Historical Performance Department and distinguished alumni, present a diverse programme of French choral music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, including:
Guillaume Bouzignac (?1587-after 1642)
Eccee homo
Salve, Jesu piisime
Etienne Moulinié (1599 - 1676)
Dum esset rex
Henry Du Mont (1610 - 1684)
Desidero te millies
André Campra (1660-1744)
'Aimable esperance' (Indoménée, Acte III Scène 6)
'Sommeil, qui chaque nuit' (L'Europe galante, Acte III, Scène 1)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Prayers for the Convalescence of Louis XV (a UK premier)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Songs for mixed voices and piano, including Le pêcheur. Ballade imitée de Goëthe, La captive (H.55a) / Orientale / Version III (H.60c)
This concert is part of an international symposium bringing together scholars and performers working in the field of music editing.
Running time approx. 90 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)