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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Songs of Duparc

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Songs of Duparc: Episode 3

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The Songs of Duparc

Episode 3

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Joseph Middleton (piano), Jane Irwin (soprano) in Duparc, Wolf, Liszt, Chausson and Wagner

In a concert given at Aberdeen's Cowdray Hall, pianist Joseph Middleton and soprano Jane Irwin perform songs by Duparc, plus music by Wolf, Liszt, Chausson and Wagner.

Joseph Middleton is joined by soprano Jane Irwin for a further exploration of the songs of Duparc and his influences - France goes to Bayreuth: l'esprit de Wagner.

The name Henri Duparc is admitted into the great roll-call of French song composers on account of only 16 solo songs and a duet. Born in 1848, by the time he was 35 he had written the songs that were to ensure his immortality and, due to an obscure nervous disease, he wrote no more until he died aged 85, in 1933. Duparc's first song was written in 1868, a year before the death of Berlioz; his last in 1884, a year after the death of Wagner. He destroyed many compositions, such was his perfectionist nature. This series seeks to place Duparc's songs in the wider context of works by his friends, influences and contemporaries, thus highlighting his remarkable gift for setting poetry for voice and piano.

In this concert from the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen, his songs are contrasted with those of his teacher César Franck and other contemporary composers Chaminade, D'Indy, Bordes and De Bréville.


DUPARC Au pays où se fait la guerre; La vague et la cloche; Elégie
WOLF Anakreons Grab
LISZT Der du von dem Himmel bist
CHAUSSON Serre chaude; Oraison
WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
DUPARC Sérénade; Extase; Phidylé.

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Duparc's songs in the wider context of musical friends, influences and contemporaries

Series of programmes placing the songs of Duparc in the wider context of his musical friends, influences and contemporaries, highlighting his gift for setting poetry for voice and piano.

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