In Search of Proust’s Music

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Music and readings from Marcel Proust's life and novel of memory, In Search of Lost Time.

Simon Russell Beale is the reader in a concert of music and recitals from Proust's life and great novel of memory, In Search of Lost Time, first published in English in 1922.

A concert inspired by the vital musical thread running through Marcel Proust's life and his great novel of memory, 'In Search of Lost Time', first published in English 100 years ago in 1922. Simon Russell Beale reads from the novel, letters, poetry and other of Proust's writings, and music including Beethoven, Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn and Saint-Saëns, is performed by soprano Ailish Tynan, violinist Jack Liebeck, and pianists Iain Burnside and Katya Apekisheva. Matthew Sweet explores Proust's music in conversation with Jennifer Rushworth.

Hahn: Nocturne
Debussy: Fêtes galantes
Beethoven: Adagio espressivo (Violin Sonata in G major, Op.96)
Hahn: À Chloris; La barcheta; L'heure exquise
Schumann: Mondnacht (Liederkreis, Op.39 No.5)
Massenet: Pensée d'automne 
Fauré: Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33 No 1
Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75

Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Iain Burnside (piano)
Jack Liebeck (violin) and Katya Apekisheva (piano)

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