Historical Concert
A recital of French violin music, from Senaillé to Rode, interspersed with French chansons.
Venue:
Mr Maurice Sons - violinist
Miss Marion Richardson - vocalist
Mr A. Scott Jupp - accompanist
Sonata in G minor, op. 5, no. 9 ... Jean Baptiste Senaillé
Vocal - (a) "Le héros que j'attends," air from the opera Alceste ... Jean Baptiste Lully
(b) "Il n'est point d'amour sans peine", chanson ... Michel Lambert
Sonata in C minor, le Tombeau, op. 5, no. 6 ... Jean Marie Leclair
Vocal - (a) "A l'amour rendez les armes," air from the opera Hippolyte et Aricie ... Jean Philippe Rameau
(b) "Dedans une plaine," ... anonymous 17th century
Three studies - no. 10 in B flat minor, no. 1 in E flat major, and no. 13 in C major ... Pierre Gaviniés
From les vingt-quatre matinées, exercises pour le violon
Sonata in E minor, op. 10, no. 2 ... François Hippolyte Barthélemon
Vocal - (a) "Le célèbre Menuet d'Exaudet" ... Joseph Exaudet
(b) "C'est la Bergère Nanette," chanson à danser ... anonymous 18th century
Four studies - no. 16 in B flat major, no. 27 in D major, no. 26 in E minor, and no. 33 in E flat major ... Rodolphe Kreutzer
From Quarante etuden ou caprices pour violon
Three studies - no. 1 in C major, no. 16 in B flat minor, and no. 5 in D major ... Pierre Rode
From Vingt-quatre caprices en forme d'etudes pour le violon seul
Vocal - (a) "Il était là," romance ... Garat
(b) "Ouand le bienaimé reviendra," romance from the opera Nina ... Nicolas Dalayrac
Concerto in A minor ... Pierre Rode
Composer(s):
- Senaillé, Jean Baptiste, 1687-1730
- Lully, Jean-Baptiste de, 1632-1687
- Lambert, Michel, 1610-1696
- Leclair, Jean-Marie, 1697-1764
- Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764
- anon.
- Gaviniès, Pierre, 1728-1800
- Barthélémon, François Hippolyte, 1741-1808
- Exaudet, André Joseph, c.1710-1762
- Kreutzer, Rodolphe, 1766-1831
- Rode, P. (Pierre), 1774-1830
- Garat, Pierre, 1762-1823
- Dalayrac, N. (Nicolas), 1753-1809
Performance Type:
The 'introduction to the programme' consists of a three-page essay (pp.3-5) on violin music.
On the outside back page - dates and programmes of the four historical concerts.
Review in 'The Musical Times', 1 December 1902, p. 822.