KSS35 Le Jardin Parfumé

Piece details

Written for: Piano
Date composed: 1923
Dedicatee: Christopher à-Becket Williams
Approximate duration (minutes): 20
Manuscript pages: 16
Manuscript location: Library of Northwestern University, Illinois
Comments: Published (J.Curwen and Sons Ltd., 999.019, 1927).

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

Manuscript, A3L. 16 pages.
Price: £7

Copy of publication, A3L. 36 pages.
Price: £10

Recordings

Michael Habermann (piano),
Musical Heritage Society/MusicMasters MHS4811Y (LP), MHC6811Z (Cassette), MM20019 (LP), MM60019 (CD) (November 1982)
Track 3 (19:05)

Michael Habermann (piano),
ASV ZC AMM159 (Cassette), CD AMM159 (CD) (1988)
Track 1 (19:05)

Yonty Solomon (piano),
Altarus Records AIR-CD9037 (1993)
Track 1 (26:51)

Michael Habermann (piano),
British Music Society BMS427-429 (3CDs) (2004)
Track 9 (19:05)

Performances

07/12/1976 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London, UK
30/09/1979 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Salone Villa Olmo, Como, Italy
13th Autonno Musicale
19/12/1979 Michael Habermann (piano)
Great Hall, Post College, Greenvale NY, USA
11/02/1980 Michael Habermann (piano)
Peabody Institute, Baltimore MD, USA
Doctoral Degree Recital
28/03/1980 Michael Habermann (piano)
Women’s Club Auditorium, Richmond VA, USA
30/06/1984 Martin Offord (piano)
Purcell Room, London, UK
20/07/1984 Michael Habermann (piano)
Sunwood Estate, State University of New York, Oldfield NY, USA
Sunwood Summer Series concert
05/04/1987 Michael Habermann (piano)
State Music Teachers’ Association, Towson Chapter, Baltimore MD, USA
Lecture-recital
05/04/1987 Michael Habermann (piano), Michael Habermann (piano) [x]
State Music Teachers’ Association, Towson Chapter, Baltimore MD, USA
Lecture-recital
10/02/1988 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, UK
21/04/1990 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Trinity Church, Golders Green, London, UK
Hendon Music Society
20/11/1999 Nicola Ventrella (piano)
Auditorium “Concordia”, Treviso, Italy
??/??/1999 Nicola Ventrella (piano)
, Bari, Italy
22/03/2000 Steven Mayer (piano)
Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York NY, USA
“The Exotic Piano”
29/10/2002 Giulio Draghi (piano)
Teatro do Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
09/05/2004 Kun Woo Paik (piano)
Salle Olivier Messiaen — Maison de Radio France, Paris, France
Figures de l’Orient Lointain
25/10/2004 Wei Tsy-Tau (piano)
Church of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK
Lunchtime concert
31/10/2004 Wei Tsy-Tau (piano)
Trinity College of Music, London, UK
British Music Society Piano Awards Competition
20/01/2005 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London, UK
Lecture-recital
08/02/2005 Kun Woo Paik (piano)
Amici della Musica, Auditorium Cesare Pollini, Padua, Italy
09/02/2005 Kun Woo Paik (piano)
Auditorium Paganini, Parma, Italy
30/06/2005 Kun Woo Paik (piano)
Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, Singapore
Singapore International Piano Festival 2005
06/07/2005 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Purcell Room, London, UK
04/09/2005 Wei Tsy-Tau (piano)
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK
European Piano Teachers’ Conference
01/12/2005 Kun Woo Paik (piano)
Teatro delle Palme, Napoli, Italy
03/12/2005 Kun Woo Paik (piano)
IUC / l’Aula Magna, Rome, Italy
19/09/2009 Bobby Mitchell (piano)
Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
Musica Sacra Maastricht
20/09/2009 Bobby Mitchell (piano)
Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
Musica Sacra Maastricht

Broadcasts etc.

22/04/1930 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
BBC London Regional, London, UK [B]
??/??/1961 David Branson (piano) [x]
, Rye (Sussex), UK []
Lecture-recital
??/??/1962 David Branson (piano) [x]
, ??, UK []
Lecture-recital
08/12/1969 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
WBAI (radio), New York NY, USA [+B]
“The Composer Sorabji” (Erik Chisholm): illustrated talk read by Frank Holliday
13/12/1970 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [+B]
12/12/1971 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [+R]
10/12/1972 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [+R]
08/11/1973 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
KPFA (radio), Berkeley CA, USA [+R]
19/02/1975 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
WMUK (radio), Kalamazoo MI, USA [+R]
19/06/1976 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [x]
Minnesota Public Radio (broadcast over KSJR/KSJN/KCCM/WSCD/KRSW/KLSE), Collegeville MN, USA [+R]
07/12/1976 Yonty Solomon (piano) [x]
BBC Radio 4, London, UK [B]
“PM” News programme
11/06/1977 Yonty Solomon (piano) [x]
LWT (London Weekend Television), London, UK [B]
“Aquarius” programme
07/11/1977 Yonty Solomon (piano)
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [B]
19/11/1979 Alistair Hinton (piano) [x]
Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, UK []
Illustrated Lecture
17/03/1983 Michael Habermann (piano)
McGill University, Montr�al, Canada [+]
Illustrated Lecture
14/07/1983 Michael Habermann (piano) [x]
US National Public Radio, Washington DC, USA [+B]
“All Things Considered” programme
29/11/1984 Michael Habermann (piano)
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [+B]
24/02/1989 Yonty Solomon (piano) [x]
NOS (Nederlandse Omroeprogramma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [B]
01/03/1990 Michael Habermann (piano) [x]
Lecture room, Royal College of Music, London, UK [+]
Lecture-recital
03/08/1992 Yonty Solomon (piano) [x]
BBC Transcription Service, London, UK [+B]
“Talking About Music” programme: John Amis/Yonty Solomon/Alistair Hinton (recorded December 1989)
09/08/1992 Michael Habermann (piano) [x]
Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [+B]
Hauptabteilung E-Musik, Redaktion Neue Musik
14/08/1992 Yonty Solomon (piano)
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [+B]
“A Sorabji Centenary” programme
30/01/2003 Yonty Solomon (piano)
WPRB, Princeton NJ, USA [+B]
“Classical Discoveries” programme