KSS37 Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine

Piece details

  • Written for: Voice and Piano
  • Date composed: 1924?
  • Dedicatee: Madelaine Mathilde Sorabji
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 8
  • Manuscript pages: 11
  • Manuscript location: Unknown
  • Comments: Published (J.Curwen and Sons Ltd., 1924). The three pieces are:
    • L’allée;
    • à la Promenade;
    • Dans la Grotte.
    All texts by Verlaine.

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Copy of publication, A4P. 11 pages.
    Price: £7

Recordings

  • Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano),
    Centaur Records CRC2613 (2002)
    Track 16-18 (7:43)
    Track 16 L'allée (2:44)
    Track 17 A la promenade (2:57)
    Track 18 Dans la Grotte (2:02)

Performances

  • 06/12/1998 Christopher Berg (piano), Felicity la Fortune (soprano)
    Merkin Concert Hall, New York NY, USA
    Abraham Goodman House
  • 19/02/1999 Axel Bauni (piano), Nathalie de Montmollin (soprano)
    Konzertsaal Bundesallee, Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Das Lied des 20. Jahrhunderts (Liederabend der Interpretationsklasse Axel Bauni)
  • 20/04/1999 Amy Burton (soprano), John Musto (piano) [iii]
    Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York NY, USA
    “Opulent Music” series
  • 03/11/2000 Stephen Gutman (piano), Sarah Leonard (soprano)
    Conway Hall, London, UK
    Planet Tree Festival
  • 24/10/2001 Jacqueline Pischorn (soprano), Alex Szram (piano)
    Southwark Cathedral, London, UK
    Lunchtime concert
  • 14/11/2002 Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
    Merkin Hall, New York NY, USA
  • 10/09/2003 Simon Bucher (piano), Christoph Metzger (tenor)
    Konzertsaal, Hochschule der Künste Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Bern Biennale
  • 13/02/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano), Sarah Leonard (soprano)
    St Cyprian’s Church, London, UK

Broadcasts etc.

  • 03/06/1979 Yonty Solomon (piano), Jane Manning (soprano)
    BBC Radio 3, London, UK [B]
  • 06/02/1984 Yonty Solomon (piano), Jane Manning (soprano)
    BBC Radio 3, London, UK [R]
  • 15/12/1986 Ronald Stevenson (piano), Christine Cairns (soprano) [iii]
    BBC Radio Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland [B]
  • 24/02/1989 Yonty Solomon (piano), Jane Manning (soprano)
    NOS (Nederlandse Omroeprogramma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [B]
  • 09/08/1992 Thomas Palm (piano), Ingrid Schmidhüsen (soprano)
    Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [+B]
    Hauptabteilung E-Musik, Redaktion Neue Musik