KSS4 L’heure exquise

Piece details

  • Written for: Voice and Piano
  • Date composed: 1916
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 2
  • Manuscript pages: 2
  • Manuscript location: Private collection
  • Comments: Text by Paul Verlaine. Called op.2, no.2 by the composer.

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Manuscript, A3P. 2 pages.
    Price: £7

  • Handwritten edition (Marc-André Hamelin), A3L. 4 pages.
    Price: £7

  • Critical edition (Marc-André Roberge), A4P. 14 pages.
    Price: £7

Recordings

  • Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano),
    Centaur Records CRC2613 (2002)
    Track 7 (2:13)

Performances

  • 20/04/1999 Amy Burton (soprano), John Musto (piano)
    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
  • 14/11/2002 Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
    Merkin Hall, New York NY, USA
  • 13/02/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano), Sarah Leonard (soprano)
    St Cyprian’s Church, London, UK

Broadcasts etc.

  • 21/09/2004 Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
    Nordwest Radio/Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [+B]
    “Der Kauz von Corfe Castle: Aus dem Nachlaß von Kaikhosru Sorabji”