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

Copy of publication, A3L. 36 pages.
Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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Typeset edition (Jonathan Powell), A3L. 21 pages.
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Manuscript, A3L. 16 pages.
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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)

Michael Habermann (piano),
Naxos 8.571363-65 (2015)
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) [extract]
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
25/03/2003 Simon Mawhinney (piano)
Harty Room, Queen’s University of Belfast , Belfast, N.Ireland
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
22/03/2008 Wei Tsy-Tau (piano)
Bach Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
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
05/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Glenfinnan Church, Glenfinnan, UK
Loch Shiel Festival
17/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Masterclass, Kiev, Ukraine
24/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Jacqueline du Pre Building, Oxford, UK
Alkan Centenary Recital
01/06/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Schott Recital Room, London, UK
14/06/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Klub Pracowników Politechniki Slaskiej, ul. Banacha 3, Gliwice, Poland
28/10/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, USA
Poncho Concert Hall
05/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Arvada, CO, USA
10/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
121 Ludlow
17/04/2015 Karl Lutchmayer (piano)
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India
Conversational Concert
24/08/2018 Simon Callaghan (piano)
Rittersaal/Konzertsaal, Schloß vor Husum, Husum, Germany
Raritäten der Klaviermusik

Broadcasts etc.

22/04/1930 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
BBC London Regional, London, UK [broadcast]
08/12/1969 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
WBAI (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
“The Composer Sorabji” (Erik Chisholm): illustrated talk read by Frank Holliday
13/12/1970 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
12/12/1971 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
10/12/1972 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
08/11/1973 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
KPFA (radio), Berkeley CA, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
19/02/1975 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
WMUK (radio), Kalamazoo MI, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
19/06/1976 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano) [extract]
Minnesota Public Radio (broadcast over KSJR/KSJN/KCCM/WSCD/KRSW/KLSE), Collegeville MN, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
07/12/1976 Yonty Solomon (piano) [extract]
BBC Radio 4, London, UK [broadcast]
“PM” News programme
11/06/1977 Yonty Solomon (piano) [extract]
LWT (London Weekend Television), London, UK [broadcast]
“Aquarius” programme
07/11/1977 Yonty Solomon (piano)
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast]
17/03/1983 Michael Habermann (piano)
McGill University, Montréal, Canada [recording]
Illustrated Lecture by Marc-André Roberge
14/07/1983 Michael Habermann (piano) [extract]
US National Public Radio, Washington DC, USA [broadcast of recording]
“All Things Considered” programme
29/11/1984 Michael Habermann (piano)
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
24/02/1989 Yonty Solomon (piano) [extract]
NOS (Nederlandse Omroeprogramma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
01/03/1990 Michael Habermann (piano) [extract]
Lecture room, Royal College of Music, London, UK [recording]
Lecture-recital
03/08/1992 Yonty Solomon (piano) [extract]
BBC Transcription Service, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
“Talking About Music” programme: John Amis/Yonty Solomon/Alistair Hinton (recorded December 1989)
09/08/1992 Michael Habermann (piano) [extract]
Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [broadcast of recording]
Hauptabteilung E-Musik, Redaktion Neue Musik
14/08/1992 Yonty Solomon (piano)
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
“A Sorabji Centenary” programme
30/01/2003 Yonty Solomon (piano)
WPRB, Princeton NJ, USA [broadcast of recording]
“Classical Discoveries” programme
04/09/2016 Yonty Solomon (piano)
Radio France, Paris, France [broadcast of recording]
Zig-Zag
24/08/2018 Simon Callaghan (piano)
Deutschlandfunk Kultur, , Germany [broadcast]
03/03/2019 Simon Callaghan (piano)
NDR Kultur: Rittersaal/Konzertsaal, Schloß vor Husum (see 24/08/2018), Hamburg, Germany [broadcast]
Raritäten der Klaviermusik Husum
25/02/2023 Michael Habermann (piano) [extract]
Radio-France: https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/musicopolis/kaikhosru-sorabji-un-compositeur-bien-secret-6078820, Paris, France [broadcast of recording]
Musicopolis
31/03/2023 Michael Habermann (piano) [extract]
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/cafe-zimmermann/escala-escultura/6847280/, Madrid, Spain [broadcast of recording]