Concert champêtre
Concert champêtre | |
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FP 49 | |
Composed | 1927 | –28
Concert champêtre (French: which also exists in a version for piano solo with very slight changes in the solo part.
It was written in 1927–28 for the harpsichordist
After a private performance in which Poulenc played the orchestral parts on the piano, the piece's public premiere was on May 3, 1929 at the
The piece is in three movements:
- Allegro molto – Adagio – Allegro molto
- Andante: Mouvement de Sicilienne
- Finale: Presto très gai
The piece alludes to music of the
A typical performance of the Concert champêtre lasts around twenty-five minutes.
Like many harpsichord works from the 20th century, this piece was written for the 'revival' Pleyel contemporary harpsichord, with metal frame, pedals, leather plectra and heavy touch, which was prevalent at the time, rather than historic instruments from the 17th and 18th century. However, Trevor Pinnock has played and recorded it on a 3-manual Hass instrument with disposition 16' 8' 8 ' 4' 2', lute, 2 buffs, 2 couplers.[citation needed]
A recording of Poulenc himself playing the work, but on the piano, with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos on 14 November 1948, was issued in 1998 as part of a 10-CD survey of historic broadcast recordings by that orchestra.[4]
References
- ^ Schmidt 1995.
- ISBN 0-7148-3503-X.
- ISBN 0754602826, citation on 24.
- International Classic Record Collector, Spring 1998, Vol 3 No 12, p88; and letter from Igor Kipnis, page 5 of same issue of journal.
Bibliography
- Schmidt, Carl B. (1995). The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): A Catalogue. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780191585166.