Louise Farrenc CotW Sorbonne 11-16/12/13

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

suggested by listener's poll Louise Farrenc is given the treatment this week ..... caught by the charm of her music yesterday , listening again today .... some meaty social history for Donald Macleod in looking over her career and subsequent disappearance from view ...

her lovely work is new to me .... just what R3 is for [and no effin phone ins; no my shit of the week; just good old fashioned talk and play by a master of his game]

[teamsaint]

Not caught much of this, but the last movement of the first symphony sounded excellent stuff indeed.

http://wiltshire.naxosmusiclibrary.com/catalogue/item.asp?cid=999603-2

[Rolmill]

Coincidentally, I stumbled across a disc of Farrenc's chamber music at a charity shop in Bristol only a couple of weeks ago - and am glad that I bought it (speculatively, as I have never knowingly heard her music previously). The Ambache Ensemble play a nonet, sextet and trio. The nonet in particular is delightful - shades of Mendelssohn and Hummel to my untutored ear. Unfortunately, I am unable to catch either the original or the repeated CoW, so I'll try to Listen Again if I get the chance, as I would very much like to hear the symphonies.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

is online a possibility Rolmill?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lnbw8

[Rolmill]

[QUOTE=aka Calum Da Jazbo;360341]is online a possibility Rolmill?

Yes, that's what I meant - I used the wrong terminology! Thanks aka CDJ.

[John Wright]

I caught some of the Louise Farrenc music while driving around at lunchtimes this week, quite a revelation.

CDs at Amazon are not cheap.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=louise+farrenc&tag=googhydr-21&index=music&hvadid=32176619529&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16116975301417864&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_kx2fe7xdv_b

and astonished at a boxed set of 6 CDs of Women Composers..... £400+ !

http://www.amazon.co.uk/6-Great-Women-Composers-Various/dp/B00006L70Z/ref=sr_1_17?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387648198&sr=1-17&keywords=louise+farrenc

[Don Petter]

and astonished at a boxed set of 6 CDs of Women Composers..... £400+ !

http://www.amazon.co.uk/6-Great-Wome...louise+farrenc

'Because I'm worth it'?

[LeMartinPecheur]

The Ambache Ensemble play a nonet, sextet and trio.

I think the Ambache Ens did a BBC MM disc of music by c3 women composers. Did that feature any Farrenc? - I'm keen to sample more after hearing odd bits of this week's CotW.

A reminder of which composers were on that disc would help me to find it, whether or not these included Farrenc

[Rolmill]

I think the Ambache Ens did a BBC MM disc of music by c3 women composers. Did that feature any Farranc? - I'm keen to sample more after hearing odd bits of this week's CotW.

A reminder of which composers were on that disc would help me to find it, whether or not these included Farranc

Well remembered LMP - I have that disc and had forgotten that it included Farrenc's Clarinet Trio in E flat (so I was wrong to claim that I hadn't heard any of her music previously), must listen to it again. The BBC MM disc also includes Clara Schumann's Konzertsatz in F minor, Fanny Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor and "Deux pieces" by Maria Grandval. Hope that info helps you find it...

[LeMartinPecheur]

Well remembered LMP - I have that disc and had forgotten that it included Farrenc's Clarinet Trio in E flat (so I was wrong to claim that I hadn't heard any of her music previously), must listen to it again. The BBC MM disc also includes Clara Schumann's Konzertsatz in F minor, Fanny Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor and "Deux pieces" by Maria Grandval. Hope that info helps you find it...

Rolmill: bullseye - filed under C Schumann!

Maybe it'd be more findable under Ambache...

[Rolmill]

Rolmill: bullseye - filed under C Schumann!

Maybe it'd be more findable under Ambache...

Yes, in fact the Mendelssohn and Farrenc are both more substantial than the Schumann! I have it filed in my chamber music section (as per the old Penguin Record Guide hierarchy)

[LeMartinPecheur]

Yes, in fact the Mendelssohn and Farrenc are both more substantial than the Schumann!

True, but Clara is 1st on the disc. (Now just why should that swing it?)

[french frank]

and astonished at a boxed set of 6 CDs of Women Composers..... £400+ !

http://www.amazon.co.uk/6-Great-Wome...louise+farrenc

Even more remarkable, it's number 526,765 in Amazon's list of best sellers ...

[Don Petter]

Even more remarkable, it's number 526,765 in Amazon's list of best sellers ...

Don't give them ideas. Another list to be read out in Breakfast?

[Rolmill]

True, but Clara is 1st on the disc. (Now just why should that swing it?)

But does that mean a disc of an orchestral concert gets filed under the composer of the overture?

Actually, it is a disc which defies easy categorisation - no one piece dominates, but it is also not solely chamber music! Probably best to file according to which piece/composer is most interesting to you, in which case Clara could well be the most appropriate answer.

Anyway, thanks for reminding me of the disc and of its inclusion of the Farrenc trio.