OUT ON OCTOBER 30TH
We take a 360° approach to countering today’s dramatic absence of women in concert music programmes. The organisation’s projects of production, mediation and diffusion are entirely built on the foundation stone of research, digging up forgotten manuscripts and studying scores.
It seems as if practically every day musicians are finding some undeservedly forgotten or ignored composition that has never been published, or recorded, or performed.
These discoveries are the starting point for all of our activities; our goal is to return them to the light and share them with the greatest possible number of people.
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NEWS
NEWS
NEW PARTNERSHIP
For its upcoming research projects, the Cité des Compositrices is delighted to be able to count on the expertise of the Guénifey genealogy firm. Their “Mémoire” service will now assist us in our search for descendants and heirs, as well as in conducting biographical research on the female composers we are studying!
LA BOÎTE À PÉPITES PUBLISHING
Thanks to the decades-long work of her grandson François-Henri Labey, Charlotte Sohy’s chamber music and piano pieces are finally being published. Buy your copy on our website!
STREAMING NOW
Every Friday, discover a new audio gem on streaming platforms. Add them to your playlist and rewatch the videos while immersing yourself in the paintings at the Musée d’Orsay!
This week, we’re featuring Impressions de Mer by Marcelle de Manziarly.
NEW RELEASE
NEW RELEASE
When Clémence de Grandval wrote to her mentor and friend Camille Saint-Saëns that she had ‘committed no crime other than being a woman,’ she had already fully established herself in the musical life of her time. A leading figure of French romanticism, she was an admired composer whose works were performed on major stages and honoured by the Académie des beaux-arts. Her music embraces every kind of ensemble, from chamber music to opera. Bringing together more than 100 artists, this portrait in four CDs offers a wide-ranging survey of her work, from the overwhelming Stabat Mater to the intimacy of her chamber pieces and songs.
4 CDs – 4h36′
CD1
Andante et Intermezzo for violin, cello and piano (1889)
Sébastien Surel, Héloïse Luzzati, Théo Fouchenneret
Romance et Gavotte for oboe, cello and piano (1884)
Alexandre Gattet, Héloïse Luzzati, Théo Fouchenneret
Deux Pièces for clarinet and piano (1885)
Raphaël Sévère, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Trio de salon for oboe, bassoon and piano (-)
Alexandre Gattet, Julien Hardy, Théo Fouchenneret
Suite for flute and piano (1876)
Mathilde Calderini, Guillaume Bellom
Valse mélancolique for flute and harp (1891)
Mathilde Calderini, Constance Luzzati
Lamento et Scherzo for oboe and piano (1877)
Alexandre Gattet, Théo Fouchenneret
Quatre Pièces for English horn and piano (1885)
Alexandre Gattet, Théo Fouchenneret
CD2
Sonate op. 8 for violin and piano (1851)
Raphaëlle Moreau, David Kadouch
Chanson d’autrefois [Guillaume Costeley] (1890)
Camille Chopin, Célia Oneto Bensaid
La Source [Anna Maria Lenngren, trad. Xavier Marmier] (1851)
Camille Chopin, Célia Oneto Bensaid
Pensée d’amour (-)
Camille Chopin, Célia Oneto Bensaid
Menuet [Fernand Gregh] (1901)
Camille Chopin, Célia Oneto Bensaid
Hébé, lyrical scene for soprano [Paul Collin] (1892)
Camille Chopin, Célia Oneto Bensaid
Deux Pièces for violin and piano (1882)
Raphaëlle Moreau, David Kadouch
Villanelle for voice, violin and piano [Jean Passerat] (1877)
Fiona McGown, Raphaëlle Moreau, David Kadouch
Au bord de l’eau [Sully Prudhomme] (1884)
Fiona McGown, David Kadouch
À l’hirondelle [Sully Prudhomme] (1884)
Fiona McGown, David Kadouch
Le Vase brisé [Sully Prudhomme] (1884)
Fiona McGown, David Kadouch
La Chute des étoiles [Charles Marie Leconte de Lisle] (-)
Fiona McGown, David Kadouch
CD3
Trois Pièces for cello and piano (1883)
Héloïse Luzzati, Théo Fouchenneret
Sacrifice [Sully Prudhomme] (1885)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Le Galop [Sully Prudhomme] (1884)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
La Délaissée [Jean Du Boys] (1867)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Chanson laponne [Armand Silvestre] (1893)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Soupir [Sully Prudhomme] (1884)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Scrupule [Sully Prudhomme]
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Prière [Sully Prudhomme] (1884)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Les Trois Oiseaux [François Coppée] (-)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
En Automne [François Coppée] (-)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Les Lucioles [Ernest-Wilfrid Legouvé] (1866)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Chanson d’exil [François Coppée] (-)
Coline Dutilleul, Flore Merlin
Deuxième Grand Trio for violin, cello and piano (1853)
Trio Zeliha : Manon Galy, Maxime Quennesson, Jorge González Buajasán
CD4
Stabat Mater (1870)
Gabrielle Philiponet soprano
Aude Extrémo mezzo-soprano [contralto]
Julien Henric tenor
Nikolay Borchev barytone
Anne Le Bozec piano
Sarah Kim harmonium
Chœur de Radio France
Lionel Sow conductor
Introduction
No. 1. Stabat Mater [soli et chœur]
No. 2. O quam tristis ! [air pour soprano]
No. 3. Quis est homo [quatuor SCTB]
No. 4. Pro peccatis [trio SCT et chœur]
No. 5. Eia ! Mater [air de ténor et chœur]
No. 6. Sancta Mater [duo soprano-baryton]
No. 7. Juxta crucem [air contralto]
No. 8. Fac ut portem [quatuor sans accompagnement SCTB]
No. 9. Inflammatus [final soli et chœur]
HISTOIRES D’EAU
HISTOIRES D’EAU
Co-produced with the musée d’Orsay and in partnership with the Philharmonie de Paris and France Musique.
Fred de Faye-Jozin (1871 - 1942)
Julie Fuchs, soprano
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Tanguy de Williencourt, piano
Marthe Bracquemond (1898 - 1973)
Mathilde Calderini, flute
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier (1921 - 1999)
Marie Perbost
Marie-Laure Garnier
Marielou Jacquard
Fiona McGown
Freda Swain (1902 - 1985)
Manon Galy, violin
Léa Hennino, viola
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Helen Hopekirk (1856 - 1945)
Vanessa Wagner, piano
Régina Patorni-Casadeus (1886 - 1961)
Marie-Laure Garnier, mezzo-soprano
Pierre Fouchenneret, violin
Théo Fouchenneret, piano
MARIA LUISA ANIDO (1907-1996)
Gabriel Bianco, guitar
Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
Marielou Jacquard, mezzo-soprano
Clémence de Forceville, violin
Violaine Despeyroux, viola
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Anastasie Lefebvre de Rieux, flute
Constance Luzzati, harp
Rodolphe Théry, percussions
Fernande Decruck (1896 - 1954)
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Adela Maddison (1862 - 1929)
Manon Galy, violin
Raphaëlle Moreau, violin
Léa Hennino, viola
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
David Kadouch, piano
Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879 - 1960)
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Anne de Fornel, piano
Quatuor Hanson
Hedwige Chrétien (1859 - 1944)
Théo Fouchenneret, piano
Tanguy de Williencourt, piano
Catherine Murphy Urner (1891 - 1942)
Marielou Jacquard, mezzo-soprano
Anastasie Lefebvre de Rieux, flute
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Constance Luzzati, harp
Dorothy Howell (1898 - 1982)
Sarah Nemtanu, violin
Marie-Josèphe Jude, piano
Delphine Von Schauroth (1813 - 1887)
Théo Fouchenneret, piano
Jeanne Bernard (1895 - 1979)
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Vanessa Wagner, piano
Matilde Salvador (1918 - 2007)
Marie Perbost, soprano
Gabriel Bianco, guitar
Marcelle de Manziarly (1899 - 1989)
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Marie Dare (1902 - 1976)
Quatuor Hanson
Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919)
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, basse
Anne de Fornel, piano
Maria Bach (1896 - 1978)
Raphaëlle Moreau, violin
Clémence de Forceville, violin
Violaine Despeyroux, viola
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Rosette Ehrmann (1887 - 1974)
Marie-Josèphe Jude, piano
Madeleine Roman-Lauvière (1889 - 1987)
Marielou Jacquard, mezzo-soprano
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Tanguy de Williencourt, piano
Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
Pierre Fouchenneret, violin
Théo Fouchenneret, piano
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969)
Clémence de Forceville, violin
Manon Galy, violin
Raphaëlle Moreau, violin
Sarah Nemtanu, violin