Composer of the Week
Cecile Chaminade and Augusta Holmes, Fame and Reputation
Donald Macleod considers the different ways in which Chaminade and Holmes exploited celebrity status, as they profited from the political uncertainties and the dawning of the Third Republic. With Marcia Citron, Lovett Distinguished Service Professor of Musicology at Rice University, and Karen Henson, Assistant Professor at Columbia University. Chaminade, arr Kreisler: Serenade Espagnole (for violin and piano), Op 150 Nils-Erik Spark (violin) Bengt Forsberg (piano) Chaminade: 3 Romances san paroles, (6 Songs Without Words, Op 76) Eric Parkin (piano) Chaminade: Piano Sonata Danielle Laval (piano) Chaminade: Gloria, Mass for two equal voices, Op 167 No 2 Dorte Blase (soprano) Heidrun Blase (mezzo-soprano) Ulrich Bremsteller (harmonium) Holmes: la belle Madeleine Rebecca de Pont Davies (mezzo-contralto) Claire Toomer (piano) Holmes: Pologne Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic Samuel Friedman (conductor) Chaminade: Pas des cymbales, Op 36 No 2 Bengt Forsberg, Peter Jablonski (pianos).