by Eileen Gilligan | Feb 12, 2022 | Pieces
Apres Un Reve (After a Dream) Op 7 by Gabriel Faure Background This mélodie is the first in a set of three songs, opus 7, which also comprises Hymne and Barcarolle. All three were composed between 1870 and 1877, then collected and published in 1878 under the title...
by Eileen Gilligan | Feb 9, 2022 | Pieces
Presto Giocoso by Francis Poulenc Background One of the great melodists of the twentieth century, Poulenc, was largely self-taught as a composer. He was most noted for his melodies, grace, wit, irony and sentiment. In the early 1920s he belonged to the Paris-based...
by Eileen Gilligan | Jan 26, 2022 | Pieces
Evening Primrose “Yoimachigusa” by Tadasuke Ono Background Tadasuke Ono was a violinist born 1885 and died 1929. He was educated at the Tokyo Academy of Music. There is not much more to be told about him. There are a few vocal recordings of this song...
by Eileen Gilligan | Jan 16, 2022 | Pieces
Syrinx by Claude Debussy 1862-1918 Syrinx Debussy wrote Syrinx in 1913 it was the first solo flute composition for the Boehm flute. He was well set up to create a beautiful solo piece. Syrinx explored the new tone colours that could be created and became a showcase...
by Eileen Gilligan | Jan 9, 2022 | Pieces
Danny Boy by Frederic Weatherly In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, Frederic Weatherly initially wrote the words to “Danny Boy” to a tune other than “Londonderry Air”. After his Irish-born sister-in-law Margaret Enright Weatherly in the United States...
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