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Pauline Viardot and Her Circle

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú New Generation Artist Ema Nikolovska and pianist Malcolm Martineau step into Pauline Viardot’s salon for music by the 19th-century composer and her dazzling friends.

Live from the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny from Cadogan Hall, London.

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú New Generation Artist Ema Nikolovska and pianist Malcolm Martineau invite you to step into Pauline Viardot’s salon for a lunchtime recital of music by the 19th-century composer and her dazzling friends and contemporaries.

Pauline Viardot: Canzonetta de concert
Brahms: Fünf Lieder, Op. 94 – No.4: Sapphische Ode
Sieben Lieder, Op. 48 – No. 1: Der Gang zum Liebchen
Clara Schumann: Volkslied
Lorelei
Liszt: Vergiftet sind meine Lieder
Comment, disaient-ils
Pauline Viardot: Six chansons du XVe siècle – No. 1: ‘Aimez-moi’
María Malibrán: La voix qui dit: je t’aime
Manuel García: Es corredor
Meyerbeer: Le prophète – ‘Donnez pour une pauvre âme’
Pauline Viardot: Le dernier sorcier – ‘Coulez, gouttes fines’ (Chanson de la pluie)
Fauré: La chanson du pêcheur (Lamento)
Pauline Viardot: The Tit
Tchaikovsky: My genius, my angel, my friend
Pauline Viardot: On Georgian hills
chaikovsky: 12 Romances, Op. 60 – No. 10: ‘At the window, in the shadow ‘
Pauline Viardot: Zalotna (La coquette)

Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano

A household name across Europe during the late 19th century, Pauline Viardot was an international opera star by 18, studied the piano with Liszt, played duets with Chopin, charmed Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Gounod and the writer Turgenev, and hosted the greatest musical salon of her day. She was also a fine composer, though one still heard too rarely today. Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú New Generation Artist Ema Nikolovska and pianist Malcolm Martineau invite you to step into Viardot’s drawing room for a lunchtime recital of music by Viardot, her friends and her contemporaries – including Gounod, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Chopin.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Pauline Viardot

    Canzonetta de concert

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Funf Lieder, Op 94 - No 4: Sapphische Ode

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Sieben Lieder, Op 48 - No 1: Der Gang zum Liebchen

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Clara Schumann

    Volkslied

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Clara Schumann

    Lorelei

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Franz Liszt

    Comment, disaient-ils

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Six chansons du Xve siecle - No 1, "Aimez-moi'

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • María Malibrán

    La voix qui dit: je t'aime

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Le prophete - 'Donnex por une pauvre ame'

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Le dernier sorcier - 'Coulez, goutted fines' (Chanson de la pluie)

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La chanson du pecheur (Lamento)

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pauline Viardot

    The Tit

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    My genius, my angel, my friend

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pauline Viardot

    On Georgian hills

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    12 Romances, Op 60 - No 10: 'At the window, in the shadow'

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Zalotna (La Coquette)

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Pauline Viardot

    6 Mélodies et une havanaise: No 4: Hai luli!

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Sep 2021 13:00
  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 13:00

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