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In Search of Proust's Music

Simon Russell Beale is the reader in a concert of music and recitals from Proust's life and great novel of memory, In Search of Lost Time, first published in English in 1922.

A concert inspired by the vital musical thread running through Marcel Proust's life and his great novel of memory, 'In Search of Lost Time', first published in English 100 years ago in 1922. Simon Russell Beale reads from the novel, letters, poetry and other of Proust's writings, and music including Beethoven, Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn and Saint-Saëns, is performed by soprano Ailish Tynan, violinist Jack Liebeck, and pianists Iain Burnside and Katya Apekisheva. Matthew Sweet explores Proust's music in conversation with Jennifer Rushworth.

Hahn: Nocturne
Debussy: Fêtes galantes
Beethoven: Adagio espressivo (Violin Sonata in G major, Op.96)
Hahn: À Chloris; La barcheta; L'heure exquise
Schumann: Mondnacht (Liederkreis, Op.39 No.5)
Massenet: Pensée d'automne
Fauré: Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33 No 1
Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75

Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Iain Burnside (piano)
Jack Liebeck (violin) and Katya Apekisheva (piano)

First broadcast live from Wellcome Collection in October 2017.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Apr 2022 19:30

Music Played

  • Rynalso Hahn

    Nocturne

    Performer: Jack Liebeck.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Nocturne in E flat major

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Claude Debussy

    Fetes Galantes I

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Claude Debussy

    En Sourdine Fantoches and Clair de Lune

    Performer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Marcel Proust

    Swann in Love - Reading

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Adagio Espressivo from Violin Sonata in G Op 96

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 10 in G major, Op 96 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Marcel Proust

    Reading - Letter to Suzette Lemaire

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Marcel Proust

    Reading - Letter to Reynaldo Hahn

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    À Chloris

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris La Barcheta L'Heure Exquise

    Performer: Ailish Tynan. Performer: Ian Burnside.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    La Barcheta

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Marcel Proust

    Reading - Schumann

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht

    Performer: Ailish Tynan. Performer: Ian Burnside.
  • Marcel Proust

    In Praise of Bad Music

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Jules Massenet

    Pensee d'Automne

    Performer: Ailish Tynan. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Jules Massenet

    Pensee d'Automne

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Marcel Proust

    Reading - Within a Budding Grove

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Marcel Proust

    Reading - Letter to Jacques de Lacretelle

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Nocturne No 1 in E Flat Minor

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Marcel Proust

    Reading - Swann In Love

    Performer: Simon Russel Beale.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Violin Sonata No 1 in D Minor, Op 75

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Violin Sonata No 1 in D Minor Op 75

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Etude en forme de valse (6 Studies Op.52)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Saint Saens: Concertos 2 & 5; Solo Piano Works.
    • ERATO.
    • 8.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Oct 2017 20:00
  • Sun 17 Apr 2022 19:30