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Pauline Viardot and Her Circle

Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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ԼÅÄ Proms.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny from Cadogan Hall, London.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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ԼÅÄ 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.

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  • Mon 6 Sep 2021 13:00
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