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French violinist and conductor (1781-1849)
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The Paris Conservatory Orchestra (L’Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire) was founded in 1928 by conductor François-Antoine Habeneck specifically for the purpose of performing all of Beethoven’s major orchestral works. It represents the only unbroken tradition of orchestral playing going back to Beethoven’s day that we have, a tradition which lasted until 1967, […]
2021-07-29 04:54:00
Recent Releases, No. 13 (CD Reviews)
[…] lyrical, more expressive, and ultimately even more impressive work than its discmate. There is an interesting – but disheartening – tale told about this work in the liner notes: “The work was relatively well-received at its premiere , and was performed in Brussels in 1847 – indeed, Farrenc’s symphony concerts usually attracted large audiences, partly because of the simple novelty of attending performances of orchestral music by a woman! However, she struggled to persuade Francois-Antoine Habeneck, conductor of the most prominent orchestral series in Paris, to perform her music. It was not until April 1849 that she succeeded in having her new Third Symphony (composed in 1847) performed by the Société dés Concerts du Conservatoire under Habeneck’s successor, Narcisse Girard. Unfortunately, the decision was taken to programme it alongside Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which, as even the critics noted, was unfair on the new work; this Beethoven symphony was his most popular […]
2016-01-27 15:00:20
[…] subsequent Western art music is profound. Ludwig van Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that “posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years”. 1 Lalo in 1891 (engraving by Richard Paraire) In 1823 Edouard Lalo was born in Lille, France. He attended that city’s conservatoire in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire under François Antoine Habeneck. Habeneck conducted student concerts at the Conservatoire from 1806 onwards and became the founding conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1828. For several years, Lalo worked as a string player and teacher in Paris. In 1848, he joined with friends to found the Armingaud Quartet, playing viola and later second violin. Lalo’s earliest surviving compositions are songs and chamber works (two early symphonies were destroyed). Julie Besnier de […]
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2015-06-08 11:53:32
Inside rehearsals for Guillaume Tell: How an opera director develops character
[…] tired of the silly stories and characters. In Tell we find a new power and psychological weight, inspired by French theatrical traditions, and an orchestral language inspired by his contemporaries. Critics at the time didn’t quite know what to make of what they heard: some made comparisons with Gluck and Mozart , many turned to Beethoven (whose symphonies were being heard for the first time in Paris in their entirety, under the baton of François-Antoine Habeneck ). It is clear that Rossini’s almost symphonic approach to the orchestra offers a means with which to create believable, sympathetic, psychologically complex characters. I will be interested to see how Tell holds up, in this respect, against more familiar, later repertory, and what traces of influence we might hear. Sarah Hibberd is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Nottingham . Find out more about her association with The […]
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