Suite of Dances from "Les fêtes vénitiennes" by André Campra:
Marche - Premier Passepied - Air des Musettes -
Air des Espagnolles - Air pour les Arlequins - Marche
David Kriewall, organ
University of Washington graduate recital
Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle
June 8, 2014
Full recital: • 2014 Graduate Recital ...
Program notes:
André Campra (1660-1744) was the leading figure in French theatrical and sacred music during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Campra held many different musical posts throughout his career. The most important of these was Maître de musique at St. Etienne in Toulouse (appointed 1683); later he was at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris (1694), and in 1700 a conducteur at the Paris Opéra.
Campra’s main contribution to the French lyrical stage was the form opéra-ballet. The term is normally applied to large-scale works consisting of a prologue and several entrées, each with its own set of characters and independent action but all loosely related to a collective idea. Structured to include a prologue and five separate entrées, Les fêtes vénitiennes (“The Festivals of Venice,” first performed at the Paris Opéra in 1710) is an essential work in this new genre.
These six dances have been selected from various scenes in Les fêtes vénitiennes, and were adapted for organ by David Kriewall.
9 авг 2014
