Edouard Chavagnat: À minuit ( Ronde des Lutins ), Op. 143 No. 3
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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music
Phillip Sear plays a lively goblins' dance - 'At midnight'. It is the final piece from an 1885 'Poème pour piano' - 'Nuit de mai' (May night) by the French composer Edouard Chavagnat (1845-1913). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I know little about Chavagnat's life, except that he wrote a fair number of salon pieces in the late 19th century. It is interesting that the continuous movement of this piece reminds one of that in Elgar's famous 1892 'Shepherd's song' - both composers must have viewed shepherds as busy people. 'Nuit de mai' was dedicated to the eminent French pianist and Liszt pupil Caroline Montigny-Remaury (1843-1913). The thumbnail shows a detail from an artwork called 'Goblin Tunnels' from this website: http://www.thelandofshadow.com/?p=54455 It illustrates a passage from Tolkien's 'The Hobbit': “It was lit by a great red fire in the middle, and by torches along the walls, and it was full of goblins!” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear http://www.psear.co.uk (Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: http://wa.me/441444483794 ) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pianogems
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