Emmanuel Ceysson's 2015 album on Naïve is an exploration of the harp concerto in early 20th century France, with a focus on post-Romantic works by Henriette Renié, Théodore Dubois, Gabriel Pierné, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Harp music had enjoyed intermittent popularity in the Romantic era with the advent of the modern pedal harp, but it became an esthetic sensation when Renié, a child prodigy who had made a name for herself at the Paris Conservatoire, introduced her Harp Concerto in C minor in 1901. This accomplished work ...
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Emmanuel Ceysson's 2015 album on Naïve is an exploration of the harp concerto in early 20th century France, with a focus on post-Romantic works by Henriette Renié, Théodore Dubois, Gabriel Pierné, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Harp music had enjoyed intermittent popularity in the Romantic era with the advent of the modern pedal harp, but it became an esthetic sensation when Renié, a child prodigy who had made a name for herself at the Paris Conservatoire, introduced her Harp Concerto in C minor in 1901. This accomplished work and Renié's recitals around France inspired several composers to write for the instrument, including her teacher and friend Dubois, who wrote his Fantaisie for harp and orchestra for her; Pierné, who included many of Renié's innovations in his Concertstück; and Saint-Saëns, whose Morceau de concert of 1918 showed the endurance of Renié's influence. Ceysson, a rising harp virtuoso, has programmed these pieces to demonstrate Renié's techniques, but also to show the origin of the French...
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