L’heure Exquise

9 June, 2013 Kuala Lumpur, White Box, MAP@Publika - An intimate recital of French melodies by Faure, Debussy, Duparc, Hahn and Ravel recreating the 'salon' experience of Paris during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

 

Photo credits to Wong Horngyih

 

9 June, 2013 Kuala Lumpur, White Box, MAP@Publika - An intimate recital of French melodies by Faure, Debussy, Duparc, Hahn and Ravel recreating the 'salon' experience of Paris during the 19th and early 20th centuries. A small retrospective of beautiful settings of texts by Bourget, Gautier, Morand, Hugo, Prudhomme, Silvestre and with a special tribute to Verlaine. Performed to a full house by Chi Hoe Mak, bass-baritone, Wong Chee Yean, on piano and narrated by AVA and Marie Thielens.

 

PROGRAMME
 

Gabriel Faure          Clair de lune
                               Chanson d’amour
                               Les berceaux
                               Automne
                               Notre amour
                               Mandoline


Claude Debussy      Mandoline
                               Beau soir
                               Les cloches
                               Le faune
                               Trois Ballades de Francois Villon
                               - Ballade à s'amye
                               - Ballade que Villon fit à la requête de sa
                                  mère pour prier Notre Dame
                               - Ballade des femmes de Paris

INTERVAL


Henri Duparc          Phidyle
                              Chanson triste
                              Lamento


Reynaldo Hahn       A Chloris
                              Offrande
                              Si mes vers avaient des ailes
                              L’heure exquise


Maurice Ravel         Don Quichotte a Dulcinee
                              - Chanson Romanesque
                              - Chanson épique
                              - Chanson à boire