Hahn: Divertissement pour une fête de nuit, Le bal de Béatrice d’Este, Sérénade & Concerto provençal

Featuring

Nicolas Chalvin
Julien Vern
François Lemoine
Frank Sibold
Julien Desplanque
Orchestre Des Pays de Savoie

Ensemble Initium
Reynaldo Hahn

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Compositional Technique

Le Bal de Béatrice d'Este uses a particularly original instrumental ensemble, including two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, trumpet, piano, two harps, timpani, and percussion.

Composition History

The Concerto provençal, one of Reynaldo Hahn's last works, was likely composed around 1944 and received its radio premiere in July 1945.

Composer Biography

Reynaldo Hahn, the composer of the works on this album, was born in Caracas in 1874 and moved to Paris in 1878, where he quickly showed extraordinary musical talent.

Composition History

The Sérénade for four wind instruments, dated 1942, was an unpublished work discovered in a private collection by musicologist Philippe Blay.

Performer Biography

Ensemble Initium, a wind octet featured on this recording, was founded in 2005 at the Paris Conservatory and has won several awards, including a First Prize for Chamber Music at the CNSM de Paris in 2009.

Composer Biography

Reynaldo Hahn was a pupil of Jules Massenet, a renowned French composer, and remained one of his favorite disciples.

Composition History

Le Bal de Béatrice d'Este, a dance suite on this album, was premiered in Paris on March 28, 1905, at a concert of the 'Modern Society for Wind Instruments'.