André Messager: Les Deux Pigeons Ballet Suite (1886)
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- André Messager: Les Deux Pigeons, Ballet Suite (1886)
Orchestre de Paris conducted by Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
André Charles Prosper Messager (French: [mɛsaʒe]; 30 December 1853 - 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international success.
Despite financial obstacles, Messager pursued studies in piano and composition, with teachers including Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. He became a major figure in the musical life of London as well as Paris, both as a conductor and a composer. Most of his Parisian works were produced in London, where several of them had long runs and numerous revivals, and he wrote two operatic works in English. He was the only French composer to write an original Savoy opera. Towards the end of his career, he composed musical comedies for Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps.
As a conductor, Messager held prominent positions in Paris and London, at the head of the Opéra-Comique, the Paris Opéra, the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, and of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Although as a composer he is known chiefly for his light works, as a conductor he presented a wide range of operas, from Mozart to Richard Strauss, and he acquired a reputation as a conductor of Wagner. In Paris he conducted the world premieres of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Massenet's Grisélidis and Charpentier's Louise. At Covent Garden, he gave the British premieres of operas by Saint-Saëns and Massenet. (Ref: Wikipedia)
Les Deux pigeons is a ballet originally choreographed in two acts by Louis Mérante to music by André Messager. The libretto by Mérante and Henri de Régnier is based on the fable The Two Pigeons by Jean de la Fontaine. The work was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 18 October 1886. Frederick Ashton later created a new ballet to Messager's music under the title The Two Pigeons. (Ref: Wikipedia)
Saw The Two Pigeons at Saddlers Wells in the 70’s with Freddy Ashton present ❤
De vraies musiques de chambre et d'amour, Du très grand classique, excellent, je précise. Merci Monsieur Messager. Faites passer à toutes les générations. Grandiose et rythmé. Je reste bouche bée.
Qui écoute cela en 2021? Moi.
Moi aussi… et ce, depuis mon enfance ❤
Moi aussi c'est une personne issue de mon arbre généalogique et je suis sérieux en disant cela !!!❤
There are 7 movements as following:
1. Entrees des Tziganes 0:00
2. Entree de Pepio 3:34
3. Pas des deux pigeons 5:47
4. Theme et Variations 8:30
5. Divertissement (Entree) 14:00
6. Dense Hongroise 16:43
7. Final 19:52
Grazie!
Gran bella musica ,ottimamente orchestrata ,di questo compositore poco conosciuto ma che merita di essere maggiormente conosciuto.
A wonderful and memorable ballet score. Among the best!
Excellente interprétation de cette oeuvre bien trop négligée des scènes ainsi que des concerts.
Notable música de ballet de este compositor poco desconocido.
Muy parecido al estilo musical de Offembach.
Gracias .
PRIMUM. Thank you for this upload...more music I have never heard before.
Yes. Does anyone know of a complete recording? On UA-cam there is about half an hour of the ballet (Sophie Guillem, grainy picture). Not the suite. Messager was a splendid composer so we want his orchestration not John Lanchberry's.
Grossartige Musik , Danke fürs hochladen
came here because of wikipedia
What is that last song called?
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8:32 - 11:20
8:30
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Une très belle musique qui fait honneur au patrimoine musical Français ,et qui est injustement négligé par les propres autorités musicales Françaises .A croire que ce sont des crétins et des ignares .Mais nul n'est prophète en son pays ,surtout en France .
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12:35