Gabriel Fauré ‒ Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
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Gabriel Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (1898)
Performed by Boston Sinfonia, Seigi Ozawa conductor
00:00 - No. 1 Prélude - Quasi adagio
06:24 - No. 2 Fileuse (Hilandera) - Andantino quasi allegretto
08:58 - No. 3 Sicilienne - Allegretto molto moderato
13:02 - No. 4 La Mort de Mélisande - Molto adagio
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 is a suite derived from incidental music by Gabriel Fauré for Maurice Maeterlinck's play of the same name. He was the first of four leading composers to write music inspired by Maeterlinck's drama. Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius followed in the first decade of the 20th century. Fauré's music was written for the London production of Maeterlinck's play in 1898. To meet the tight deadline of the production, Fauré reused some earlier music from incomplete works and enlisted the help of his pupil Charles Koechlin, who orchestrated the music. Fauré later constructed a four-movement suite from the original theatre music, orchestrating the concert version himself.
The suite at first consisted of the Prélude, Fileuse (entr'acte to Act 3) and La mort de Mélisande (entr'acte to Act 4). In this form it was premiered at the Concerts Lamoureux in February 1901. Fauré was not happy with the performance, telling his wife that the conductor, Camille Chevillard did not really understand the music. Fauré later added the Sicilienne. This version of the suite was published in 1909. The suite is sometimes performed with the addition of Mélisande's song "The King's three blind daughters", in Koechlin's orchestration.
The Prélude is based on two themes; the first is tightly restricted, with no large melodic intervals between successive notes. The critic Gerald Larner suggests that this theme reflects Mélisande's introverted personality. The second theme is introduced by a romantic solo cello with woodwind, and may, in Larner's view represent Mélisande as first seen by her future husband, Golaud. The horn calls near the end of this movement may suggest Golaud's discovery of Mélisande in the forest.
La Fileuse is an orchestral representation of a spinning song. The Fauré scholar Jean-Michel Nectoux notes that although Debussy omits it in his operatic version, Mélisande is shown at her spinning wheel in Maeterlinck's play. A gentle oboe melody is accompanied by the strings, who maintain a theme imitative of spinning.
The last movement, in D minor, is inescapably tragic, with a theme of lamentation for clarinets and flutes. There are echoes of Mélisande's song throughout the movement. The opening theme returns fortissimo on the strings "before a last echo of the song and a sadly modal approach on solo flute to the final chord" (Larner). This movement was played at Fauré's own funeral.
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Thank you very much for this. It's been a favorite for many years. Great times for music in 1898. Viva Faure! Got to appreciate Ozawa's wonderful direction and overall great career as well.
Je ne sais pas si vous êtes comme moi mais à la fin de la mort de Mélisande quand sa jolie âme quitte son corps pour s'envoler dans les limbes symbolisée par les flutes dans les dernières mesures, les larmes me viennent aux yeux, quelle grâce...
Rest in Peace, dear Maestro Ozawa. This recording was the only consolation I had in my life for many years. ご冥福をお祈りします/I pray for your happiness in the next world. ❤🙏🏼🙏🏼
Certainement la plus belle suite sur ce thème', l'utilisation des flutes lui donne toute sa couleur un peu féérique...
Today I learned they played this at Faure's funeral.
made me weepy :( as all transcendently beautiful things tend to do.
Gabriel Fauré:Pelléas és Mélisande-szvit Op.80 1. Prelűd (Quasi adagio) 00:05 2. Fileuse (Fonódal, Andantino quasi allegretto) 06:25 3. Sicilienne - Allegretto molto moderato 08:59 4. Mélisande halála (Molto adagio) 13:03 Boston Sinfonia Vezényel:Ozava Szedzsi
Une émotion mélée de grâce exquise...
@remixuereb
Жыл бұрын
Bien résumé . Il y a de l'élégance chez cet élève de Saint Saens.🏙
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne it's one of my favorite songs, this is so beautiful
Just gorgeous, and thank you for providing the score with which to follow along!
Haunting and beautiful.
Medtanaculus, thanks for posting this Suite to KZread, the performance is as flawless as it is expressive and moving ! Thanks for the information as well ! In a way we are lucky that Fauré, unable to meet the deadline of the London production of Maeterlinck's play in 1898, eventually decided to orchestrate the piece and thus create this blissful Suite which you kindly shared with us.
love the sicilianne somuch
magic... in the middle of the forest...
@elspethboyd8074
2 күн бұрын
That's exactly what I think of...
Nice
This is not the Boston sinfonia but the Boston Symphony Orchhestra under Seiji Ozawa and not Seigi....sic!
9:00 ....I know this part so well....not exactly sure why.. but I do...
@ourworldmylense
4 жыл бұрын
@@blacklicorice1833 exactly!!!!!! I'll let you know if I ever figure it out
@ourworldmylense
4 жыл бұрын
@@blacklicorice1833 you've described exactly how I feel!!! anyway, good luck. and enjoy the music! plus, stay safe! I hope we'll all be able to return to normal life soon.
@MegaFg2
4 жыл бұрын
harry potter
@missmimington9606
3 жыл бұрын
Well, I know that I had been looking for this song since I was very small; a T.V broadcasting channel for children would play it sometimes with pretty moving images on the screen, and was never able to locate the source! It’s a miracle that I did
@ethanheadbeats
Жыл бұрын
it sounds like harry potter
Firestone Tires ads..... in the middle of Fauré... NO!
Excerpt 2 - 8:06 Excerpt 3 - 9:15
Heard the Sicilienne on anime Hyouka...
@samaritan29
2 жыл бұрын
best anime evar!!! (oreki is such a fascinating protagonist)
8:00 12:20 16:50
3:48
2:14
1:18 7:03
henlo stream DYNAMITE by BTS mwah muah
@hetchera14564
Жыл бұрын
who
Boring. Harmonically dull and unadventurous for French music. No real passion or expression. Debussy's is of course better on another level. The Sicilienne really is overrated.