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Click on these works for more details below: You can download and hear a minute from the first of the Deux Pieces by clicking here. For general information about playing our sound clips, click here and return via your browser's Back button. For a site listing more Grandval works for oboe or cor anglais visit www.duvoir.info/music-collection/exceptionalpieces. Back to Contents Offertoire from the Messe. 1867. Andantino maestoso. 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bs cl, 4 hns, 2 tpt,3 tbn, timps, hp, strings. 8 mins The Messe has seven sections, and the Offertoire is placed between the Credo and the Sanctus. It is a gravely processional orchestral movement, built on two broad, expressive melodies; the first is announced by solo bass clarinet, and much later presented in canonic imitation by violins and horns, while the second, marked tres doux is heard on violins against shimmering harp arpeggios and leads to a beautiful enharmonic modulation characteristic of Grandval's rich chromatic style. While the heightened atmosphere is remeniscent of Faure's Requiem, it's worth noting that she wrote her Messe 10 years before his Requiem. We gave the UK premiere in 1997. Back to Contents Deux Pieces pour Hautbois, Violoncelle et Piano. 1884 1. Romance: Andantino, G major. 2. Gavotte: Allegro non troppo. 7 mins The elegant Romance has an elegiac atmosphere, with a dramatic middle section. Grandval has a gorgeous sense of harmony, and the whole is tinged with a sensuous melancholy. The Gavotte trips along in lighter manner, with a more flowing central section. I recorded this with my Ensemble, The Ambache, for the BBC Music Magazine (Vol IV No 9). For details see www.ambache.co.uk. A click here will take you to the appropriate page; return via your browser's Back Button. The music is published by Emerson Edition (No 371). You can email June Emerson at June Emerson@compuserve.com. Back to Contents Deuxieme Grand Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle. 1853 1. Allegro, E flat. 2. Vivace, G major. 3. Tempo di Minuetto, G minor. 4. Allegro animato, E flat. 21 mins Grandval studied the piano with Chopin, and was a marvellous pianist, as indicated by the sizeable piano piano in this Trio. There is also great textural variety, with the strings taking lyrical moments. The Scherzo second movement is playful, while the third is more melodic. The finale is light and humerous, with a jaunty second theme. There is a brilliant coda, which drives excitedly towards the end. Published by Hildegard Publishing Company, Box 332, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA Back to Contents Prelude et Valse Lent pour Cor Anglais or Clarinette et Piano. 1885 1. Prelude: Andante espressivo, A flat. 2 Vales Lent: Allegro quasi Andantino, E flat. 8 mins More haunting harmonies, and romantic dancing. Back to top or Back to Navigation page |