Program

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  I. PROUST IN LOVE — Marcel & Reynaldo
  

  “One is always inspired when speaking of what one loves.  The truth is that one should never speak of anything else.” — Letter from Proust to Hahn

   

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  Premières valses pour piano (1898)
  Reynaldo Hahn
  1875-1947
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  Early Poems
  

  translated and read by Richard Howard

   

  Marcel proust
  1871-1922
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  II. THE LITTLE PHRASE — Swann & Odette
  

  “the little phrase by Vinteuil which was, so to speak, the national anthem of their love.” — From Swann’s Way

   

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  Reading from Swann’s Way “In Search of Lost Time” Vol. 1
  

  translated and read by Richard Howard

   

  Proust
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  Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75 (1885)
  

  Allegro Agitato — Adagio Allegro Moderato — Allegro Molto

   

  Camille Saint-Saëns
  1835-1921
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  III. SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT — Proust & Music
  

  “For some years Beethoven’s last quartets and the music of Franck has been my principal spiritual nourishment” — Letter from Proust to Mme. Albert Hecht, March 1916

   

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  Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 7 (1878-79)
  

  Molto Moderato
  Lento
  Allegro Non Troppo

   

  César Franck
  1822-1890