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Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre is a composition by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, first performed in 1875. It is based on a poem by Henri Cazalis, which explores the old French superstition of…
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Fauré – Requiem, Op. 48 – Pie Jesu
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924) was a renowned French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. His influential musical style impacted many composers of the 20th century. Fauré’s mastery of the French art…
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Telemann – Concerto for Flauto Traverso and Strings in G Major, Part 2
…flute soloist Cuauhetemoc Trejo. The concerto, influenced by French and Polish music, consists of four character movements instead of the usual three, resembling a French orchestra suite. ArsAntiguaPresents.com, directed by…
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
…while his mother, Aimée Marie Bruslé, was a Creole of French ancestry. This multicultural background played a significant role in shaping Gottschalk’s musical style in his later years. Gottschalk was…