Program Notes by James Roe, Artistic DirectorSongs by Reynaldo Hahn — Texts & Translations

I - PROUST IN LOVE — Reynaldo & Marcel
“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)

Songs & Waltzes

Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Infidélité
Mai
Dans la nuit

Valse pour piano: Pas vite, simplement (à l'ombre rêveuse de Chopin)

À Chloris
Tyndaris
Fêtes galantes
Quand je fus pris au pavillon

Valse pour piano: Avec élégance

L'heure exquise

Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)

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)

Passage from “Swann in Love”

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

translated and read by Richard Howard

Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

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

Allegro Agitato — Adagio
Allegro Moderato — Allegro Molto

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

III. SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT — Proust & Music
“For some years Beethoven’s last quartets and the music of Franck has been my principal spiritual nourishment” (Proust to Mme. Albert Hecht, March 1916)

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

Molto moderato
Lento
Allegro non troppo

César Franck (1822-1890)