PROGRAM NOTESMEMBERSSPECIAL THANKS

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

Premières valses pour piano (1898)

Reynaldo Hahn 1875-1947

Early Poems

translated and read by Richard Howard

Marcel proust 1871-1922

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

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

translated and read by Richard Howard

Proust

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” — Letter from 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