KSS4 L’heure exquise
Piece details
- Written for: Voice and Piano
- Date composed: 1916
- Approximate duration (minutes): 2
- Manuscript pages: 2
- Manuscript location: Private collection
- Comments: Text by Paul Verlaine. Called op.2, no.2 by the composer.
Editions available from the Sorabji Archive
- Critical edition (Marc-André Roberge), A4P. 14 pages.
Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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- New edition (Marc-André Hamelin), A3L. 4 pages.
Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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- Manuscript, A3P. 2 pages.
Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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Recordings
- Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano),
Centaur Records CRC2613 (2002)
Track 7 (2:13)
Performances
- 20/04/1999 Amy Burton (soprano), John Musto (piano)
Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York NY, USA
“Opulent Music” series
- 03/11/2000 Sarah Leonard (soprano), Stephen Gutman (piano)
Conway Hall, London, UK
Planet Tree Festival
- 14/11/2002 Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
Merkin Hall, New York NY, USA
- 13/02/2004 Sarah Leonard (soprano), Jonathan Powell (piano)
St Cyprian’s Church, London, UK
- 12/04/2011 Amy Fuller (soprano), Kent Conrad (piano)
Memorial Room, Smith Music Hall, University of Illinois , Urbana, IL, USA
Doctoral recital
- 05/01/2014 Patricia Rozario (soprano), Parvesh Java (piano)
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- 19/07/2015 Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Anne le Bozec (piano)
l'Eglise de La Grave, Pays de la Meije, Paris, France
18ème Festival Messiaen
- 27/01/2019 Betty Makharinsky (soprano), Jonathan Powell (piano)
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
Broadcasts etc.
- 21/09/2004 Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
Nordwest Radio/Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [broadcast of recording]
“Der Kauz von Corfe Castle: Aus dem Nachlaß von Kaikhosru Sorabji”
