Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - 2. Return to Paris
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) Episode 2 of 5: Return to Paris
As part of Radio 3's celebration of female composers marking International Women's Day, this week Donald Macleod explores with Mary Cyr, the life and music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, hailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music.
1684 was the year that Elisabeth Jacquet left the royal court in Versailles, and returned to Paris. She married Marin de La Guerre who was an organist at the Jesuit church of Saint Louis. The following year, at the age of only twenty, she composed a sung ballet, now lost, to be performed at court. A few years later in 1687, aged only twenty-two, she published her first set of Suites for Harpsichord, including the Suite No 4 in F major, which she dedicated to King Louis XIV.
00:02 Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre Trio Sonata no. 3 in D major Choir: Camerata Moderna.
00:12 Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre Jacob and Rachel, from Cantates francoises, Livre premier Performer: Francoise Bloch. Performer: Brigitte Haudebourg. Performer: Guy Robert. Singer: Sophie Boulin.
00:29 Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre Cephale et Procris - Act IV extract Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci. Singer: Emil Rovner. Singer: Alex Potter. Singer: Achim Schulz. Singer: Raphaele Kennedy. Singer: Daniel Issa Goncalves.
00:40 Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Suite in F major for keyboard [from "Pieces de clavecin", 1687] Performer: Elizabeth Farr.
First broadcast: 03 Mar 2015 (b0540191) http://vk.com/wall-71199334_50