Chopin's Concert in Rouen in 1838

Épisode de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Acoustique par Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Acoustique · 20 décembre 2022 · 57 min

Here is an original hour-long podcast which will take you in the footsteps of the 19th century’s most beloved and most played piano composer in the world : Frédéric Chopin !  His compositions are reconfigured or remixed in many popular songs and are often heard in cinema as well as in the theater.

Writing, editing, acoustic reconstruction, graphic charter & mastering : Nicolas Labatut

Jason Lytle (Title Introduction), Renée Clancy (Narrator), charlotte etc. (George Sand), Xavier Mathès (Robert Schumann), Troy von Balthazar (Frédéric Chopin), Nicolas Labatut (M.P.), Anne-Sophie Thouary (Anonymous reader), Sean Kirkpatrick (Journalist), Andy Richards (Journalist), Mark Charles Heidinger (Ernest Legouvé).

Translation of the podcast into English by Renée Clancy. Special pronunciation thanks to Dorota Deschaume Kycia (Polish), Oliver Kruppa (German), and Nicolas Caiazzo (Italian). And a special thanks to Chris Purcell, Eric Sennevoight, and Mark Charles Heidinger for their linguistic input.

Sound recordings : Different soundscapes recorded in situ (Flaubert Museum & Monumental Cemetery of Rouen*) by Nicolas Labatut in July 2022. [*The spoken voices during these two outdoor extracts were actually recorded in the studio.]  Samples of Pianoforte Broadwood 1847 played in MIDI + reverberations recorded at the Medium Musique store (Rouen-Fr). Tours's concert documented by Jean Jude, Chopin specialist, in "Aspects de la vie musicale tourangelle dans la première moitié du XIXe siècle" whom I thank for these discussions. Details about Chopin's concert in Paris at the Hôtel de Monaco were documented by Piotr Witt in his book "Chopin à Paris - une affaire non classée" Ed. Szansa-Chance. Details on the orchestration of the concerto Op.11 taken from Halina Goldberg's research "Chamber Arrangements of Chopin's Concert Works".

The musical excerpts used are mainly from the Musopen - The Complete Chopin Collection - Creative Commons project (see details of the performers and the technical means used by referring to the “Tracklist” chapter from the dedicated Facebook / Youtube / Twitter / BandCamp / Instagram pages).

3D portrait by Hadi Karimi: "Portrait of Frédéric Chopin" CC-BY-SA 4.0 (2020). Sacem T-312.149.881.1 - Episode original en Français sur Anchor [Writing a musical research article related to this podcast in progress] - Good listening !

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