In Search Of Proust's Music

A concert inspired by the vital musical thread running through Marcel Proust's life and his great novel of memory, 'In Search of Lost Time', first published in English 100 years ago in 1922. Simon Russell Beale reads from the novel, letters, poetry and other of Proust's writings, and music including Beethoven, Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn and Saint-Sa뀀ns, is performed by soprano Ailish Tynan, violinist Jack Liebeck, and pianists Iain Burnside and Katya Apekisheva. Matthew Sweet explores Proust's music in conversation with Jennifer Rushworth.

Hahn: Nocturne

Debussy: Fꀀtes galantes

Beethoven: Adagio espressivo (Violin Sonata in G major, Op.96)

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