Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn (1805-1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, later known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy and as Fanny Hensel. Her compositions number some 450, and include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 pieces for solo piano, and over 250 lieder. Most of these were unpublished in her lifetime. Although lauded for her piano technique, she rarely gave public performances outside her family circle. Clara Josephine Schumann Wieck (1819-1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital by lessening the importance of purely virtuosic works. She also composed solo piano pieces, a piano concerto, chamber music, choral pieces, and songs. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre was born on March 17, 1665, into a family of musicians and master instrument-makers in the parish of Saint-Louis-en-l’Île, Paris. Her grandfather, Jehan Jacquet, and her father, Claude Jacquet, were harpsichord makers. Élisabeth received her initial musical education from her father. When she was five, Louis XIV, the “Sun King”, took notice of her when she performed at his palace of Versailles. This eventually led to her becoming a musician in his court. She wrote most of her works under his patronage. Louise-Justine Messiaen (1906-1959), more commonly known under her pseudonym Claire Delbos, was a French violinist and composer. She was the first wife of the composer Olivier Messiaen. Maija Einfelde was born in Valmiera, Latvia, and began her music studies with her mother, who was a church organist. She continued her education at Jazeps Medinš Music College in Riga, and then entered the Conservatoire of Latvia in 1966, studying composition with Janis Ivanovs. After graduating, she has taught music theory and composition. Elfrida Andrée was born on 19 February 1841 in Visby to the doctor Andreas Andrée. She was the pupil of Ludvig Norman and Niels Wilhelm Gade. An activist in the Swedish women’s movement, she was one of the first female organists to be officially appointed in Scandinavia. She began work in Stockholm in 1861 and became the organist at Gothenburg Cathedral in 1867, where she remained the organist until her death Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953) was an American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price was educated at the New England Conservatory of Music, and was active in Chicago from 1927 until her death in 1953. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (1921-1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher. She was the chief organist at Saint-Esprit for twenty-nine years and at La Madeleine in Paris starting in 1962. She performed internationally as a concert organist and was the first female organist to sign a record contract. She went on to record many organ works, including her own compositions.
— Hans-Ola Ericsson —
21 October
Igreja de São João Evangelista, Funchal
Tuesday, 9.30 pm
Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
¬ Prelude (1829)
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
¬ Prelude and fugue Op 16, n.º 2 (1845)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
¬ Suite in a minor
› Prelude
› Allemande
› Courante
› Allemande
› Sarabande
› Gavotte
› Chaconne
› Menuet
Claire Delbos (1906-1959)
¬ L’homme né de la femme vit peu de jours…
¬ La Vierge berce l´Enfant…
Maija Einfelde (1939)
¬ Sanctus (1999)
Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929)
¬ Melody
Florence Price (1887-1953)
¬ Adoration (1951)
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
¬ Veni Creator
¬ Toccata
