Découvrez la vidéo Hahn - L'Heure Exquise (Piano solo transcription) (Sheet music) de MX Chan sur Le Fil YouTube de Piano Partage.
Video recording: https://youtu.be/AIFj-XQUkPc
This is a new recording of my original piano transcription of the song L'Heure Exquise (The Exquisite Hour), by Reynaldo Hahn, a naturalised French composer, born in Venezuela. L'Heure Exquise is from the collection of songs titled '7 Chansons grises'. Songs such as this one deserves a copious amount of romantic rubato. I'm appalled at how dry and metronomic I played this back in 2015!
Combining the voice with the piano accompaniment into a solo piano transcription produces some rather difficult fingering decisions, as the main melody is often shared back and forth between the left and right hand.
This song is a beautiful rare gem, depicting a serene moonlit night:
"The white moon shines through the woods;
From each branch springs a voice under the boughs...
Oh beloved!
The pond reflects, in its deep mirror,
The silhouette of the black willow
where the wind weeps...
Let us dream! It is the hour...
A vast and tender solace
seems to descend from the sky
which the star illuminates...
It is the exquisite hour."
My favourite version on Youtube, by Ben Bliss (Tenor): https://youtu.be/pl22CLqxwus
Sheet music download: https://app.box.com/s/cybzafd6v1ti3gn2vax20h76vds2fpv5
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Piano: Estonia L210 (2018)
Sound recording: Zoom H5
Reverb: Adobe Audition: Medium Concert Hall (Warm)