Cécile Chaminade - Thème varié, Op.89

"As I got to know Mlle. Chaminade better better I found her to be one of the loveliest characters I have ever met. She is frank in her manner and thoroughly in earnest with her work. She has no bitter words for anybody ... The French people idolize her, and her songs are the most popular in French salons to-day. In England and in America it would be difficult to pick up a program of a song recital without finding something of Chaminade on it." - Ward Stephens, Etude Magazine, 1899

Born in Paris in 1857, Cécile Chaminade studied piano, violin, and composition and eventually embarked on a successful performing career in France, England, and the United States. Her shorter pieces for piano became immensely popular in the first decade of the 19th century, inspiring hundreds of "Chaminade Clubs" throughout England and the United States, some of which still exist today! Her other compositions include a piano trio, concertstück for piano and orchestra, and a ballet and opera. By the 1920s, however, a combination of sexist critiques and the shifting tastes of the classical establishment all but removed Chaminade's pieces from piano repertoire for decades. I hope you enjoy her Thème varié, Op. 89!
Learn more about Chaminade: https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/the-pianist-cecile-chaminade-rediscovered.html

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