Suite Florentine (1919)

Emmanuel Pahud presents Charles-Marie Widor ‘Suite Florentine’ for violin and piano arranged for flute and piano by Rien de Reede edited and revised by Emmanuel Pahud.

The Suite Florentine for violin and piano written by Charles-Marie Widor in 1919, is an arrangement of the Suite for Violin and Piano, op. 76 (1903), itself a collection of stage music from La Sulamite (1903). It was first performed at the Élysée Palace on 20 February 1919 for Queen Hélène of Italy. Widor played the piano on that occasion and dedicated the work to the Queen.

Contents :

1. Cantilena
2. Alle Cascine
3. Morbidezza
4. Tragica