Workshop The French Sonata for fortepiano, square piano Erard 1806

The French Sonata around the Erard 1806 with Luca Montebugnoli piano, Clotilde Verwaerde musicologist
Maximum number of pianists: 10, i.e. 3 lessons of 45 mn over 3 days
The training workshops will take place at ARCAL, 87 rue des Pyrénées 75020 Paris (Metro Maraichers or Nation)
Registration validated by the pedagogical team, then transfer Cycle Atelier Erard 1806 and Claviers XVIIIe (3 days):
Price: 180€ with 3 lunches, 150€ with 3 lunches for members of La Nouvelle Athènes

Program to be prepared to study the specific pedalization provided by the Erard 1806 square piano
– le rondo l’Orage de Daniel Steibelt (extrait du 3e concerto op. 33, tirée de sa méthode de piano),
– le Ranz des vaches ou le rondo « Pastorale » de Louis Adam (dans la méthode de 1804-05)

Free program among :
Louis Adam : sonates op. 6, op. 7, op. 8, op. 9
Hélène de Montgeroult : sonates op. 1, op. 2 et op. 5
Hyacinthe Jadin : sonates op. 3, op. 4, op. 5, op. 6
Daniel Steibelt : sonates op. 4, op. 23, op. 64 ; mélange op. 10 ; capricci op. 24
Ignace Ladurner : sonates op. 4, op. 9, op. 11
Muzio Clementi : sonates op. 25, op. 33
Jan Ladislav Dussek : sonates op. 35, 64, 75, 77 ; fantaisie op. 76
Johann Baptist Cramer : sonates op. 7
Frédéric Kalkbrenner : sonates op. 1, op. 4
Férdinand Hérold : sonate op. 1 :

Presentation
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the piano was at the heart of French musical life: an unavoidable presence in Parisian salons, it was the instrument of choice for amateur musicians as well as for the many virtuosos of all origins who settled in the capital. A new and innovative instrument, the piano owes its omnipresence in large part to the practice of arrangement, which allowed the pleasure of playing works originally written for the theater or public concert. Published in large quantities by the music publishers of the time, these arrangements and transcriptions are far from being purely commercial products: in the hands of the best pianist-composers of the time, they constitute a real field of experimentation of the expressive resources and sound possibilities of the pianos that are constantly coming out of the Parisian factories. Their rediscovery today on French instruments of the period represents a privileged access to the exploration of the French piano repertoire and writing of the beginning of the century, while also shedding new light on the interpretation of the vast contemporary catalog of sonatas, which remains little known.

Pedagogical and practical organization
The session will be preceded by several days in April and May, followed by a half day during which the trainees will be able to familiarize themselves with the various keyboard instruments available:

Instrument list :

Square piano Erard 1806, collection La Nouvelle Athènes,

Square piano Clementi 1800, collection Emile Jobin.