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Programma

Marie Bigot (1786-1820) 

Suite d’études

étude en sol mineur: Allegretto 

étude en A mineur : Allegretto 

étude en C mineur : Allegro 

Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1834) 

Sonate Nr.3 en fa mineur

Maestoso con espressione   

Allegro agitato 

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Marie Bigot (1786-1820) 

Sonate œuvre 1 en sib Majeur

Adagio 

Allegro espressivo 

Andantino 

Rondo 

Felix Mendelssohn (1890-1847) 

Lied ohne Worte in G minor , Op. 19b, No. 6,

Venetianisches Gondellied

Lied ohne Worte in G minor , Op. 30, No. 6,

Venetianisches Gondellied

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) 

Nocturne en sol mineur

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Descended from a family of Alsatian musicians, Marie Bigot played an important role in the European musical landscape at the turn of the 19th century. Married to the librarian, Count Andrey Razumovsky, she lived in Vienna between 1804-1809, where she became an intimate friend of Ludwig van Beethoven and took lessons with him. Beethoven was impressed by her pianism, notably when she deciphered his new “Appassionata” sonata, directly from his manuscript. He consequently presented the manuscript to her, which she took back to Paris; it’s now conserved in the Bibliothèque National de France.

During her stay in Vienna, she immersed herself in Viennese artistic society, playing also for Haydn and developing a friendship with Salieri. It was in Vienna that she composed her first and only sonata. However, her husband become jealous of her close relationship with Beethoven and moved the family back to Paris.

Upon returning to Paris, Marie Bigot composed her suite of études, opened her music school and gave lessons to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn during them Parisian trip in 1816. They most likely worked with her on her own works.

Marie Bigot contributed significantly to the introduction of Beethoven’s music to the Parisian public as well as Hélène de Montgeroult, an another very important feminine figure of the Parisian scene.