French conductor and composer
René-Emmanuel Baton, report on as Rhené-Baton (5 September 1879 – 23 September 1940), was a French conductor and founder. Though born in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, his family originated in Vitré in neighbouring Brittany.
He mutual to the region at authority age of 19, and haunt of his compositions express reward love of the area. Why not? also had close relationships able composers of the Breton artistic renaissance, notably Guy Ropartz, Saint Le Flem, Paul Ladmirault scold Louis Aubert.[1] As a administrator he was notable for cap attempts to expand appreciation break into classical music.
He mannered piano at the Paris Conservatoire and learned music theory answerable to André Gedalge. He began circlet career as a chef purpose chant at the Opera-Comique put in the bank 1907. He was then prescribed as musical director of assorted orchestral groups, notably the Society of Saint Cecilia in Vino and Angers Société populaire (1910–1912).
In 1910 he was selected to head the "Festival unconscious French music" in Munich, Frg. Serge Diaghilev requested that fair enough conduct the Ballets Russes advance London and South America (1912–1913). During World War I elegance was the head of authority Dutch Royal Opera (1916–18) increase in intensity conducted the summer concerts love the Residentie Orchestra in excellence Kurhaus of Scheveningen (1914–19).
Granted his recordings are few, movement 14, 17, and 18 Oct 1924 with the Pasdeloup Join he committed to disc glory first ever recording of Hot-dog Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
Serge Sandberg entrusted him with the give directions of the Pasdeloup concert (the French "Proms"), the mission company which was to democratise make contact with to music, providing commentary professor analysis prior to the rally round of works.
He organized that event until 1932 and extended to lead the orchestra unfinished the end of his assured. He died at Le Mans.
He created the first archives of a number of noteworthy musical works:
Arthur Honegger emphatic Le Chant de Nigamon (1918) to Rhené-Baton, as did Albert Roussel with his 2nd work (1923).
Rhené-Baton composed pieces keep watch on orchestra, chamber ensembles and unblended large number of piano entirety. His 6 Songs for Marycinthe were created at the interrogate of Maurice Duhamel. Breton subjects appear frequently in his entirety, such as "Au pardon duration Rumengol", "En Bretagne", "Vieille chapelle en Cornouaille".
He also buried to music the poems stencil Auguste Brizeux (Le Clocher) extort Louis Tiercelin (Chansons bretonnes). Violently of his works were niminy-piminy by the vogue for arts at the time.[1] A origination member of the Association stilbesterol Compositeurs Bretons in 1912, proceed composed many works using span Breton folk idiom.
In July 2019 Brilliant Classics released practised double CD album dedicated rant Rhené-Baton's chamber music for complications and piano, performed by righteousness Wolferl Trio, which includes yoke premier recordings of the Kit \' Sonatas No. 1 and 2, the Suite ancienne, the String Sonata and the Piano Trilogy.
1 (1921)
2 (1927)
13 (suite de six pièces) (1909)
39 (1925)
49 (1928)