Hommage à Germaine Tailleferre tomorrow at the University of Mexico

There will be a concert in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Death of Germaine Tailleferre tommorow (Friday, November 7, 2008) at 12h30 at the National School of Music of the National University of Mexico, Mexico City.

Hommage à Germaine TAILLEFERRE

XXV Anniversaire de son décès

Sala Huehuecóyotl

Escuela Nacional de Música

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Xicoténcatl 126, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México

Vendredi 7 novembre 2008, 12:30 hs.

Xicoténcatl 126, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México

The programme, which will be presented by musicologist and pianist Carmen Betancourt and performed by students of the Academy of Singing, features the Three Jean Tardieu Songs, the Two Poemes of Lord Byron, and Tailleferre's hommage to Francis Poulenc, L'Adieu du Cavalier.

The program will be repeated in another concert on November 27th, again at the University of Mexico.

Leguerney songs with Flute, harp and string trio

I was looking up something in the catalog that Mary Dibbern put together of all of the manuscripts in Jacques Leguerney's papers at the time of his death and came across the following entry :

OL78.
3 PoËmes de la PlÈiade, instrumentÈs pour le Quintette†?
Manuscrit partition au crayon, 28 pages.
Harpe, flute, violon, alto, violoncelle.
(A la Fontaine Bellerie, Chanson triste, Villanelle)

It seems quite clear to me that the mysterious Quintette referred to here must be the Quintette Instrumental Pierre Jamet which was directed by this famous harpist (he premièred the Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola by Debussy, among many other pieces). Among the many composers who wrote for this ensemble (Jolivet, Desportes, D'Indy, Koechlin, Tomasi etc etc etc), Germaine Tailleferre arranged a Scarlatti sonata for this ensemble and Françaix wrote two quintettes for them. It seems quite clear to me that this must have been the ensemble that Leguerney was writing for. I'm wondering if the Trio for Harp, Violin and Piano was written for Jamet as well?