A MINIATURE FORMAT
TO DISCOVER
GREAT FEMALE
COMPOSERS
Created in 2020, the Youtube channel La Boîte à Pépites already has over 15,000 followers. The ambition of the channel is to permit the general public to (re)discover the lives and works of women composers.
Today the channel contains about 60 videos, in formats varying from animated documentaries to a digital Advent Calendar ; a goldmine of short videos that make it possible for anybody to dicover the lives and works of these forgotten women in the most enjoyable manner.
SEASON 3
NUITS
Illustrated by Cécile Bidault & animated by Lorène Gaydon
Hedwige Chrétien (1859 – 1944)
Nuit
Elsa Dressing, soprano
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Shuichi Okafa, violin
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Wanda Landowska (1879 – 1959)
Nuit d’automne
David Kadouc, piano
Hélène Covatti (1910 – 2005)
La Veilleuse éteinte
Marie-Laure Garnier, soprano
Tristan Raës, piano
Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878 – 1941)
Quatuor à cordes, op. 6 : I. Moderato
Quatuor Mona
Ethel Barns (1874 – 1948)
Sleep Weary Heart
Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano
Anne de Fornel, piano
Germaine Tailleferre (1892 – 1983)
Fantaisie on a theme composed by Georges Caussade
Shuichi Okada, violin
Alexandre Pascal, violin
Léa Hennino, alto
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847)
Schlafe du, schlafe du süss
Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
Théo Fouchenneret, piano
Grace Williams
The Cypress Curtain of the Night
Marielou Jacquard, soprano
Anastasie Lefebvre De Rieux, flute
Constance Luzzati, harp
Fernande Decruck (1896 – 1954)
Cantique
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
David Kadouch, piano
Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)
Two Songs, op. 100 : I. A Mirage
Agathe Peyrat, soprano
Amanda Favier, violin
Xavier Phillips, cello
Celia Oneta Bensaid, piano
Alma Mahler (1879 – 1964)
Die stille Stadt
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Simone Blanchard
Voix intérieure
Trio Ernest
Poldowski
Nocturne (des Cantilènes)
Marie Perbost, soprano
Anne de Fornel, piano
Sofia Goubaïdoulina (1931 – )
Silenzio : III.
Fanny Vicens, accordion
Amanda Favier, violin
Xavier Phillips, cello
COMPOSITRICES
DESSINÉES
Illustrated by Lorène Gaydon
In this video, you can listen to :
Symphonie de la Forêt
Orchestre national d’Île-de-France
Case Scaglione, conductor
Piano quintet
Septet
Bilitis
Piano quartet
Musiques sur l’eau
Solitude
La cloche fêlée
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Shuichi Okada, violin
Alexandre Pascal, violin
Léa Hennino, viola
Claudine Legras, viola
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Lorraine Campet, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Romain Louveau, piano
Florian Caroubi, piano
In this video, you can listen to :
D’un soir triste
D’un matin de printemps
Orchestre National Avignon-Provence
Debora Waldman, conductor
Cortège
Nocturne
Reflets
Clairières dans le ciel : IX. Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
Dans l’immense tristesse
Raquel Camarinha, soprano
Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano
Stéphane Degout, barytone
Sarah Nemtanu, violin
Anne de Fornel, piano
Excerpts from Les heures claires, an album release by harmonia mundi in February 2023 and imagined in collaboration with the Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger
In this video, you can listen to :
Symphonie en do mineur
Orchestre National Avignon Provence
Débora Waldman, musical direction
In this video, you can listen to :
Fantaisie, op. 3
David Kadouch, piano
Chants de la lande, op. 4
Marie-Laure Garnier, mezzo-soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Sonate, op. 6
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Octobre, op. 23 n° 1
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Quatre Pièces romantiques, op. 30
Marie Vermeulin, piano
Trio, op. 24
Nikola Nikolov, violin
Xavier Phillips, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Premier Quatuor, op. 25
Deuxième Quatuor, op. 33
Quatuor Hermès
Triptyque champêtre, op. 21
Mathilde Calderini, flute
Omer Bouchez, violin
Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, alto
Yan Levionnois, cello
Constance Luzzati, harp
Orchestre National Avignon-Provence
Débora Waldman, musical direction
Trois Chants nostalgiques, op. 7
Aude Extrémo, mezzo-soprano
Thème varié, op. 15 bis
Cordelia Palm, violin
Méditations, op. 18
Marie Perbost, soprano
Histoire sentimentale, op. 34
In this video, you can listen to :
Suite en forme de Valses, op. 35
Orchestre National Avignon Provence
Débora Waldman, musical direction
Papillons, op. 28 / Le Moustique, op. 66
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Narcisse op. 90
David Violi, piano
Reproche tendre, op. 49
Alain Buet, baritone
David Violi, piano
Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, op. 67
Pauline Buet, cello
David Violi, piano
Scène de la forêt, op. 123
Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, alto
Mathilde Caldérini, flute
Constance Luzzati, harp
Elève toi mon âme, op. 22
Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano
Geneviève Laurenceau, violin
David Kadouch, piano
Toccata en sol, op. 97
Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux, organ
In this video, you can listen to :
Lobgesang
Orchestre National Avignon-Provence
Debora Waldman, conductor
Das Jahr, H. 385 – III. März
Nocturne in G minor H. 337
Melody op. 4 n°2
Schlafe du, schlafe du süss
Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
Théo Fouchenneret, piano
David Kadouch, piano
In this video, you can listen to :
Symphony in F minor, op. 41
Orchestre National Avignon Provence
Débora Waldman, conductor
Piano quintet in B minor, op. 40
Impromptu for piano quartet, op. 9b
Piano quartet in D minor, op. 25
Verwandlung for voice, violin and piano, op. 37a
Mädchengestalten, op. 42
Violin sonata “Slavic”, op. 43
Marie-Laure Garnier, mezzo-soprano
Raphaëlle Moreau, violin
Alexandre Pascal, violin
Léa Hennino, viola
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
In this video, you can listen to :
Clair de Lune
Juliette Hurel, flute
Hélène Couvert, piano
La chatte blanche
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Les trois serpentes
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
La nuit et l’amour : Interlude de l’Ode Symphonique – Ludus Pro Patria
Orchestre National Avignon Provence
Débora Waldman, musical direction
In this video, you can listen to :
Sonate en do mineur
Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Du bist wie eine Blume
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano,
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Notturno, op. 46
Vassily Chmykov, violin
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Symphonie n°1 en Do mineur
Orchestre National Avignon Provence
Débora Waldman, musical direction
In this video, you can listen to :
Symphonie n°1, op. 32
Orchestre National Avignon Provence
Musical Direction, Débora Waldman
Air Russe varié, op. 17
Lauriane Corneille, piano
Sonate pour violon et piano no.1, op. 37
Stéphanie-Marie Degand, violin
Antoine de Grolée, piano
Variations concertantes, op. 22
Mathilde Calderini, flute
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Trio n°2 op. 34
Foriane Bonanni, violin
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
SEASON 2
FOLKSONGS
Illustrated by Alice Chemama
Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949)
Le tzigane dans la lune
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Geneviève Laurenceau, violin
David Kadouch, piano
Gayane Chebotarian (1918-1998)
Prélude No.3, Adagio con duolo
Laurianne Corneille, piano
Liza Lehmann (1862 – 1918)
Breton Folk-Songs « I dreamt my love was singing »
Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano
Anne De Fornel, piano
Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847 – 1935)
A Sertaneja
Marie-Laure Garnier, soprano
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Florence Price (1887 – 1953)
Negro Folksongs in counterpoint No.1, Calvary.
Adagio vigoroso
Quatuor Métamorphoses
Ina Boyle (1889 – 1967)
Three ancient Irish poems,
No.3 Winter song
Anaïs Bertrand, mezzo-soprano
Léa Hennino, alto
Constance Luzzati, harp
Lucija Garuta (1902 – 1977)
Prélude en mi majeur
David Kadouch, piano
Modesta Bor (1926 – 1998)
Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito
Sarah Théry, mezzo
Gaëlle Solal, guitar
Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847 – 1907)
Folke Og Skjæmteviser op.43
« Avskje mæ Hövringen »
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Marianne Salmona, piano
Dora Pejačević (1885 – 1923)
Quatuor avec piano en ré mineur, op.25
Andante con moto
Alexandre Pascal, violin
Léa Hennino, alto
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Margaret Sutherland (1897 – 1984)
The Gentle Water Bird
Anaïs Bertrand, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Pidoux, oboe
Marianne Salmona, piano
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Gebru (1923 – )
Mother’s Love
Anne de Fornel, piano
Ilse Weber (1903 – 1944)
Wiegala
Noëmi Waysfeld, singer
Gaëlle Solal, guitar
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 – 1969)
Kaprys polski (caprice polonais)
Geneviève Laurenceau, violin
Luise Greger (1862 – 1944)
Rastlose Liebe
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Clémence de Grandval (1828 – 1907)
Romance
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Gabriel Pidoux, oboe
Laurianne Corneille, piano
Francesca Caccini (1587 – 1681)
Lasciatemi qui solo
Caroline Arnaud, soprano
Étienne Galletier, theorbo
Alicia Terzian (1934 – )
3 Pieces for string quartet
No. 3, danza rústica
Quatuor Confluence
Meri Davitashvili (1924 – 2014)
Khorumi (georgian dance)
Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Emiliana De Zubeldia (1888 – 1987)
Canciones populares españolas, Berceuse
Marie-Laure Garnier, soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Aftab Darvishi (1987 – )
Daughters of Sol
Quatuor Métamorphoses
Isolina Carillo (1907 – 1996)
Dos Gardenias
Sarah Théry, mezzo-soprano
Gaëlle Solal, guitar
Isidora Žebeljan (1967 – 2020)
Sarabande
Geneviève Laurenceau, violin
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
David Kadouch, piano
Liliʻuokalani (1838 – 1917)
He mele lāhui hawaiʻi
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano
Martial Pauliat, tenor
Romain Dayez, baritone
SEASON 1
WINTER SONGS
Illustrated by Casilda Desazars
Imogen Holst (1907 – 1984)
Traditional Carols, This Endris Night
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Agathe Peyrat, soprano
Violeta Dinescu (1953 – )
Carillon de Noël
Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937)
Élève-toi mon âme
Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano
David Kadouch, piano
Geneviève Laurenceau, violin
Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979)
Combined Carols
Quatuor Modigliani
Rita Strohl (1865 – 1941)
Cloches de Noël
Kaëlig Boché, ténor
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Cécile Chaminade (1857 – 1944)
Andantino, op. 31 n°1
Stéphanie-Marie Degand, violon
Marie-Josephe Jude, piano
Pauline Viardot (1821 – 1910)
Die Sterne
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Yan Levionnois, cello
Romain Louveau, piano
Camille Pépin (1990 – )
La cloche fêlée
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Anastasie Lefebvre, flute in G
Gabriel Pidoux, English horn
Amiel Prouvost, bassoon
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 – 1952)
Nuit calme
Xavier Phillips, cello
Emmanuel Strosser, piano
Barbara (1930 – 1997)
Joyeux Noël
Noëmi Waysfeld, singer
Louis Rodde, cello
Juliette Salmona, cello
Marie Jaëll (1846 – 1925)
Andante
Léa Hennino, alto
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Alexandre Pascal, violin
Joséphine Lang (1815 – 1880)
Nachts
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
Marie-Josèphe Jude, piano
Louise Farrenc (1804 – 1875)
Mélodie
David Kadouch, piano
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179)
O Magne Pater
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Julia Klumpke (1870 – 1961)
Candle Lighting Song
Léa Hennino, alto
Fiona McGown, mezzo-soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Jitka Koželuhová (1966 – )
Sentences sur l’histoire de Noël
Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Amiel Prouvost, bassoon
Jane Vieu (1871 – 1955)
Monsieur Noël
Romain Louveau, piano
Agathe Peyrat, soprano
Sélène Saint-Aimé (1994 – )
Rêves de décembre
Sélène Saint-Aimé, double bass & singer
Marguerite Canal (1890 – 1978)
« Spleen »
Léa Hennino, alto
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Hélène Maréchaux, violin
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Alexandre Pascal, violin
Ingeborg Von Bronsart (1840 – 1913)
Weihnachtslieder
Laurianne Corneille, piano
Marielou Jacquard, mezzo-soprano
Henriette Renié (1875 – 1956)
Danse des Lutins
Constance Luzzati, harp
Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)
Concerto en la mineur pour piano, op. 7 – Andante
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano
Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1819 – 1896)
Abendlied, op.6 n°2
Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano
Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
Marie-Josèphe Jude, piano
Alice Tegnér (1864 – 1943)
Betlehems stjärna
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Agathe Peyrat, soprano et ukulele
Héloïse Luzzati, cello
Sélène Saint-Aimé, double bass
Romain Louveau, melodica
Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano