20 June 1999 - Patricia Baillie, 'Recycling Richard'
Patricia Baillie, a member of this Society and proprietor of Da Capo
Books, Glebe, offered to give a talk to the Society about her work
with music books. Patricia also offered to bring with her a soprano
and pianist to give a short Wagner recital. This turned out to be
a most entertaining and beautifully balanced programme. Patricia brought
along fascinating examples of Wagner scores and told us something
of their history, of her experiences buying and selling music books,
of the techniques for identifying early printers in Australia, and
of the sorts of requests that her customers make. The soprano, Camille
Mercep, impressed us with the power of her lovely voice. She sang
an early Wagner song, a long and complex dramatic piece called Les
Adieux de Marie Stuart (Paris, 1840), and also two of the Wesendonck
Lieder. Camille was assisted by accomplished pianist, Glenn Amer.
The audience was indeed fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy
this varied programme, initiated by one of our members. We would like
to encourage other members to talk to us about participating in future
programmes.
BARBARA BRADY
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