Mel Bonis
Born: 21st January 1858, Paris, France
Died: 18th March 1937, Sarcelles, France
Nationality: French
Mélanie Hélène Bonis, known as Mel Bonis was a prolific French late-Romantic composer. She wrote more than 300 pieces, including works for piano solo and four hands, organ pieces, chamber music, mélodies, choral music, a mass, and works for orchestra. She attended the Paris Conservatoire, where her teachers included Cesar Franck, Ernest Guiraud, and Auguste Bazille.
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Presto Presents... Joanna Kacperek
29th Jun 2026
The Polish pianist visited Presto recently to introduce her new album In Plain Sight, featuring music by female composers including Mel Bonis, Cécile Chaminade and Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf.
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Mel Bonis from Rumon Gamba and the BBCSSO
12th Jun 2026
The Scottish orchestra delivers characterful performances of works including the Trois Femmes de Légende and Suite Orientale, with soprano Elizabeth Watts on luminous form in the Noël de la Vierge Marie.
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Popular Works: Bonis
- Air vaudois, Op. 108 (1914-1918) for Flute and Piano (2)
- Andante et Allegro, Op. 133 (1929) for flute and piano (3)
- Au crépuscule, Op. 111 (5)
- Ballade, Op. 27 (2)
- Barcarolle in E flat, Op. 71 (4)
- Berceuse, Op. 23, No. 1 (3)
- Danse sacrée, Op. 37/3 (3)
- Desdémona, Op. 101 (6)
- Eglogue, Op. 12 (2)
- Femmes de légende (3)
- Il pleut, Op. 102 (3)
- Invocation Op. 5, posth. (2)
- La Cathédrale blessée, Op. 107 (6)
- Le chat sur le toit, Op. 93/2 (3)
- Le gai printemps, Op. 11 (3)
- Le Songe de Cléopâtre, Op. 180/1 (2)
- Mazurka, Op. 26 (3)
- Mélisande, Op. 109 (7)
- Menuet, Op. 14 (2)
- Noël de la Vierge Marie, Op. 54/2 (3)
- Omphale, Op. 86 (5)
- Pensees d'automne, Op. 19 (3)
- Phoebé, Op. 30 (4)
- Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 69 (2)
- Pièce, Op. 189 (6)
- Prelude, Op. 10 (2)
- Près du ruisseau, Op. 9 (3)
- Romance sans paroles, Op. 56 (7)
- Salomé, Op. 100 (3)
- Scènes de la foret, Op. 123 (1927/1928) for Flute, Horn and Piano (3)
- Scherzo Final, Op. posth. 187 (4)
- Soir, Matin, Op. 76 (5)
- Sonata for Flute and Piano (5)
- Suite en forme de valses (5)
- Suite, Op. 59 (1903) for Flute, Violin and Piano (2)
- Un soir, Op. Posth. 77 (3)
- Une flute Soupire, Op. 121 (5)
- Viens (3)
- Violin Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 112 (3)
- Viviane, Op. 80 (4)
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Special offer. Mel Bonis: Orchestral Works
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th June 2026
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New. Contes
Sandrine Piau (soprano), David Kadouch (piano), Ophelie Gaillard (cello)
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Julie Roset (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Thème Varié
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster
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New. Contes
Sandrine Piau (soprano), David Kadouch (piano), Ophelie Gaillard (cello)
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New. TAFFANEL, GAUBERT, POULENC, FAURÉ: Free Spirits
Mónika Ruth Vida, Noémi Győri (flute)
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New. Classics for Ten Fingers
Marguerite Balutet, Oxford University Press Music, Michael Higgins, Mel Bonis, Franz Schubert, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Elfrida Andrée, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Teresa Carreño, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Francisca Gonzaga, Fanny Mendelssohn, Cécile Chaminade, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Amy Beach, Louise Farrenc, Scott Joplin
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