The fifth of 15 concerts featuring Britten's complete songs and vocal music by composers he particularly admired was given last Tuesday in the Wigmore Hall, London.
Britten and France Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano) Britten Three French folk songs
Poulenc Le Bestiaire
Faure Vocalise-etude;
Spleen, Op 51 No 3; Lydia, Op 4 No 2; Le Secret, Op
23 No 3; Rêve d'amour. Op 5 No
Britten A Poison Tree;
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake , Op 74
Debussy Trois Ballades de Francois Villon
Poulenc Tel jour, telle nuit