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SOUNDING THE CENTURY Composer of the WeekPoulenc

on BBC Radio 3

With Roger Nichols. 5: 1953-63
"I'm worn out: breakdown looming. Perhaps, for the benefit of those gentlemen in Paris, I shall include 15 Chinese gongs, eight vibraphones and ten xylophones. No! May God protect me from the angel of the bizarre." (Poulenc to Henri Hell, 1957)
Dialogues des Carmelites (excerpt)
Rachel Yakar and Martine Dupuy (sopranos).
Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano Flute Sonata
Jean-Pierre Rampal ,
Robert Veyron-Lacroix (piano)
Improvisations Nos 14 and 15 Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu; Les Anges Musiciens (La Courte Paille)
Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Sept Repons des Tenebres
Alexandre Carpentier (treble),
Maitrise de la Sainte Chapelle, New French Radio Philharmonic, conductor Georges Pretre
Repeated next Friday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols.
Unknown:
Rachel Yakar
Sopranos:
Martine Dupuy
Unknown:
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Piano:
Robert Veyron-Lacroix
Piano:
Gabriel Tacchino
Piano:
Dalton Baldwin
Unknown:
Alexandre Carpentier
Conductor:
Georges Pretre

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