3/5. Landscapes of Imagination. Lili Boulanger suffered long bouts of serious illness throughout her life, and she died just short of her 25th birthday. However, when she was well enough, she loved to tramp around out-of-doors, appreciating the nature that surrounded her. These forays excited her musical imagination.
The first round of the Prix de Rome competition gave her the chance to make a choral setting of a verse text by poet Albert Samain Soir sur laPlaine displays her talent for creating a soundscape that reflects the natural world. Lili Boulanger
Cortege Lorraine McAslan (violin), Nigel Clayton (piano) Hymne au Soleil Christine Friedek (soprano), Bernhard Gartner
(tenor), Sabine Eberspacher (piano), Heidelberg Madrigal Choir, conductor Gerald Kegelmann Clairières dans le del, Nos 6-13 Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano), Kevin Murphy (piano)
D'un Vieux Jardin Emile Naoumoff (piano)
Soirsur la Plaine Regine Bohm (mezzo), Sabine Eberspacher (piano), Heidelberg Madrigal Choir, conductor Gerald Kegelmann
Nadia Boulanger Diptyque in E flat minor
Roland Pidoux (cello), Emile Naoumoff (piano) Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight