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Composers of the Week: Les Six

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Roger Nichols looks at music written by Les Six in the late 1930s, including
Poulenc Quatre Poemes de Guillaume Apollinaire
Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Honegger Sonata for Violin and Cello Dong-Suk Kang (violin),
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Auric Printemps de Ronsard Yvonne Printemps (soprano), orchestra, conductor Marcel Cariven
Mllhaud Concertino de Printemps Yvonne Astruc (violin), orchestra, conducted by the Composer Poulenc Le Bal Masque
Jean-Christoph Benoit (baritone), Maryse Charpentier (piano),
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Written By:
Les Six
Unknown:
Guillaume Apollinaire
Baritone:
Gerard Souzay
Piano:
Dalton Baldwin
Violin:
Dong-Suk Kang
Cello:
Raphael Wallfisch
Soprano:
Yvonne Printemps
Conductor:
Marcel Cariven
Violin:
Yvonne Astruc
Baritone:
Jean-Christoph Benoit
Piano:
Maryse Charpentier
Conductor:
Georges Pretre
Source: Radio Times

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