of the Week: Poulenc
4/5. Love and Death
The perennial themes of love and death were inextricably linked in Poulenc's psyche, not through any romantic notions of passion and fate, but by the raw experience of unhappiness and tragedy in his life. Presented by Donald Macleod. Rosemonde William Parker (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Aubade Pascal Roge (piano), French National Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Le Disparu; Dernier Poème
Franck Leguerinel (baritone), Irene Aitoff (piano) La Voix Humaine (excerpt)
Felicity Lott (soprano), Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Armin Jordan Oboe Sonata Nicholas Daniel , Julius Drake (piano)
Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight