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Composer of the Week: Gabriel Faure

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1845-1924)
Richard Langham Smith explores Faure's early music with the help of extracts from the writings of Marquerite Long - a Faure pupil - and the composer's letters.
1: Before the First Barcarolle. Pavane in F sharp minor The Composer (piano roll)
Cantique de Jean Racine Les Petits Chanteurs de
Trois-Riviêres
Claude Beaudoin
(harmonium)
Marc Beliveau and Francine Dufour (violins)
Vincent Lapointe (viola)
Jeanne de Chantal Marcil
(cello)
Zbigniew Borowicz (double bass) director Claude Thompson Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor
Joshua Bell (violin)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Ballade for piano and orchestra
Marguerite Long (piano) Orchestra conducted by Phillipe Gaubert Discs
Producer Tim Thorne

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Langham Smith
Unknown:
Claude Beaudoin
Unknown:
Marc Beliveau
Violins:
Francine Dufour
Viola:
Vincent Lapointe
Cello:
Zbigniew Borowicz
Violin:
Claude Thompson
Piano:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Conducted By:
Phillipe Gaubert
Producer:
Tim Thorne
Source: Radio Times

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