2: Prevailing Winds. Although neither Ibert nor Frangaix was a member of" Les Six" they were both affected by this influential group of composers. Francaix was a composition student of Nadia Boulanger. Today Donald Macleod considers some of the influences and characteristics that
Ibert and Frangaix adopted. Francaix Scherzo
Annette Middelbeek (piano) Ibert Divertissement BBC Philharmonic, conductor Emmanuel Plasson Francaix String Quartet
Members of Octuor de France lbert L'Aged'Or(Le Chevalier Errant, Scene 3) ORTFChoirs and National
Orchestra, conductor Georges Tzipine Persee etAndromede (excerpt) Annick Massis (soprano),
Philippe Rouillon (bass-baritone),
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jan Latham-Koenig