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Composer of the Week: Poulenc

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Roger Nichols. 3: 1936-44
"I make a most charming soldier, all in khaki. After days of travelling in cattle trucks we have now taken root in a heavenly village in Lot, three kilometres from Cahors, where I sleep in a barn straight out of the fables of La Fontaine." (Poulenc to Pierre Bernac, 1940)
Litanies a la Vierge Noire Radio France Choir, French NO, conductor Charles Dutoit
Organ Concerto Simon Preston , LSO, conductor Andre Previn
Figure Humaine The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers Repeated from last Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols.
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Unknown:
Simon Preston
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Source: Radio Times

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About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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