5: 1953-63
"I'm worn out: breakdown looming. Perhaps, for the benefit of those gentlemen in Paris, I shall include 15 Chinese gongs, eight vibraphones and ten xylophones. No! May God protect me from the angel of the bizarre." (Poulenc to Henri Hell, 1957)
Dialogues des Carmélites (excerpt) Rachel Yakar and Martine Dupuy (sopranos), Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano
Flute Sonata Jean-Pierre Rampal , Robert Veyron-Lacroix (piano)
Improvisations Nos 14 and 15 Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu; Les Anges Musiciens (La Courte Paille) Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Sept Repons des Tenebres
Alexandre Carpentier (treble),
Maitrise de la Sainte Chapelle, New French Radio Philharmonic, conductor Georges Pretre Repeated from last Friday