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Music Matters: Poulenc's Legacy

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13/04/2013

Poulenc's Legacy

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Poulenc's Legacy

To mark the 50th anniversary of Poulenc's death Tom Service assesses his reputation.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc's death Tom Service visits his home city of Paris, and traces his remarkable musical life.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Francis Poulenc, Tom Service travels to the composer's home city of Paris to explore the passions, paradoxes and pleasures of the man behind this most joyful but melancholic music. On the way he talks to Poulenc's great-nephew, to some of his greatest living interpreters including Gabriel Tacchino (pianist), his favourite conductor, Georges Prêtre, baritone François Le Roux, pianist Graham Johnson, and musicologists Barbara Kelly and Nicolas Southon.

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