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Tag Archives: Poulenc
A lunchtime feast from Michael Collins and Michael McHale at Wigmore Hall
Michael Collins & Michael McHale Wigmore Hall, 18th June 2020 These Wigmore Hall lunchtime streams are proving a real tonic, seeing the return of live music-making to the UK, albeit to an audience currently watching at home. It helps that John Gilhooly’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Collins, Michael McHale, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Weber, Wigmore Hall
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A trip down memory lane for Martin Fröst at Wigmore Hall
Martin Fröst Wigmore Hall, 16th December 2019 “French Beauties and Swedish Beasts” was the title given to this Wigmore Hall recital by Martin Fröst and Roland Pöntinen, including classic clarinet repertoire by Debussy, Poulenc and Chausson interspersed with Swedish works … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, Chausson, Debussy, Hillborg, Martin Fröst, Poulenc, Ravel, Roland Pöntinen
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Sumptuous Strauss from Louise Alder in Wigmore jump-in
Louise Alder & Gary Matthewman **** Wigmore Hall, 22nd July 2017 We anticipated a Ukrainian barihunk singing Tchaikovsky, but ended up with an English rose singing Strauss. “Travel problems” detained Andrei Bondarenko from making his Wigmore Hall recital, his place taken at … Continue reading
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Tagged Britten, Debussy, Gary Matthewman, Hahn, Liszt, Louise Alder, Poulenc, Richard Strauss
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Le Bœuf sur le toit: Paris in the Roaring Twenties celebrated at the Institut français
Paris, Crazy Paris ! *** Institut français, 2nd April 2017 Picture the scene: Jean Wiéner playing Gershwin, accompanied by Jean Cocteau and Darius Milhaud on percussion; among the audience, Pablo Picasso, Sergei Diaghilev, Maurice Chevalier. The 1921 opening night of … Continue reading
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Tagged Debussy, François Chaplin, Gershwin, Institut français, Marcela Roggeri, Milhaud, Piazzolla, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns
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From pulpit to fairground: a fête à la française with the ONF
Orchestre National de France/Gabel **** Maison de la Radio Auditorium, Paris, 10th March 2016 Paris in the springtime: this week, I’ve been greeted by cold winds, driving rain and even a flurry of snow. Tonight, courtesy of Debussy’s Printemps, something … Continue reading
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Tagged Chausson, Debussy, Fabien Gabel, Maison de la Radio, Olivier Latry, Orchestre National de France, Paris, Poulenc
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