The talented Boulanger sisters
James Gaffigan conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists in Lili's Psalms and Cantata Faust et H茅l猫ne. Pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins for Nadia's Fantaisie vari茅e.
Two sisters, two extraordinary musical lives. Counting Bernstein, Copland, Glass and Carter among her pupils, Nadia Boulanger was the most important music teacher of her day, shaping the sound of the 20th century through her rigorous, idiosyncratic methods. She also opened up the realms of conducting to women as the first female conductor of several orchestras, including the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. We'll hear Nadia's rarely-performed dramatic piano concerto, the Fantaisie vari茅e, performed by Alexandra Dariescu.
Her sister Lili was a Prix de Rome-winning composer, a prodigy whose fragile health cut short a career of tantalising brilliance and promise at the age of just 24 in 1918. James Gaffigan, a passionate champion of Lili's music, conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and a superb line-up of soloists in a programme that includes all the composer鈥檚 major works 鈥� and that gives just a taste of the original voice the world lost at her early death. There's Faust et H茅l猫ne 鈥� the cantata with which Lili won the Prix de Rome 鈥� and also her final masterpiece, the brooding psalm-setting Du fond de l鈥檃bime .
Recorded at the Barbican Hall London on Saturday 6th April 2019 as part of the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra's Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger.
Presented by Natasha Riordan.
Lili Boulanger: Psaume 24: La terre appartient 脿 l鈥橢ternel
Lili Boulanger: Vieille pri猫re bouddhique
Lili Boulanger: Faust et H茅l猫ne
08.20 Interval: Natasha Riordan talks to composer and oboist Edwin Roxburgh, a pupil of Nadia Boulanger. Edwin reflects on his time with a superb teacher and also remembers playing in a Bach cantata performance conducted by Nadia.
Music excerpts: Stravinsky: Symphony of Winds, 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, Michael Collins (conductor); Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes: Nadia Boulanger and Dinu Lipatti (piano); Monteverdi: Chiome d'oro: Nadia Boulanger (conductor), Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms: Tenebrae, 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short (conductor)
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Nadia Boulanger: Fantaisie vari茅e
Lili Boulanger: Psaume 130: Du fond de l'芒bime
James Way (tenor)
Katarina Dalayman (mezzo) - H茅l猫ne
Samuel Sakker (tenor) - Faust
Benedict Nelson (baritone) - M茅phistoph茅l猫s
Alexandra Dariescu (piano)
成人快手 Symphony Chorus
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)
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Lili Boulanger
Psalm 24 La terre appartient a l'Eternel
Performer: Richard Pearce. Singer: James Way. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan. -
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Lili Boulanger
Vieille priere bouddhique
Singer: James Way. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan. -
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Lili Boulanger
Faust et Helene
Singer: Katarina Dalayman. Singer: Samuel Sakker. Singer: Benedict Nelson. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphonies of wind instruments
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Director: Michael Collins. -
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Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder - [18] Waltzes Op.52 For Pf Duet & 4 Vv Ad Lib. no.1; Rede, Madchen. no.2; Am Gesteine. no.3; O die Frauen
Performer: Nadia Boulanger. Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Singer: Hugues Cu茅nod.- Nadia Boulanger - Oeuvres De Monteverdi.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Chiome d'oro, bel thesoro
Singer: Countess Jeanne de Polignac. Conductor: Nadia Boulanger.- Nadia Boulanger - Oeuvres De Monteverdi.
- Pearl Gem.
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM Classics.
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Nadia Boulanger
Fantaisie variee
Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan. -
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Lili Boulanger
Psalm 130 Du fond de l'abime
Performer: Richard Pearce. Singer: Katarina Dalayman. Singer: James Way. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan. -
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Segun Akinola
Muted Fanfare
Performer: Philippe Schartz. -
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Sally Beamish
Bridging the Day
Performer: Robert Irvine. Performer: Sally Beamish. -
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Helen Grime
A Cold Spring
Ensemble: Halle Soloists. -
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major, D.935 no.2
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- ECM: 4811572.
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Broadcast
- Wed 27 May 2020 19:30成人快手 Radio 3
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