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Susan Graham sings French song

Songs by Bizet, Chabrier, Duparc, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Honegger and more, performed by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau.

In 2020, 成人快手 Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

In today's chamber music concert given in Cadogan Hall in 2009, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham performs repertoire close to her heart with pianist Malcolm Martineau: a sampler of 19th- and 20th-century French song.

Introduced by Louise Fryer.

Bizet: Chanson d'avril
Franck: Nocturne
Chabrier: Les cigales
Bachelet: Chere nuit
Duparc: Au pays ou se fait la guerre

Ravel: La paon
Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard
Roussel: Reponse d'une epouse sage
Debussy: Colloque sentimental
Honegger: Three Songs from 'The Little Mermaid'
Rosenthal: La souris d'Angleterre

Poulenc: La Dame de Monte Carlo

(From the 成人快手 Proms, 27 July 2009)

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Aug 2020 13:00

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Chanson d'avril

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Nocturne

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Les cigales

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Alfred Bachelet

    Chere nuit

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Henri Duparc

    Au pays ou se fait la guerre

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Paon (Histoires naturelles)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Andr茅 Caplet

    Le Corbeau et le renard (3 Fables de Jean de la Fontaine)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Albert Roussel

    Reponse d'une epouse sage (Poemes chinois)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Claude Debussy

    Colloque sentimental (Fetes galantes, Vol. 2)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Arthur Honegger

    3 Songs from Andersen's 'The little mermaid' for voice and piano

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
  • Francis Poulenc

    La Dame de Monte Carlo

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Aug 2020 13:00

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