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Composer: Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)

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City Halls: Concert Hall

Wed 22 Jul at 19:30

Bernstein, Kats-Chernin, Poulenc, Higdon, Tchaikovsky, Roan

Jessica Cottis, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall

Sun 26 Jul at 19:00

Yamada, Jussen, Jussen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

© James O'Driscoll

Gloucester Cathedral

Mon 27 Jul at 19:30

Elgar, Poulenc, Janáček

Partington, Nicholls, Summers, Hughes Jones, Riches, Emerson, Philharmonia Orchestra, Three Choirs Festival Chorus

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James Ehnes leads Mendelssohn’s Octet © Jena Poppe

Four hands, 32 strings and shared fire at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s opener

Lorenzo Viotti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic © Wiener Philharmoniker | Niklas Schnaubel

Lorenzo Viotti and the Vienna Philharmonic find magic in Zemlinsky’s Mermaid

By Chanda VanderHart

Jana Sibera (Blanche de la Force) © Petr Neubert

Barbora Horáková directs an ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague

By Frank Kuznik

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Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier

Until 26 Nov 23:59

Duke Bluebeard's Castle, La Voix humaine

Gubanova, Relyea, Warlikowski, Metzmacher, Opéra national de Paris, Hannigan, Szczęśniak, Ross, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Guéguin, Longchamp, Bardouil

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen

Poulenc, Boulanger, Prokofiev

Berglund, Jussen, Jussen, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society

Sun 21 Mar at 14:00

Poulenc, Shostakovich, Fauré

Li, Koljonen, Diaz, Kendall

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Francis Poulenc with Marcelle Meyer, Jean Cocteau and members of Les Six © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Francis Poulenc

By Mark Pullinger

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the BBC Singers © BBC | Mark Allan

Singing at the edge: inside the BBC Singers

By Lawrence Dunn

Danielle de Niese (Elle) in La Voix humaine © BBC

Soprano on hold: Danielle de Niese on filming Poulenc's La Voix humaine

By Mark Pullinger

Fact file

Year of birth	1899
Year of death	1963
Nationality	France
Period	Early 20th century

Top works

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61 Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: Fêtes galantes Sextet for piano and wind quintet, FP 100 Sinfonietta, FP 141 Violin Sonata, FP 119 See all...

List of works

4 chansons pour enfants: Nous voulons une petite sœur Banalités, FP 107: Sanglots Cello Sonata, FP 143 Clarinet Sonata in B flat major, FP 184 Concert champêtre, FP 49 Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61 Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: C Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: Fêtes galantes Dialogues des Carmélites Exultate Deo, FP109 Figure humaine, FP 120 Flute Sonata, FP 164 Gloria, FP 177 Hommage à Edith Piaf Improvisation 15 (Homage à Edith Piaf), FP 176 Improvisations: sélection La Courte Paille, FP 178 La Courte Paille, FP 178: La Reine de cœur La Courte Paille, FP 178: Lune d'avril La Voix humaine Le Bal masqué, FP 60 Le Disparu, FP 134 Le Travail du peintre, FP 161 Les Animaux modèles: Suite, FP 111b Les Biches, FP 36 Les Biches: Suite, FP 36b Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 Ia Litanies à la Vierge Noire, FP 82a Mass in G major, FP 89 Mélancolie, FP 105 Nocturne in C major, FP 56 no.1: Sans traîner Nos souvenirs qui chantent, FP 182 Oboe Sonata, FP 185 Organ Concerto in G minor, FP 93 Piano Concerto, FP 146 Quatre petites prières de saint François d’Assise, FP 142: Seigneur, je vous en prie Sextet for piano and wind quintet, FP 100 Sinfonietta, FP 141 Sonata for clarinet and bassoon, FP 32a Sonata for two clarinets, FP 7 Songs: selection Stabat Mater, FP 148 Suite française, FP 80a Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon, FP 43 Violin Sonata, FP 119