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Britten, Poulenc and Satie

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BBC Hoddinott Hall Cardiff, Wales, CF10 5AL, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	The Building of the House for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra, Op.79
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Litanies à la Vierge Noire, FP 82a
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)	Deux Preludes Posthumes et Une Gnossienne (orch. Poulenc)
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Sécheresses, FP 90
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Esquisse pour une fanfare, FP 25 (orch. Françaix)
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Ad majorem Dei gloriam: seven settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Ballad of Heroes for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra, Op.14

Performers

Adrian Partington	Conductor
Robin Tritschler	Tenor
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Britten and Poulenc with Adrian Partington and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Philip May, 10th May

On Wednesday evening the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, conducted by Adrian Partington, presented a programme of choral music by the two musical friends Poulenc and Britten.

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