Christian Zacharias Lecture Recital

Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Saturday 14 March 2026

19:30

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Piano

During the late 1600s, French authors promoted the value of ‘natural’ emotional expression in the arts, reinforcing a trend already embraced by composers such as Louis Couperin and soon to be adopted by a new generation of musicians, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer among them. Christian Zacharias recalls Francis Poulenc’s admiration for Couperin’s art and the music of the French harpsichord school in a lecture-recital of dazzling delights and enticing surprises.

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Couperin, François (1668-1733)	Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no. 6: Les Moissonneurs
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Trois mouvements perpétuels, for piano, FP 14a
Couperin, François (1668-1733)	Pièces de clavecin (Bk II), Ordre no. 9: Les Charmes
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Improvisation no. 13 in A minor, FP 170
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)	Keyboard sonata in C minor, K158
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Improvisation 15 (Homage à Edith Piaf), FP 176
Royer, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace (1705-1755)	L'Aimable
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Intermezzo in A flat
Couperin, François (1668-1733)	Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no. 6: Les Baricades Mistérieuses
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Intermezzo in D flat