Music by Poulenc, Roussell and Ravel

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

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Programme

Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Figure humaine, FP 120
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Mother Goose (Ma Mère l'Oye)
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)	Symphony no. 3 in G minor, Op.42

Performers

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marc Minkowski	Conductor
Guillaume Vincent	Piano
David Kadouch	Piano
BBC Singers

We welcome three very special guests for this all-French programme: the inimitable Marc Minkowski, who has done so much to revitalize the performance of his native repertoire, is joined by two young stars of the piano, David Kaddouch and Guillaume Vincent for Poulenc’s scintillating concerto for two pianos. The BBC Singers premiered the composer’s moving tribute to the human spirit, Figure Humaine, which sets poems by Paul Eluard secretly circulated during the Occupation. Ravel had few rivals as an orchestrator as his Mother Goose ballet suite reveals, with its beguiling pavane for Sleeping Beauty, striking oriental evocations and fantastical fairy garden.

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Marc Minkowski conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in French music at the Barbican

Chris Garlick, 28th October

What a pleasure it was to see the effervescent Marc Minkowski conducting a programme of 20th-century French music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. It was certainly a lively and well-thought-out concert, with Minkowski bringing all the clarity and detailed awareness of colour that he has bought to his performances of early music.

*****

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