Music by Poulenc, Roussell and Ravel

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.


Tickets £10 - 32.