jmc's classics
I volunteered at the Coffee concert today. It was a program of all French Music conducted by the Music Director designate Stephane Deneve. He is from France and I have spoken of him before. The program consisted of Maurice Ravel's Mother oose Suite (Ma mere l'oye), Valses Nobles et Sentimentales and la Valse, Plus Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos and Guillame Connesson's Flammenschrift. The Piano soloists were played by the sisters Christian and Michelle Naughton.
Ravel (1875-1913) is the most famous of the three composers. His most famous work is the iconic Bolero which was used in the movie "10". I never saw that movie but I remember my parents had a copy of it on 78RPM. Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) wrote a concerto for Two Pianos it was commissioned by the heiress to the Singer Sewing machine company. Max Bruch also wrote a Concerto for two Pianos. Poulenc wrote a concerto for Organ Strings and Timpani and a Piano Concerto. His other famous work is his Gloria in G for Soprano and chorus. He was also a pianist. Guillame Connesson was born in 1970 and is still living. he is a Frenchmand and is the only composer of that group who is still living. He is one of the more famous contemporary French composers of this time.
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