Prom 44: Debussy, Ravel and Boulanger
Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus, conducted by Ludovic Morlot, perform Debussy, Lili Boulanger and Ravel.
Live at ±«Óãtv Proms: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus and Ludovic Morlot in Debussy, Lili Boulanger and Ravel
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Lili Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'
8.10pm Interval: Proms Plus
An introduction to the music and life of Lili Boulanger, with Caroline Rae and Caroline Potter, presented by Andrew McGregor.
8.30pm
Debussy: Nocturnes
Ravel: Boléro
Justina GringytÄ—, mezzo-soprano
CBSO Youth Chorus
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
The CBSO and Ludovic Morlot mark two major centenaries in this all-French programme. In the centenary of his death, Debussy is celebrated in the languorous beauty of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, as well as the Nocturnes with their shifting, shimmering play of musical light.
Lili Boulanger, whose death in 1918 at the age of just 24 cut short a career of extraordinary promise, is represented by her powerful setting of Psalm 130 - a musical howl of grief composed at the height of the First World War.
Ravel's Boléro closes the evening with its hypnotic Spanish dance rhythm and swirling orchestral colours.
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The life and music of Lili Boulanger
Duration: 20:19
Music Played
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. -
Lili Boulanger
Psalm 130, 'Du fond de l'abime'
Performer: Justina GringytÄ—. Choir: CBSO Chorus. -
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. -
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. -
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Performer: Stefano Bollani. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto: Chailly.
- Decca.
- 7.
Broadcast
- Wed 15 Aug 2018 19:30±«Óãtv Radio 3
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