London Philharmonic Orchestra, Katia And Marielle Labeque
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Colourful French Favourites
Programme to include:
Gabriel Pierné: Suite No.1 from Ramuntcho
Francis Poulenc: Concerto in D minor for two pianos
Interval
Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Claude Debussy: La mer
Spaniard Juanjo Mena conducts four French works, with the odd glance over to Spain.
The surging currents and surface spray of Debussy's La mer stand in total contrast to the punchy, knockabout attitude of Poulenc's acerbic Concerto for Two Pianos.
Ravel's lifelong affection for Spain radiates through every bar of his red-hot Rapsodie espagnole, and to begin comes music by France's precursor to Serge Rachmaninoff, Gabriel Pierné.
His incidental music to Pierre Loti's 1897 novel-turned-play Ramuntcho is full of the passion, fervour and local colour of the play's Basque Country setting.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Katia And Marielle Labeque
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Royal Festival Hall
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Royal Festival Hall
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