Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger
Total Immersion: Musicians from the Guildhall School perform music by Lili and Nadia Boulanger, plus a tribute work by Nadia's last pupil and one by Stravinsky, whom Nadia revered.
Presented by Penny Gore.
2pm
Lili Boulanger: Thème et variations
Élisabeth Pion (piano)
Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
Maria Włoszczowska (violin)
Leo Popplewell (cello)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Nadia Boulanger: Soleils couchants; Heures ternes; Elle a vendu mon cœur
Michael Daub (baritone)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne & Cortége
Maria Włoszczowska (violin)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Nadia Boulanger: La mer; Le beau navire; Soir d’hiver
Alexandra Lowe (soprano)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Leo Popplewell (cello)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Nadia Boulanger: O schwöre nicht!; Was will die einsame Thräne?; Ach, die Augen sind es wieder; J’ai frappé; Chanson: ‘Les lilas sont en folie’
Liam Bonthrone (tenor)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Stravinsky: Lied ohne Name
Daniel Plant & Rachel Hurst (bassoons)
Emile Naoumolf: In memoriam Lili Boulanger
Daniel Plant (bassoon)
Gary Beecher (piano)
Recorded at Milton Court Concert Hall on 6 April 2019 as part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion.
Alice Sara Ott and Ray Chen play Grieg and Stravinsky
The virtuosic German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott continues her series of Lunchtime Concerts at LSO St Luke's in London with her close musical friends, today turning to works for violin and piano. She is joined by the charismatic violinist Ray Chen to perform the lyrical 2nd Violin Sonata by Grieg and Duschkin's arrangement of music from Stravinsky's ballet, The Fairy's Kiss. Plus some fireworks for solo violin by Ysaye.
Fiona Talkington (presenter)
GRIEG
Sonata No.2 in G major Op.13 for violin and piano
YSAYE
Sonata No.3 ‘Ballade’ (solo violin)
STRAVINSKY
Divertimento (from The Fairy's Kiss, arr. Stravinsky and Dushkin)
Ray Chen (violin)
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
