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Bard Music Festival

A Program of French Piano Music

Inspired by the World of Nadia Boulanger

February 19–25, 2021

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A recital of French music featuring pianists Danny Driver and Piers Lane recorded at The Menuhin Hall, Sussex, England in November 2020.

Program

César Franck (1822–90) Organ Chorale No. 1, arranged for 2 pianos by Henri Duparc (1890)

Lili Boulanger (1893–1918) Theme and Variations (1914) 

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Theme and Variations in C-sharp minor, Op. 73 (1895) 

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Two Pianos, Op. 35 (1874)

Additional Content

An Introduction to Music by French Composers
Join renowned scholars Byron Adams and Kimberly Francis for an introduction to works by four composers who helped shape the history of French music—César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, and Lili Boulanger—and the person who connects them, Nadia Boulanger.