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Sacred Music goes Gallic
Mar. 19th, 2010 08:49 pmTonight's edition of Sacred Music focused on two great French composers: Gabriel Fauré and Francis Poulenc. The Fauré section, which concentrated on the Requiem, focused more on the historical; while the Poulenc section concerned itself more with the construction of the music.
This week's highlights were, as always, Simon Russell Beale's moments of Great Musical Enthusiasm: being allowed to join the Sixteen's basses in the Libera Me of the Fauré and playing a Bach fugue — BWV846, I think — from memory on the grand orgue of Saint Sulpice.
As with previous episodes it's enjoyable and enlightening stuff.
This week's highlights were, as always, Simon Russell Beale's moments of Great Musical Enthusiasm: being allowed to join the Sixteen's basses in the Libera Me of the Fauré and playing a Bach fugue — BWV846, I think — from memory on the grand orgue of Saint Sulpice.
As with previous episodes it's enjoyable and enlightening stuff.
