THE FRENCH COLLECTION
The French Collection is a musical trip round some of the most beautiful areas of France, including Songs from the Auvergne and Brittany, arias and entr’actes from Carmen, Faure’s evocative Sicilienne, Ibert’s Divertissement, a brief visit to Jersey and finally, to Paris! The narration is taken from seasoned French travellers, past and present. The programme is humorous, atmospheric and likely to make you book a place on the next ferry to Calais!
Programme:
Parade Ibert
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
Fanfare Woolfenden
Henry V “The Night Watch” Walton
Le Soleil Monte Breton Folksong
Dolly Berceuse Faure
Entracte Richard Rodney Bennett
La Fille aux Cheveux de Laine Debussy
Two Old French Tunes Arr. Walker
La Douce Annette Breton Folksong
La Soupe au Lait Breton Folksong
Gymnopedie Satie
Bailero
Entracte from Carmen Bizet
Danse Boheme from Carmen Bizet
Chasse a Valabre Milhaud
Joutes Sur L’Arc Milhaud
Plaisirs D’Amour Martini
Sicilienne Faure
La Maousinglade Milhaud
Soun, soun (Song from the Auvergne)
Lirou, Lirou (Song from the Auvergne)
Obal Din Lou Limousi (Song from the Auvergne)
Claire de Lune Debussy
The Swan Saint Saens
The Cakewalk Debussy
Sextet, Last Movement Poulenc
Paris Jacques Brel
J’aimais Jacques Brel
Galop Ibert