Radio France Choir and OrchestraPoulenc, Wagner, Debussy & Fauré

Slovenian conductor Martina Batič and the Radio France Choir offers an eclectic programme combining Wagner, Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc. The choir is accompanied by eight cellists from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio de France.

Programme:

Francis Poulenc - Liberté, extract from Figure humaine (transcription for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)

Richard Wagner - M.W. after Tristan (adaptation by Franck Krawczyk of the Wesendonck Lieder)

Claude Debussy - Nocturnes: Nuages - Fêtes (transcriptions for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane (for choir and cellos)

Eluard lit Eluard - Liberté (sound recording of the poem Liberté read by Paul Eluard)

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin: prelude (transcription for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)

Francis Poulenc - Figure humaine

Production

Camera Lucida

Music director

Martina Batič

Orchestra

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio de France

Choir

Choeur de Radio France

Country

France

Year

2021

Duration

83 min

Available

From 06/02/2023 to 18/09/2025

Genre

Performance Art

Female conductors

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