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Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England
Programme
Gabriel Pierné – Ouverture from Suite no.1 from Ramuntcho
Gabriel Pierné – Suite from Ramuntcho
Francis Poulenc – Concerto in D minor for two pianos
Maurice Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole
Claude Debussy – La Mer
Performers
Juanjo Mena – Conductor
Katia Labèque – piano
Marielle Labèque – piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme Note
Spaniard Juanjo Mena conducts four French works, with the odd glance over to Spain.
The surging currents and surface spray of Debussy's La mer stand in total contrast to the punchy, knockabout attitude of Poulenc's acerbic Concerto for Two Pianos.
Ravel's lifelong affection for Spain radiates through every bar of his red-hot Rapsodie espagnole, and to begin comes music by France's precursor to Serge Rachmaninoff, Gabriel Pierné.
His incidental music to Pierre Loti's 1897 novel-turned-play Ramuntcho is full of the passion, fervour and local colour of the play's Basque Country setting.
Supported by Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française.
