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Four French Pieces

November 5, 2021, 9:00 pm

Three French composers: Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel

We hear pieces by Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel in this all-French program.

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Berlioz: Nuits d’été
Ian Bostridge, tenor; Sir Colin Davis, conductor

Ravel: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Jean Baxtress, flute; Kurt Masur, conductor

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Pierre Boulez, conductor

Berlioz: Harold in Italy
William Lincer, viola; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

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