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91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
6 Apr 2019, Barbican, London
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91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season James Gaffigan conducts orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger

91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conducts orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger
19:30 Sat 6 Apr 2019 Barbican, London
The 91Èȱ¬ SO perform orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger as the culmination of the Total Immersion day.
The 91Èȱ¬ SO perform orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger as the culmination of the Total Immersion day.

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This Total Immersion event dedicated to sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger reaches its climax in a concert of some of their best-known works.

James Gaffigan, a passionate champion of Lili Boulanger’s music, conducts the 91Èȱ¬ SO in a programme that includes all the composer’s major works – a programme that gives just a taste of the original voice the world lost at her early death aged just 24. The evening includes not only Faust et Helene – the cantata with which Lili won the Prix de Rome – but also her final masterpiece, the brooding psalm-setting Du fond de l’abime. Pianist Alexandra Dariescu is the soloist for Nadia Boulanger’s dramatic Fantaisie variee.