A morning serenade, a light-hearted diversion and a witty piano concerto - music by Poulenc and Mozart.
The curtain rises with a charming French ballet-cum-piano concerto from the 1920s, a "morning serenade" for Diana, virgin goddess of the hunt. Poulenc's mercurial music captures her tempestuous feelings and her cool purity, the whole coloured by his trademark sophistication.
Mozart provides a diversion, literally, before the soloist, Ian
Munro, returns to the stage in a piano concerto composed for Mme Jenamy, the daughter of a French choreographer. Mozart was just 21 when he wrote it and it shows him in the full flight of his genius with music that's imaginative, witty and bold.
POULENC Aubade
MOZART Divertimento in D, K136
MOZART Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme)
Ian Munro piano-director
Pre-concert talk by David Garrett at 6.15pm in the first floor reception room.
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 - POULENC Aubade: Toilette de Diane (Presto)
Pascal Rogé (piano) with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Charles Dutoit
DECCA 452 937-2
Track 2 - MOZART Divertimento in D, K136: III Presto
Academy of St Martin in the Fields directed by Neville Marriner
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 4722
Track 3 - MOZART Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme): I Allegro
Track 4 - MOZART Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme): III Rondeau (Presto)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano) with the English Chamber Orchestra directed by Jeffrey Tate
PHILIPS 475 7306
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner Universal Music