Verbier Festival 2009: Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau
This series of TV programmes presents the very best of the 16th Verbier Festival with worldwide renowned artists such as Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, René Pape, Joshua Bell and Philippe Jaroussky. Together with Malcom Martineau on the piano, the mezzo-soprano Susan Graham features a fascinating compilation of well-known French composers.
Bizet: Chanson d’avril; Franck: Nocturne; Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre; Chabrier: Les cigales; Bachelet: Chère nuit; Duparc: Au Pays où se fait la guerre; Ravel: Le Paon; Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard; Roussel: Response d’une épouse sage No. 2, Op. 35; Debussy: Colloque sentimental; Fauré: Vocalise-Etude; Honegger: Three Songs of the Little Siren, H 63; Rosenthal: La souris d’Angleterre, excerpts from "Monsieur Bleu" No. 9; Poulenc: La Dame de Monte-Carlo; Hahn: À Chloris