Les Chansons Instrumentales, Morning After, James Baillieu with Andrew Comben

Only a handful of folk managed to get to All Saints’ Church for this talk but we were rewarded with details of how James Baillieu prepared this intriguing selection of songs and chamber. An accomplished soloist in his own right, he prefers to collaborate with others. This essentially French repertoire, once spitefully labelled ‘salon music’, is rich and varied enough to provide many hours of concert programmes. This concert series has certainly not exhausted the supply. Poulenc and Hahn are only the first of many. Next year we may hope to hear Baillieu’s selection of Polish chamber works and song.

Part 2 – Saturday 17 May, same venue.

All Saints Church, 16 May 2013

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