Evenivg of French Vocal Music

Part I

HENRI DUPARC (1848-1933)

“L’invitation au voyage” (1870) on poem by Charles Baudelaire
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)

“Soupir” (1869) on poem by Sully-Prudhomme
Mikhail Shirochenko (countertenor)

“La vague et la cloche” (1871) on poem by François Coppée
Rauf Timergazin (baritone)

“Le manoir de Rosemonde” (1879) on poem by Robert de Wierre de Bonnières
Giorgi Sturua (tenor)

“Phidylé” (1882) on poem by Charles Leconte de Lisle
Maria Motolygina (soprano)

“Lamento” (1883) on poem by Théophile Gautier
Yulia Shavarina (contralto)

“La vie antérieure” (1876-1884) on poem by Charles Baudelaire
Tamuna Gochashvili (soprano)


Part II

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
“La Flûte Enchantée” (1903) from the song cycle Shéhérazade on poem by Tristan Klingsor
Viktoria Karkacheva (mezzo-soprano)

DÉODAT DE SÉVERAC (1872-1921) 

“Le ciel est par-dessus le toit” (1903) on poem by Paul Verlaine
David Posulikhin (tenor)

“A l’aube dans la montagne” (1903 ) on poem by composer
David Posulikhin (tenor)

ERIK SATIE (1866-1925)
“Je te veux” (1902) on poem by Henry Pacory
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)

ANDRÉ CAPLET (1878-1925)
“Viens! une flûte invisible soupire” (1900) on poem by Victor Hugo
Yulia Shavarina (contralto)
Mikhail Trofimov (flute)

JACQUES IBERT (1890-1962)

“Chanson de la Mort” (1932) on poem by Pierre de Ronsard
Giorgi Chelidze (bass)

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963)

“Le Bleuet” (1939) on poem by Guillaume Apollinaire
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)

Duet “Colloque” (1940) on poem by Paul Verlaine
Elizaveta Narsia (soprano)
Alexander Utkin (bass-baritone)

“Les Chemins de l’Amour” (1940) on poem by Jean Anouilh
Viktoria Karkacheva (mezzo-soprano)
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)

“Hymne” (1949) on poem by Jean-Baptiste Racine
Alexander Utkin (bass-baritone)

“Les Ponts de C.” (1943) on poem by Louis Aragon
Elizaveta Narsia (soprano)

“La courte paille” (1960)
Two songs from the song cycle on poem by Maurice Carême:

“La Reine de Coeur”
Yulia Shavarina (contralto)

“Ba be bi bo bu”
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992)

“Pourquoi” on poem by composer
Tamuna Gochashvili (soprano)

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)