Tag: Sonata in A Major Op. 42

  • PROGRAM NOTES: EDGAR MOREAU & JESSICA XYLINA OSBORNE

    PROGRAM NOTES: EDGAR MOREAU & JESSICA XYLINA OSBORNE

    Francis Poulenc Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 143 Mozart meets Stravinsky – in a Paris cabaret. As unlikely as such a meeting might be in historical terms, it is about as good a description as you can find for the musical style of French composer Francis Poulenc. The directness of his writing, its exuberance…