The opera is Dialogues of the Carmelites, by Poulenc. From Wordnik.com. [Dialogues of the Carmelites, Finale] Reference
The pianist had two solos by Poulenc, in the second half. From Wordnik.com. [Concert Review: Patricia O'Callaghan at KWCMS] Reference
Could he then ease his continuing need to downgrade Poulenc?. From Wordnik.com. [Words & Music] Reference
I was going to post this on your earlier Poulenc review, but. From Wordnik.com. [Les anges musiciens] Reference
The Poulenc is not good public transport music, especially the finale. From Wordnik.com. [Music for emotion] Reference
Friday morning music club, works by Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak and Poulenc. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. community calendar, Dec. 2 to 9, 2010] Reference
Poulenc is, I think, having some fun with the semiotics of musical endings. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
I heard the Labeques doing the Poulenc last year and loved that performance too. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian Rhapsody at the Symphony] Reference
The second didn't do much for me, but I'm fairly convinced I just don't like any Poulenc. From Wordnik.com. [Concert Review: "Paradise Rediscovered"] Reference
Francis Poulenc, for instance, conjures by mixing an analogous vocabulary with a homologous rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Categorical denials] Reference
For Poulenc, though, it's also crucial to his sense of musical structure, which is surprisingly disjunct. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Just as Mozart went through his "I have discovered Bach" phase, I can say that I have discovered Poulenc. From Wordnik.com. [Dialogues des Carmélites] Reference
Like the great Greek dramatists, Poulenc makes you care about an ending that is foreseen and totally expected. From Wordnik.com. [Dialogues des Carmélites] Reference
She moved on after this to a widely varied program including songs from Grieg, Wolf, Barber, Poulenc and Bizet. From Wordnik.com. [Local girl makes good] Reference
My hero the Princess de Polignac commissioned this piece so that Poulenc and Février would play together again. From Wordnik.com. [Ni les peintres ni Maupassant ne se promènent] Reference
This wasn't a problem for the 1932 concerto for two pianos by Poulenc played by Katia and Marielle Labeque above. From Wordnik.com. [Ligeti, Poulenc and Prokofiev at the Symphony] Reference
You can get a sense of it in another Poulenc piece, the "Two Poems of Louis Aragon," which I think are from 1942 or so. From Wordnik.com. [Les anges musiciens] Reference
Poulenc also bears the dubious distinction of being the only composers to ever make me guffaw during a live performance. From Wordnik.com. [Les anges musiciens] Reference
I believe Poulenc is the piece that was included in SF Ballet's New Works Festival, I would have loved to have been there. From Wordnik.com. [Ligeti, Poulenc and Prokofiev at the Symphony] Reference
Poulenc has an unshakeable spot in the top bracket of my all-time favorite composers, but it's hard to explain exactly why. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Rorem's the only composer egomaniacal enough to collect all his own stylistic tics into one song and call it "For Poulenc.". From Wordnik.com. [Les anges musiciens] Reference
Poulenc uses a profoundly nervous and shifting tonal palette to express the anxiety of the Carmelites during the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Dialogues des Carmélites] Reference
Poulenc said he only saw Satie play the piano about three times, accompanying a singer singing some of his newly written songs. From Wordnik.com. [Whatever Happened to "Classical" Music?] Reference
I'd include in this people like Ravel, Poulenc, Britten, Barber right through to the modern serious composers like Karl Jenkins. From Wordnik.com. [Will there ever be another great composer?] Reference
Poulenc, with his lush chords and enigmatic trick endings, is particularly good at this, as is Morton Feldman in his late period. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
Dialogue des Carmélites, a Poulenc opera based on a film scenario by Georges Bernanos, is perhaps the most well-known treatment. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Martyrs of Compiegne] Reference
The performance otherwise was great, but his unnamed encore piece went on and on and on until the Poulenc glow dissipated altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Anyone who dismisses Poulenc for being superficial has never heard the extremely moving "Élégie", written in memory of Dennis Brain. From Wordnik.com. [Les anges musiciens] Reference
An admirer of Poulenc, she wrote much music in a lighter spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference
That is the most disturbing aspect of the whole thing for me Poulenc. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
A first half of Handel, Poulenc and opera selections is followed by a cabaret half. From Wordnik.com. [DCist] Reference
Music, Classical concert: Featuring music from Poulenc, Debussy, Honegger and Ravel. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
The two little Poulenc pieces are seldom heard and epitomize a sort of Parisian mood. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
The composers: Roge is especially known for playing the works of Poulenc, Satie, Faure. From Wordnik.com. [California Chronicle] Reference
The program features works by Schubert, Faure, Poulenc, Mozart and various musical theater pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Central College News] Reference
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