Biography of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Poulenc and André Amellér (with kind permission of Jean-Hervé Amellér)
07.01.1899
Born in Paris son to a prosperous merchant
1914
Studies piano with Ricardo Viñes
1921
Private lessons in composing with Koechlin
1932
Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano
16.12.1933
Premiere of the first version of the sextet in Paris, the composer was playing the piano
1939
Revision of the sextet
09.12.1940
Premiere of the end version of the Sextet in Paris
1948
First concert tour to the USA
1952
Recording of the sextet with Francaix playing the piano part
1956
Composition of the Sonata for flute and piano ordered by the Coolidge Foundation
18.06.1957
He plays the premiere of his Sonata together with Jean-Pierre Rampal in Strasbourg
1960
Recording of the Sextett with the composer playing the piano part
30.01.1963
Dies in Paris
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Sheet music for flute:
Sextuor
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano)
Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 25745a
Rating: difficult
- Allegro vivace
- Divertissement
- Finale
Parts and score
Sonata (Bearbeitung)
(flute, guitar)
Chester Music, J.W.C.55653
Rating: easy
- Allegro moderato
- Andante
- Rondeau
Adaptation of a sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone.
Sonata for Flute and Piano
(flute, piano)
Chester Music, CH 1605
Rating: difficult
- Allegro malinconico
- Cantilena
- Presto giocoso
One of my alltime favourites.
Written around the turn of the year 1956/57. The piece was commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation and is thus dedicated to this piano player and patron.
The premiere was played by Rampal and the composer on the Strassburg festival in 1957.
CDs with/from Francis Poulenc
Katerina Englichova, Stephen Hough, Carlo Jans, Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin
- I. Allegro con moto (08:32:00)
- II. Andante (05:24:00)
- III. Vivace (07:12:00)
- I. Allegro vivace - Trés vite et emporté (07:17:00)
- II. Divertissement. Andantino (04:20:00)
- III. Finale. Prestissimo (05:20:00)
- I. Cantilène. Moderato (04:03:00)
- II. Caprice. Scherzando (03:26:00)
- III. Intermède. Moderato (03:31:00)
- IV. Marche burlesque. Allegro (05:00:00)
- I. Danse agreste. Allegretto (02:47:00)
- II. Danse profane. Scherzando (02:32:00)
- III. Danse sacrée. Lent (03:00:00)
- IV. Danse nuptiale. Scherzando (01:56:00)
- V. Danse guerrière. Sauvagement frénétique (02:17:00)
Paul Taffanel: Quintette en sol mineur pour instruments à vent:
Francis Poulenc: Sextuor pour piano et quintette à vent:
André Jolivet: Serenade pour Quintette à vent avec Hautbois Principal:
Henri Tomasi: Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées:
Jane Dodd, Christopher Hyde-Smith
Flute Music of France (1989)
- Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie Op. 79 (05:03:00)
- Louis Aubert: Madrigal (04:20:00)
- Pan (03:07:00)
- Tityre (01:05:00)
- Krishna (03:10:00)
- Mr. de la Pejaudie (01:34:00)
- Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de Concours (02:49:00)
- Charles Koechlin: 14 Pieces pour Flute et piano Op. 157 (12:16:00)
- Jean-Michel Damase: Nocturne (02:14:00)
- Philippe Gaubert: Madrigal (03:48:00)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance op. 37 (05:43:00)
- Allegro malinconico (04:15:00)
- Cantilena (04:14:00)
- Presto giocoso (03:28:00)
Albert Roussel: Joueurs de Flute:
Francis Poulenc: Sonata:
Patrick Gallois, Lydia Wong
French Flute Music (2005)
Poulenc - Messiaen - Dutilleux - Jolivet
- Allegro malinconico (04:30:00)
- Cantilena (03:56:00)
- Presto giocoso (03:26:00)
- Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir (05:42:00)
- Pierre Sancan: Sonatine (09:08:00)
- André Jolivet: Chant de Linos (10:25:00)
- Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine (09:30:00)
- Eugène Bozza: Sonatine (12:58:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano:
Danish National Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet, Ralf Gothoni
- Allegro vivace (08:11:00)
- Divertissement - Andantino (04:49:00)
- Finale - Prestissimo (05:40:00)
- Allegro (00:00:02)
- Andante (01:38:00)
- Assez lent - Allegro scherzando (02:53:00)
- Cortège (02:04:00)
- Aubade (01:49:00)
- Jongleurs (01:11:00)
- La Maousinglade (02:34:00)
- Joutes sur l´arc (00:54:00)
- Chasse à Valabre (01:40:00)
- Madrigal - Nocturne (02:36:00)
- Andante tranquillo - Allegro assai (04:27:00)
- Presto (04:36:00)
- Theme and Variations Andante - L´istesso tempo - Andantino con moto - Lento - Vivo - Andante (07:05:00)
- Tempo di marcia francese (04:19:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and wind quintet:
Jacques Ibert: Trois pièces breves:
Darius Milhaud: La cheminée du roi René, op. 205:
Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet No. 1:
Ulf-Dieter Schaaf, Frank Volke
horizontal & vertical (2010)
- Allegro malinconico (05:01:00)
- Cantilena - Assez lent (04:38:00)
- Presto giocoso (04:02:00)
- Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d`été (02:34:00)
- Pour un tombeau sans nom (03:33:00)
- Pour que la nuit soit propice (02:50:00)
- Pour la danseuse aux crotales (02:46:00)
- Pour l`Égyptienne (02:59:00)
- Pour remercier la pluie au matin (01:49:00)
- Frank Michael Beyer: Tiento für Flöte und Orgel (08:19:00)
- Frank Martin: Sonata da Chiesa per Flauto e Organo (15:01:00)
- Andante (02:20:00)
- Allegretto con grazia (01:53:00)
- Allegro vivace (02:06:00)
- Allegretto (02:02:00)
- Idylle - Quasi adagio, molto tranquillo (05:24:00)
- Valse (04:44:00)
- Adagio (04:33:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sonate pour flûte et piano:
Claude Debussy: Bilitis (Six Épigraphes antiques) pour flûte et piano:
Jehan Alain: Trois Mouvements pour piano et flûte:
Benjamin Godard: Suite op. 116 pour flûte et piano:
Jean-Marie-Baptiste Donjon: Offertoire op. 12 pour flûte et orgue:
Julius Baker, Lisa Emenheiser Logan
Julius Baker in Recital (1982)
- Allegro malinconico (04:46:00)
- Cantilena (03:34:00)
- Presto giocoso (04:08:00)
- Allegro deciso (03:56:00)
- Scherzo (vivace) (01:42:00)
- Andante (03:55:00)
- Allegro con moto (03:38:00)
- Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (09:49:00)
- Allegro men moderato (05:18:00)
- Allegro (07:56:00)
- Recitativo - Fantasia (06:59:00)
- Allegretto poco mosso (06:23:00)
- Gabriel Fauré: après un rêve, op. 7, No. 1 (02:59:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano:
Robert Muczynski: Sonata for Flute and Piano, op. 14:
César Franck: Sonata in A:
Mihae Lee, Kurt Redel
Musique Francaise pour flute et piano (1993)
- Allegro malincolico (04:26:00)
- Cantilena (03:55:00)
- Presto giocoso (03:38:00)
- Albert Roussel: Andante et Scherzo op. 51 (04:41:00)
- Anime - Tendre (05:27:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Piece en forme de habanera (02:27:00)
- Pan (03:07:00)
- Tityre (01:06:00)
- Krishna (03:32:00)
- Mr. de la Pejaudie (01:48:00)
- Albert Roussel: Aria (02:31:00)
- Claude Debussy: Syrinx (02:40:00)
- Tendre (04:16:00)
- Souple (00:00:02)
- Clair (02:39:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sonate:
Jacques Ibert: Jeux:
Albert Roussel: Joueurs de flute, op. 27:
Darius Milhaud: Sonatine:
Eric Le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud
Paris (1997)
- I. Allegro malinconico (04:38:00)
- II. Cantilena (04:16:00)
- III. Presto giocoso (03:38:00)
- Allegro (03:58:00)
- Andante (01:18:00)
- Anime (03:56:00)
- Moderato (04:03:00)
- Andante espressivo (03:19:00)
- Anime (02:02:00)
- Anime (02:41:00)
- Tendre (02:33:00)
- Tendre (03:43:00)
- Souple (02:28:00)
- Clair (02:25:00)
- Jacques Ibert: Aria (03:44:00)
- Olivier Messiaen: Le merle noir (05:57:00)
- André Jolivet: Chant de Linos (11:19:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sonate:
Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine:
Jacques Ibert: Jeux:
Darius Milhaud: Sonatine:
William Bennett, Simon Wynberg
- Nightclub 1960 (05:36:00)
- Café 1930 (06:27:00)
- Bordel 1900 (03:35:00)
- Concert d'Aujourd'hui (03:01:00)
- Andante moderato (02:57:00)
- Allegro (01:37:00)
- Franz Schubert: Originaltänze (aus D.365) (09:42:00)
- Allegretto grazioso (00:00:04)
- Tempo die Siciliana (Andantino grazioso e malincolico) (04:03:00)
- Scherzo - Rondo (Allegretto con spirito) (04:25:00)
- Assez modéré (01:36:00)
- Très modéré (01:59:00)
- Alerte (03:40:00)
- Jocul cu bàtǎ (01:25:00)
- Brâul (00:34:00)
- Pe loc (01:09:00)
- Buciumeana (01:38:00)
- "Poarga" româneascǎ (00:39:00)
- Mǎnuntelul (00:58:00)
Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango:
Joaquín Rodrigo: Serenata al Alba del Dia:
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonatina op. 205:
Francis Poulenc: Mouvements Perpetuels:
Béla Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances:
Philippe Bernold, Olivier Doise, Hervé Joulain, Laurent Lefèvre, Alexandre Tharaud, Ronald van Spaendonck
- Allegro vivace (07:45:00)
- Divertissement - Andantino (04:13:00)
- Finale - Prestissimo (05:23:00)
- Elégie - Paisiblement (05:03:00)
- Scherzo - Très animé (03:59:00)
- Déploration - très calme (04:38:00)
- Presto - Lent-presto (05:26:00)
- Andante - Andante con moto (03:48:00)
- Rondo - Très vif (03:16:00)
- Allegro malinconico (04:26:00)
- Cantilena - Assez lent (03:49:00)
- Presto giocoso (00:00:03)
- Villanelle pour pipeau et piano (00:00:01)
Sextuor pour piano, flûte, hautbois, clarinette, basson et cor:
Sonate pour hautbois et piano:
Trio pour piano, hautbois et basson:
Sonate pour flûte et piano:
Madoka Inui, Peter Schmidl, Matthias Schulz, Wolfgang Schulz
- Allegro con spirito (06:06:00)
- Andante (06:52:00)
- Molto allegro (06:37:00)
- Allegro moderato (06:10:00)
- Adagio patetico - Sostenuto assai (03:51:00)
- Rondo - Allegro (05:13:00)
- Allegrissimo (01:40:00)
- Presto (01:36:00)
- Larghetto (02:31:00)
- Scherzando (03:53:00)
- Larghetto (04:00:00)
- Allegro (03:15:00)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarentelle (06:18:00)
- Allegro malinconico (04:24:00)
- Cantilena - Assez lent (03:27:00)
- Presto giocoso (03:27:00)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in D-Dur KV 448:
Friedrich Kuhlau: Grand Trio in G-Dur Op. 119:
Jean Françaix: Le Colloque des deux perruches:
Francis Poulenc: Sonata:
Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français
Winds & Piano (3 CD) (2014)
- Allegro vivace (07:18:00)
- Divertissement - Andantino (04:12:00)
- Finale - Prestissimo (05:21:00)
- Allegro (11:28:00)
- Andante sostenuto (05:29:00)
- Allegro vivace (06:26:00)
- Albert Roussel: Divertissement op. 6 (06:33:00)
- Allegro brillamente (07:57:00)
- Adagio (06:15:00)
- Scherzo (04:01:00)
- Finale - Allegro con fuoco (07:24:00)
- Largo - Allegro moderato (10:16:00)
- Larghetto (08:27:00)
- Allegretto (05:44:00)
- Allegro, ma non troppo (13:41:00)
- Andante cantabile (07:25:00)
- Allegro, ma non troppo (05:37:00)
- Allegro moderato (10:18:00)
- Larghetto (06:54:00)
- Gavotte - Andante quasi allegretto (03:25:00)
- Finale - Vivace (05:42:00)
- Allegro con brio (10:33:00)
- Andante - Fughetta - Andante (09:44:00)
- Rondo - allegretto (08:04:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sextett FP100:
Louise Farrenc: Sextet op. 40:
André Caplet: Quintet:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet KV 452:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet op. 16:
Ludwig Thuille: Sextet op. 6:
Nikolai Rimskij-Korsakow: Quintet:
Literature von/über Francis Poulenc
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Schmierer, Elisabeth: Komponisten-PorträtsBilder und DatenStuttgart: Reclam,2003. - ISBN: 3-15-018268-9
Last edit 20.01.2021