Henri Dutilleux - 10/03/2008

Discovering Dutilleux Festival Presented by Catherine Bott. The first of two concerts, given last month at St David's Hall, Cardiff, celebrating the music of Henri Dutilleux. The programme includes his cello concerto, Tout un monde lointain, evoking Baudelaire, while the more recent song-cycle, Correspondances, incorporates texts from poems and letters by Rilke, Solzhenitsyn and Van Gogh. Also including works by Ravel and Debussy, from whom he drew inspiration. Gautier Capucon (cello) Claron McFadden (soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain; Correspondances Debussy: La mer.